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What to do in a Reef Tank Power Outage

Possibly one of the most daunting things you can encounter is sudden silence from the reef tank when the power goes out. Or perhaps you know the power is going out on a particular day for scheduled maintenance? Whether the…

Online Coral ID Workshops Are Back For 2023/24

Do you know your Collines from your Coralla? Your Paliform from your Petaloid or Phaceloid? Your Septa from your Septo Costae? Learn all these hard coral descriptive terms and most importantly, how to identify virtually all Indo-Pacific hard corals to…

Off timing coral spawning spotted in South Sulawesi

How much do we really know about corals? The answer is: Not so much, actually. While the general rule for coral spawning is a few days after the full moon, 2 hours after sunset, just before the water temperature high…

Hydros Controllers to Integrate Sicce SDC Wi-Fi Pumps

CoralVue’s Hydros aquarium controllers are constantly evolving, and this week they’ve announced that they are soon to integrate Sicce’s SDC Wi-Fi controllable return, wave, and skimmer pumps onto the platform. Sicce already has its own app called ContrAll, but when…

Mustard X Convict Tang is One of a Kind Hybrid

Tropical Marine Centre has received a very rare surgeonfish that they believe to be a cross between the Mustard tang, Acanthurus guttatus, and the Convict tang, Acanthurus triostegus. We’ve seen some Achilles X Goldrim tang hybrids lately and Jake Adams…

Photon Meridian is the latest LED Light Fixture from ReefBreeders

Lighting brand ReefBreeders is soon to launch a new Photon LED light fixture called Meridian. An evolution of the popular Photon V2 Pro, Meridian will be available in five sizes, 11”, 24”, 35”, 45”, and 63” which will be suitable…

Eviota atauroensis is a New Species of Dwarfgoby from Timor-Leste

A tiny new species of dwarfgoby has been described from Berau Bay, Atauro Island, Timor Leste. Named the Atauro Dwarfgoby, Eviota atauroensis is just half an inch long and was collected from the upper surfaces of Porites coral bommies situated…

Flashback Friday: All the Giant Clams of the World (So Far,) by Jake Adams

Those who knew Jake Adams knew that he had a fascination with Tridacna spp. Clams, and spent years seeking out, collecting, and writing about his favorite, beautiful bivalves.  We remember when he messaged us in 2022 after procuring a Devil…

Brazilian Reef Fishes Book is the Most Comprehensive Reference to Date

We knew this book would be good, but we didn’t know just how good it would be until we downloaded a preview from the publisher. Peixes Recifais Brasileiros, or Brazilian Reef Fishes, is a brand-new 320-page hardback book compiled by…

Grzegorz Grebosz’s Acropora are Probiotic Perfection

We admit to following and admiring this aquarium for a while, and although it’s existed in several guises since 2015, the bright, tabling acros and pristine, immaculately clean tank always manage to keep it looking like new. We caught up…