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Deep sea yeti crab grows its own food — on its arms

Deep sea creatures have to get resourceful to survive and a relatively new species of yeti crab was discovered farming colonies of bacteria on its claws to use as food. In the Pacific Ocean at over a thousand below the…

Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve set to be the world’s largest marine park

The Australian government just announced plans to create a marine reserve park covering nearly 1 million square kilometers (385,000 square miles) of the Coral Sea that includes the Great Barrier Reef.  Once opened, the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve will…

GHL Ultimate Pack rolling out with special holiday pricing — get ’em why they last

GHL is discounting its GHL Ultimate Pack with special holiday pricing giving you everything you need to get started with this controller. Normally selling for $1999 ordering before the holiday will save you $500. Not only will you get a…

New, exotic deep-sea worms discovered

When thinking about worms, you typically don’t conjure up a favorable image but the pictures released of the recently-discovered species of acorn worm that sports a colorful body as well as big “lips.” The bright fuschsia coloring, the worm was…

Cyber Monday aquarium deals extend the shopping madness for one more day

Traditionally Black Friday is all about attacking people for $2 waffle irons, spraying pepper spray at other shoppers and oh yeah, saving money on deals in store. Although many stores make their sales available online and , Cyber Monday has…

Tons of reef aquarium deals around for Black Friday 2011

Turkeys are being snagged up like mad in the grocery stores so that mean just one thing – crazy deals on all your reefing goodies starting on Friday! Our annual tradition is to bring you some great Black Friday holiday…

New Era Mini Marine Grazer video demo

New Era has some great food products and the company’s latest offering New Era Mini Marine Grazer rings are highlighted in a couple of videos that might be helpful for reefers on the fence. Anyone with a few hearty herbivores…

Ecoxotic drops price on Stunner strips

Ecoxotic is dropping the price on its Stunner LED strip lights making it more affordable to add these to your system. Effective today you can get the 24 in. Stunner LED Strip for $79, the 36 in. Stunner for $89…

Pacific Sun software and firmware updates coming shortly

We just got word of a few software and firmware upgrades for Pacific Sun aquarium light owners that will be rolled out in the next few days. Firmware updates are listed below but it appears the software has some interesting…

Algae-grazing fish help preserve corals

We’ve all seen how algae can choke off corals in our home aquariums and the same holds true in the wild. But algae-grazing fish in the wild are doing their parts to keep algae levels low on natural reefs to…