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Now you see it, now you don’t — the secret behind the sea sapphire’s magical disappearing trick

The sea saphire seems to disappear right in front of your eyes and researchers have uncovered its secret. With a quick flex of its body, it reflect light frequencies the human eye simply can’t see. Sea Saphires come in a variety of…

Marine Biosystems offers unique 3D printed “spin” on biopellet reactors

The Marine Biosystems F5 media reactors are combining 3D printing and ingenuity to deliver a unique spin on the biopellet reactor. Like most innovations in biopellet reactors, the goal is to improve the churning of the media to deliver even…

Tropical marine life is moving farther away from the equator

The oceans are warming and the warmer water is working its way father from the equator and taking tropical marine life with it. A recent story about how the famous East Australian current (the famous “EAC” used by the migrating sea…

Seahorse tail may be the key to future of robotics

The seahorse might ‘hold’ the answer to better, tougher and more coordinated robots in the future. A team of researchers were inspired by the strangely unique square tail of the seahorse to potential build robots that could perform surgical procedures,…

Giesemann Pulzar LED bar showcased on CoralVue TV

Thanks to CoralVue we now have a video walkthrough of the Pulzar LED on CVTV — the company’s video blog series. Although the Giesemann Pulzar LED bar has been out for a little over a year, it is good to…

ME Corals has a nifty hack for dosing containers

For anyone that’s used dosing pumps, it can mean either pouring your liquids into containers or popping a hole in the cap and sticking in a tube. While these work, this great gadget from ME Corals makes it easier to…

Seachem aquavitro purfiltrum teased on social media

Seachem is teasing us with an all new product from the aquavitro line, purfiltrum, on social media. According to the post on Facebook, purfiltrum is the “highest capacity organic filtration resin on the market.” purfiltrum controls ammonia, nitrites and nitrates…

Double down with new Dual Orbit Marine PRO LED fixture

The new Dual Orbit Marine PRO LED fixture doubles the power of a single Orbit Marine PRO light for your light-hungry reef or larger aquarium. Specifically designed for marine reef tanks and larger aquariums, the Dual Orbit Marine PRO provides…

Canadians warned not to flush ‘invasive’ goldfish

Tell your neighbor not to flush that darn goldfish. As aquarists we need to do our job to help educate people about our hobby and as this report from Alberta, Canada shows, flushing a goldfish down the toilet has dire…

Tunicate that ejects guts could help humans regenerate organs

A tunicate that spews its internal organs when stressed could lead scientists to scientific breakthroughs in human tissue regeneration. A recent study in Scientific Reports took a closer look at Polycarpa mytiligera a common tunicate found in reefs off the…