We love our aquarium Lytro pics, and we love top down shots, so naturally we are addicted to combining the two. In this sequence of living pictures, we take the Lytro for another spin on our own little 28 gallon EcoReef Two, and a 5,000 gallon reef tank at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. We’re still Read More

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The true sebae clownfish, Amphiprion sebae, is a very unique anemonefish that looks significantly different from the clarki clownfish which often borrows its name. We love true sebae clownfish and we’ve been in love with the perfect specimen on display at the Denver Downtown Aquarium for many years Read More

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Albino sharks and albino stingrays are remarkably rare in the wild and in captivity and so when we visit the Denver Downtown Aquarium, we just have to stop by and see their two albino bamboo cat sharks. Our first post on these albino sharks at the DTA featured mostly pictures taken with flash that made Read More

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It’s hard to believe it’s been nine months since the last ReefStock and it’s already time to start working on the next one. When the first ReefStock was produced back in 2008 we could hardly think past an annual legacy of events with the same name but here we are again, and the fifth ReefStock has been Read More

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The Solar Genesis plasma grow light from Chameleon Grow Systems is arguably one of the best looking and best performing lights we’ve yet seen using the LIFI component from Luxim. We recently had the chance to meet with the president of CGS Chris Pieser, who brought his Solar Genesis I plasma light to the Denver Read More

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There are two albino sharks swimming leisurely in a large shore bird exhibit at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. Albinism is extremely rare in marine life and one of the last animals we’d expect to lose the melanistic gene is an elasmobranch, but in the case of the prolific bamboo cat sharks, Chiloscyllium punctatum, that is Read More

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This Saturday March 12th Reef Builders will be presenting the fourth annual ReefStock conference. ReefStock is a fully rounded conference with lots of captive raised corals for sale, all the latest and greatest products, experienced reef aquarium speakers and an enormous raffle. Since this is a Reef Builders event, ReefStock is going to be the Read More

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The Denver Downtown Aquarium may be small compared to some larger establishments, but it is still packed with a wide variety of interesting fresh and saltwater creatures. We’ve previously posted about the Denver Aquarium’s terminal phase hardwicki wrasse, the video of spawning short unicorn surgeonfish and our idol, the Falcifer butterflyfish. In addition to all Read More

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