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Stunning panoramic aquarium gives 200-degree view at Germany’s Zoo Aquarium

Seeing this aquarium definitely makes you want to do a remodel of your house! The breathtaking aquarium encompasses a 200-degree view around the room in the Zoo Aquarium in Berlin, Germany. The aquarium houses some impressive stands of soft and…

LED startup Bridgelux looking to shake up lighting industry with interchangeable LEDs

Interchangeable LEDs are the holy grail of solid state lighting and now a new startup is looking to revolutionize the LED lighting industry; we hope its just a matter of time before it trickles down into the aquarium side. Silicon…

Octopuses love them some HDTV

The octopus is a curious and quite resourceful creature and recent research has seen the cephalopod respond to visual stimuli on HDTVs giving scientists a better way to monitor and learn from their behavior. Before researchers were befuddled by the…

Kona revamps fish collection: Yellow tang may be limited, fish replenishment area may be swapped

Two key Kona, Hawaii councils have recently given their “seal of approval” on a proposal outlining new regulations for the island’s tropical fish harvest industry. The West Hawaii Fisheries Council recommended the changes to the Hawaii County Council, who in…

Reef Angel programmable controller for that DIY fix in you

The Reef Angel, a new programmable controller, is coming to market and looks to be a great way to get a fully customizable controller at a lower cost relying more on DIY programming and some assembly rather than the turnkey…

New Diablo cone skimmer heading to Reef Specialty

Online vendor Reef Specialty is teasing us with the new Diablo cone skimmer available shortly exclusively at Reef Specialty. The Diablo is designed for smaller tank owners looking to get the performance of a cone skimmer in a smaller footprint.…

Sea Dwelling Creatures gets hooked on Reef Nutrition

Two of our favorite companies have teamed up — and not in a cage match Battle Royale either. Wholesaler Sea Dwelling Creatures is now distributing Reef Nutrition products making it much easier to not only get some great fish and…

Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation announced, get Google Earth tour

The 2010 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation were recently announced and not only do the researchers get much-needed money to continue their research but we get a Google Earth Marine Tour of the researchers and their work. This is a…

Algae blooms threaten to choke Baltic Sea

An explosion of phytoplankton has reached alarming levels in the Baltic Sea consuming outrageous amounts of precious oxygen and choking out aquatic life creating one of the largest marine “dead zones” on the planet. As part of nature’s cycle, small…

Longfin Anthias appear in incredible diving video of Oahu’s Deep Ulua Cave

This incredible video shot by Hawaii Scuba TV of the Deep Ulua Cave off of Kaena Point, Oahu in Hawaii. Midway through you get an awesome view of enough longfin anthias to make your jaw drop! A wonderful video and…