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A rare look at the exotic coral reef of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique

As aquarists, we tend to spend a lot of time thinking and discussing the coral reefs where our aquarium marine life originates from. Places like Bali, Australia, Maldives, the Red Sea and their habitats are extremely well documented but there…

Tunze Care Magnet Review: Tunze’s novel design hits all the high marks

When it comes to reimagining the trusty magnetic algae scraper, it takes a certain kind of curiosity, and creativity, to take a step back and ask yourself how the device could be improved. We all want an algae scraper with…

Check out this insane concentration of invasive Lionfish

If you have any doubts about just how severe the lionfish invasion is on the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, just check out this video. This YouTube video uploaded by Alex Fogg was taken on a recent dive with…

Google Street View of Great Barrier Reef officially released

A little over two years ago, we learned Google, in conjunction with Catlin Seaview Survey, had the ambitious plan to map the Great Barrier Reef and allow anyone to take a “Street View” look at this majestic location. Last week, Catlin…

A masterpiece is born: time lapse aquascaping of Worldwide Corals’ new show tank

It’s not everyday that you know of a certain reef aquarium which is being built is destined for greatness, but when that tank is being set up by Worldwide Corals, you kind of just know. This weekend while working on…

Friday Smorgasbord: Lizardfish, 100K crabs, Iron Reef and more

This interesting Tumblr has visual examples of this question “Dude, have you guys seen a lizardfish (Synodontidae) eating a fish?” The entire site is pictures of the lizardfish eating other fish and what ensues is some interesting imagery to say…

Newa ‘More’ all in one aquarium includes a sensible air driven skimmer

The Newa More all in one aquarium is a modestly small aquarium from the Italian division of Newa which was formerly associated with the French Aquarium Systems. The Newa More doesn’t exactly stand out in a crowded field but that’s…

CoralFriend’s newest video shows three of the rarest angelfish together

The video may not be the smoothest, it’s a little shaky and the colors undersaturated but any marine angelfish fan will immediately recognize that this aquarium contains three of the rarest of the rare Pomacanthids. Dr. Chung Wing Hung’s collection…

Giesemann Aurora LED/T5 hybrid launches, gives best of both worlds

The new Giesemann Aurora LED/T5 hybrid is an impressive looking light fixture that combines the best of both worlds – the efficiency, shimmer and color potential of LEDs and the spread and cover of T5 fluorescent lighting. The German company…

Does the surface area of live rock really matter?

The reef aquarium hobby is a past time of expendable income and mental bandwidth;  this explains why even though the focus is supposed to be about reef life like corals, fish and inverts, we get sucked into long esoterical discussions…