A new species of small, deep-water wrasse has been described from the Atlantic Ocean. Members of the Polylepion genus have previously been restricted to the Indian and Pacific Oceans but this one, named Polylepion gilmorei after Grant Gilmore, formerly of…
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Show Us Your Reef Tees!
Remember Jake Adams and you’ll remember him not just for his world-class reef information, but his apparel too. Despite coming to us from the frosty climbs of Colorado, Jake was so often seen in shorts and sandals, a baseball cap,…
What you need to know about Refugia
A reef tank is different from other types of tanks in a lot of ways, with one of the biggest being that most reef tanks utilize a sump to hold the equipment and to add volume to the system. An…
Coral biodiversity measured by eDNA seawater samples
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have developed a method to measure coral biodiversity by collecting seawater above a reef. The method involves extracting the environmental DNA (or eDNA) from a liter of surface water and…
Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire Successfully Fertilize 1.3m Coral Embryos
A reef restoration organization has collected and successfully facilitated the fertilization of over 1.3 million Grooved brain coral embryos. The mass spawning event happened just after dusk on Monday night on Buddy’s Reef, Bonaire, with Grooved brain corals, Diploria labyrinthiformis,…
Frogfish Has Surgery to Remove Algae Magnet Its Eaten
While it’s fairly well known that frogfish, in this case, a hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), will eat anything that can fit in its extremely large mouth, we did not expect our pet Tadpole to quickly pounce on a Two Little…
Tropical Fishkeeper Revealed to be Pro-Russia Propagandist
An Aquatic Retailer who once appeared in an Aquarium Co-Op podcast has been found out as a well-known Pro-Russia Propagandist called Donbas Devushka. 37-year-old Sarah Bils from New Jersey ran a store named Cascade Aquatics, selling tropical fish and imported…
Reef Builders Pink Porcupine Crab Story Blows Up on Twitter
It’s funny how the internet works sometimes, and this week we’ve been pleasantly surprised to see one of Jake Adams’ news stories from way back in 2014 go viral on Twitter. We think the origin of the resurgence comes from…
Aqua Illumination launch Nero 7 Powerhead
Reefers woke this morning to news of the latest product launch from Aqua Illumination – the Nero 7. A bigger brother to the Nero 3 and 5 wave pumps, the Nero 7 is AI’s most powerful flow pump to date,…
Red Decorator Crab is a Natural Born COTS Killer
Scientists at the University of Queensland have identified the Red Decorator Crab, Schizophrys aspera, as the most consistent predator of Crown of Thorns Starfish, consuming them in 89% of trials. Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTS,) are one of the largest…