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First Video of the Unique Copperband Butterflyfish of Raja Ampat
Chelmon rostratus, aka the Copperband Butterflyfish is an extremely beautiful fish, and by far one of the most common and popular species of butterflyfish in home aquariums, and on the reef. Earlier this year we told you about our travels and…
ReefGrow has a different approach to supplements
ReefGrow is a growing aquarium supplement and additive company that has a different approach to reef supplements. By eliminating water from their supplements they reduce the weight and packaging to reduce costs. Although the company has been out for a…
Newly discovered glowing jellyfish is eerily stunning
NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer is exploring the Mariana Trench and has uncovered some pretty amazing new creatures including this eerily stunning jellyfish that could easily be inspiration for a scifi film. The video was captured on April 24 of the unknown…
Florida reefs are dissolving away faster, earlier than expected
Ocean acidification is much worse than imagined, as the limestone structure that forms the foundation of Florida’s coral reefs are actually dissolving dissolving away sooner than ever expected. According to a new study published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, research showed the upper…
Meet OceanOne a Humanoid Scuba Diving Robot
OceanOne took to the waters of the Mediterranean last week, to explore the wreck La Lune off the coast of France. The shipwreck has been on the seafloor since 1664 in over 100m of water, and no diver has ever seen…
Fished Out, a comedy short on the “other” dangerous side of lionfish
We know the invasive lionfish is doing significant damage to local underwater habitats in the Atlantic and Caribbean, but what about the harmful “street” danger this spiny alien invader brings? This comedy short that premiered back in 2013, shows the…
Panta Nouri Sponge & Nouri Polyp specialty foods for angels & butterflies
Nouri Polyp and Nouri Sponge are two new specialty foods from Panta Rhei which are aiming to be some of the most natural diets ever produced for marine aquarium fish. As you might infer from their names, the headline ingredients…
Monsoon Aquatics, spawning Euphyllia paraancora VIDEO
Monsoon Aquatics from Darwin Australia posted these amazing videos to their Facebook Page of spawning Euphyllia paraancora. The videos clearly show egg bundles accumulating in the hammer shaped tentacles before being released through the polyps central mouth. At least 30…
Baby dolphin birth captured on video
A video of a baby dolphin being born is taking the internet by storm. The newborn Pacific-side dolphin was born at Chigago’s Shedd Aquarium on April 18 and the entire event was captured on video. The statement on the aquarium’s YouTube…