Giant Clams Can Manipulate Light To Assist Their Symbiotic Partner
Special cells in giant clams shift the wavelength of light to protect them from UV radiation and increase the photosynthetic activity of their symbionts, shows research KAUST. Using special cells, kno…
Observations on Dry Rock Aquascaping
Throughout my years in the marine aquarium hobby, I’ve typically aquascaped my systems using cured live rock from Fiji. However, when setting up my 125-gallon tank in our new home about a year and a h…
Japan’s Coral Monster is Flexing a Ton of Great Scolies
Coral Monster is a coral dealer in Japan with a knack for scoring some high profile livestock and today we want to take a minute to appreciate their recent haul of Homophyllia australis. Better k…
API AquaSpin Tests Aquarium Water With Built-In Photometer
The API Aquaspin is an exciting new device designed to automatically test aquarium water. Details about the Aquaspin are extremely scant, no website, no social media posts and even the video is unlist…
Important Water Parameters For Keeping A Saltwater Aquarium
Healthy water equals healthy fish and coral, but how do you know what’s best? Water quality is a fundamental aquarium skill, and understanding how to read and decipher water tests can clue us in…
Tour of our Dedicated Mangrove & Coral Community Aquarium [Video]
For virtually all of my aquarium career, mangrove trees have been a niche of the saltwater hobby that we’ve admired at arm’s length, but not anymore. As you may have seen from the early vi…
Moseleya latistella- The First Colony I HAD to Have
Moseleya latistella is a very interesting coral that gets virtually zero airtime in the mindshare of reef aquarium hobbyists. This is completely understandable since most colonies of Moseleya – …
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish is More Unusual Than You Can Imagine
We’ve been quite busy the last few weeks, setting up coral nurseries all around the island of Bali, Indonesia. One of our reef restoration sites which is an Ocean Gardener project in Amed, North…
How To Use The SICCE ContrALL App To Control SICCE SDC Devices
Control your SICCE pumps with the ContrALL app. ContrALL allows you to program your premium SICCE pumps with the intuitive user interface anytime from anywhere in the world. Control any of your SICCE …
LEGO ROV is Powered by DIY Vortech Pumps!
Vortech water pumps from Ecotech Marine is a marvel of engineering, using a unique, patented design to magnetically coupe the torque between an externally mounted motor and internally mounted propelle…
Onna Coral Field in Okinawa Japan
A recent image posted by Lagoon Diving showing off Acropora growth in Okinawa had us curious to learn more about this iconic reef restoration project. The Onna coral field project started more than tw…
Clownfish
Sneak Peek at New Clownfish Being Developed Bali Aquarich
Bali Aquarich is known around the world for being first to breed many new species of reef fish, and being the most prolific, commercial scale producer…
aberrant angelfish
Another Crazy King Bicolor Angelfish scored by Bali Aquarium!
It’s been a while since we documented a crazy looking Bicolor Angelfish and weird Angelfish are one of our favorite marine life topics. Even if …
New Species
Plectranthias polygonius & P. hinano are Two New Species from the Central Pacific
Plectranthias polygonius and P. hinano are two new species from our favorite group of dwarf basslets, and good thing too because there seems to be ton…
Places
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish is More Unusual Than You Can Imagine
We’ve been quite busy the last few weeks, setting up coral nurseries all around the island of Bali, Indonesia. One of our reef restoration sites…
