The first thing most non-aquarist think when you tell them you have a saltwater aquarium is that it must take so much time, be very expensive, and very hard to maintain. That may have been true way back in the…
Blue Skeleton Majestic Angelfish Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen!
Every now and then a very special reef fish that we’ll never forget pops up on our rare fish radar, and the ‘Blue Skeleton’ Majestic Angelfish is such an example. This sensational specimen of Pomacanthus navarchus made its way to East…
These Brave Divers Saturate Their Bodies For The Toughest Dives
The following story is pretty much the diametrical opposite of the recreational diving we tend to focus on here at Reef Divers. Instead of simply strapping up with gear and going for a quick one hour dip in tropical waters,…
Ricordea yuma Are Still Some Of The Showiest Shrooms In The Hobby
As the reef aquarium hobby has become gripped by the current craze for mushroom anemones or corallimorphs, we’ve seen all different types of these polyps become exalted and highly sought after. Better known as ‘Shrooms’, the Discosoma and Rhodactis have been appearing…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres
Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres are a new form of biological media from an unlikely player, Maxspect. Better known for their lights and water pumps, Maxspect’s new NanoTech BioSpheres is billed as an ultra-high surface area media which cuts down on the volume…
Underwater Exploration Sure Has Come A Long Way!
Modern recreational SCUBA diving is a freeing, world-altering experience which allows millions of people to spend a reasonable amount of time underwater. Today’s diving setups basically consist of an almost naked human swimming freely with just the bare essential equipment…
Are Pizza Anemones The Next Rainbow ‘Coral’ In Reef Tanks?
The marine aquarium hobby as a whole has become incredibly adept at finding the most colorful, unbelievable, and crazy colored reef life that exceeds our wildest expectations at every turn. Mini Maxis and Flower anemones have had their turn, and…
There’s A Whole Ocean Of Corals Unknown In The Reefing Hobby
The reef aquarium hobby has come such a long way in the last 15 years. During that time we’ve mastered the husbandry and propagation of hundreds of coral species, nearly as many reef fish, and we know more about the…
KH Director Is GHL’s Entry Into The Alkalinity Monitor Frontier
The KH Director is a new model of alkalinity monitor from revered German company, GHL. As one of the premier and oldest makers of dosing pumps, GHL knows a thing or two about peristaltic dosing pumps and it shows in…
Parapercis binotata, A New Species Of Sandperch From Solomon Islands
There’s tons of different species of sandperches, small bottom-dwelling tropical marine fish intriguing eyes and an inquisitive behavior. They’re small, hardy and usually pretty cheap, and today we can add one more species to the catalog of Parapercis, Parapercis binotata is…