Schizoculina fissipara and S. africana are two West African coral species that are brand new to the aquarium trade. Like so many other new coral and fish species LiveAquaria was first to the scene when they offered the unique…
Coral Geographic will be a one stop GIS shop for coral and reef maps
Coral Geographic is one of the projects now underway at Coral reef Research which will culminate almost all that is known about the biogeography of reef building stony corals. Much like the Coral ID CD which will be published online…
Waterproof Capture case for iPod nano enables underwater video recording
The waterproof Capture case for the Apple iPod Nano from H2O audio not only keeps your tunes dry. With the recently added video recording functionality of the 5th generation iPod Nano, with this case your 5G iPod Nano can now…
How a small warming can completely change an ecosystem
Yesterday Guin and I went snowboarding in Vail, Colorado. We took highway I-70 west from Golden towards all the slopes and through the heart of the Colorado Rockies. I’ve been making this trip countless times throughout the years but more…
Get your Solid Vodka Dosing on, win a free bag o’ Biopellets
Now that the Biopellets have become widely available in the US, the challenge is on to see what this whole Solid Vodka Dosing thing is all about. Reef Builders is rolling out it’s own cross country evaluation of Biopellets that…
Symphyllia wilsoni is an amazing and rare coral from Australia
Symphyllia wilsoni is one of the rarest coral in the aquarium trade which has only become available with the imports from Australia. Although the first, and still most, of the coral imports from Oz come from Eastern Australia, Symphyllia wilsoni…
Acan Lighting LED fixture looks like rebadged Eco-Lamps KR-92
Acan Lighting has recently thrown a rudimentary webpage up to showcase their forthcoming LED fixture. The funny things is, this promotional image looks suspiciously identical to another LED fixture from Hong Kong. There’s many things that the Acan Light could…
The world watches what our leaders will do at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
The United Change Climate Change Conference which began yesterday in Copenhagen Denmark is, how should we put it, a very big deal. The Cop15, as it is also called, has gathered the most powerful nations of the earth to come…
Tropical Marine Gardens by Andre Seale
Andre Seale is the author of the book Tropical Marine Gardens which features no less than 15 years of award-winning photographs of a wide range of marine fauna and flora. An accomplished diver, photographer and marine biologist, Andre Seale and…
French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis available for the first time from LiveAquaria, hybrid coming soon
The French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis, is an extremely rare deepwater Caribbean butterflyfish which has very seldomly been collected for the aquarium trade. Most fish books list this species as being widespread in the Caribbean and absent from Florida, but recently,…