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Cryopreservation Comes to Florida Coral Conservation 

An ambitious, new scientific project aims to preserve endangered corals using cutting-edge cryopreservation techniques. The latest phase of this groundbreaking work is happening this week at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center in Apollo Beach, Florida, in collaboration…

ATI and Nyos Join Forces in Company Merger

Marine technology companies ATI Aquaristik GmbH and Nyos Aquatics GmbH have joined forces in an unexpected merger. ATI is best known for its lighting products and ICP tests, while Nyos is best known for its protein skimmers, aquariums, and salt,…

Polycarbonate Jump Net is a Premium Lid Upgrade for all Cade Aquariums  

Aussie aquarium brand Cade has added a premium polycarbonate lid option to all its saltwater tanks. Cade aquariums already come with precut, pre-assembled aluminum frame jump nets as standard, but now Cade owners have the chance to upgrade, and purchase…

The Eight Hawaiian Fish Species Proposed to Return to the Hobby

Yesterday we shared a request from the Fisherman of Hawaii asking for people in the aquarium industry, (and the hobby,) to submit testimony to reopen the fishery. This generated many shares, emails, and lots of industry chatter, but it also…

25 Ways You Know You’re a Reefer

Here are twenty five tell-tale signs that you’re addicted to Reef keeping.

Submit Your Testimony to Reopen the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery

The Fishermen of Hawaii need aquatic industry support this week in what we hope is the final leg of reopening the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery. Hawaii has been shut for wild fish collection for the aquarium industry since January 2021, meaning…

Tiger Cowrie Captive Breeding Success

A team of researchers in Singapore have bred and reared the Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris. Previous studies have spawned the species and had limited success with the larvae, but marine biologists from the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) at the…

Sea Temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef are the Highest in 400 years

Researchers have found that sea temperatures on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are the warmest they’ve been in 400 years, with five of the six warmest years in the 407-year ocean record occurring since 2016. They did this by drilling and…

Component 3 in 1 is a new one-part dosing solution from Aquaforest

Aquaforest has launched a new 1 part-dosing product called Component 3 in 1. Those familiar with the Aquaforest Method usually use Component 1+2+3+, an adaptation of the Balling Method comprising three separate solutions of Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, and trace elements.…

Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover was at 38-Year High before Bleaching and Cyclones 

A new report on the Great Barrier Reef shows that coral cover was actually increasing in 2023 before a serious bleaching event in 2024, and damage from back-to-back cyclones in 2023/24. The report carried out by the Australian Institute of…