Glass artist Joe Peters has some amazing ocean scene glass sculptures. His sculptures capture the vivid coloration and sleek beauty of fish, coral and other sea creatures and would be a welcome addition to our houses. While these sculptures may not fit everyone’s aesthetic, you have to admit these are incredible art pieces. Mastering glass Read More

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The first Friday of February and winter is in full swing for much of the US and heading into Groundhog Day (who needs six more weeks of winter?) and Super Bowl Sunday we have a few intriguing bites of smorgasbord goodness. Leading off is one imaginative photographer, a handful of cool miniature people and various sea creatures. Read More

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We like to share a lot of news on this here blog, most of it pertaining to new species, rare fish, exciting equipment, some occasional ocean science and artworks but real bonafide poetry is notably absent. In an effort to rectify this situation and to bring more culture to the overly macho reef scene, here’s Read More

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We are a society built on consumption and our reliance on plastics is having a major impact on our environment, especially in our waterways and oceans. We’ve know about the floating islands of plastic, like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and other horror stories about plastics killing the sea life we so admire. Photographer Kim Preston has taken a hauntingly beautiful approach to Read More

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Another Friday and another interesting smorgasbord of news and tidbits. First off is news about a new Ocean Health Index developed by marine scientists from a range of conservation, academic, and government institutions this scoring system was built to assess the health of the oceans, with an eye to the benefits that the seas provide Read More

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It’s Friday and we have a slew of fun, interesting and unusual posts for our Friday Smorgasbord. In this week’s edition we have underwater art, a library that won’t be getting ‘Tanked,’ an interesting take on staycations and we’ll be finding NEEMO. First off we love it when kids opt for the crayons and paper Read More

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We always appreciate a unique fish container and this Salvador Dali-esque fish bowl definitely fits the unique bill. Hand-blown glass is constructed to actually hang off the edge of the table giving one precarious looking presentation sure to make a few people nervous Read More

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Not long after we posted the first images of a live Sacura speciosa, Nate Wilson became inspired to paint up a watercolor of this highly photogenic fish. A few pieces later and Mr. Wilson was sitting on a beautiful set of aquarium fish artwork which was just begging to be turned into some kind of Read More

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Apolemichthys guezei, the Reunion Island angelfish was only described in 1978 yet since that time it has rarely been photographed once in its natural habitat and it has never even been close to collection for the aquarium trade. Since so few pictures of the Reunion Island Angelfish exist, painter Peter Schouen took it upon himself Read More

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Let’s face it, the reef aquarium world is so focused on fragging corals, growing corals better, keeping fish healthier and making good products that besides Kaitlyn Cameron and Karen Talbot, we don’t have much reef-art-culture coming from within the hobby. Thankfully, a lot of non-hobbyist artists like reef and marine creatures so there is a Read More

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