For over a decade the Puntacana Foundation has been safeguarding the future of Dominican reefs with an underwater Coral Restoration nursery. Beneath the waves thousands of staghorn coral fragments grow on custom built frames before they are harvested in a effort to repopulate the…
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First look at the new MaxSpect Gyre 200 Series Advance Controller
The Gyre 200 Series Advance Controller is an exciting new accessory coming soon from MaxSpect to get the most out of their award-winning Gyre pump. The Maxspect gyre pumps already ship with a pretty capable controller, although its interface and…
SeaDreams builds a masterpiece of Aquarium Engineering
SeaDreams made quite a big splash last year when they shared pictures of a fabulous Reef Water ultimate sump that has every bell and whistle you could ever want. Now SeaDreams is putting themselves on the map with a complete…
Dive La Caleta, Dominican Republic
La Caleta is a national park in the Dominican Republic about 20 kilometers from the capitol city of Santo Domingo. The Park is opposite the Las American International Airport and is the first underwater park in the Dominican Republic. The…
Dominican Reef, a community for Santo Domingo Reefers
This week we will be traveling through the Dominican Republic documenting Caribbean corals and visiting reef projects around the island. Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet with Jhon H. Morató who runs @Dominican Reef, a reef shop in the…
Rossmont Waver is poised to shake up reef aquarium water flow
The Rossmont Waver has finally been revealed in full detail and you can color us impressed. The Waver is so much more than a simple ‘wavemaker’ as it looks poised to shake up the current status quo of what controllable…
How The Green Fins Toolbox Can Help Dive Operators Protect Coral Reefs
Green Fins is an internationally recognized set of environmental management standards which dive center operators can follow to help protect the marine environment. Green Fins first started in Thailand, and has grow to over 400 dive center in six Asians countries. Green…
Scuba Diving Neptune’s Arm and Vamizi Island Mozmabique
Vamizi Island is located in the North of Mozambique’s Quirimbas Archipelago. This chain of 32 islands stretches along the coast of Mozambique, towards their norther boarder with Tanzania. The waters around Vamizi are rich in marine life, and the island…
Twelve mile reef, Bazaruto Mozambique
Twelve mile reef is one of the norther most reefs in the Bazaruto Archipelago and is well worth the lengthy boat ride from this exotic island destination. Last week we wrote about Two mile reef which is located between Bazaruto and…
Dreamy coral reef scape of the Denver Downtown Aquarium
It used to be that us reefers would visit zoos and public aquariums and have pity on the sorry excuses for a saltwater aquarium that passed as a reef tank. Those days are long since gone and nowadays public aquarists…