One rather lucky diver narrowly escaped being swallowed by a 49-foot Bryde’s whale off the coast of South Africa recently. The diver, Rainer Schimpf, was in the water off the coast of Port Elizabeth watching the sardine run when the whale…
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New Ocean Revive Arctic LED is almost disposable cheap at $175 for 120 watts
There’s such a flood of cheap Chinese LED lights for the marine aquarium available on the market these days, we find it hard to write about any one of them. But the new Ocean Revive Arctic LED is so cheap it…
I am still in love with my fish only tank
I’ve got a little secret, unbeknownst to the general public; I, Jake Adams the coral junky, have a Fish-Only aquarium. This fish tank was the second aquarium I set up after college and it has persisted as one of my…
Bird eating Anemone scores one for team Invertebrate
Invertebrates are universally regarded as lower animals so it always comes as a shock when a squishy animal eats a bony one. You’ve seen highly intelligent octopus go after sharks but the case of the Anemone eating a bird is…
Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit turns your old light into next-gen powerhouse
The AquaIllumination Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit lets you turn your legacy AI LED light into a next-generation powerhouse LED fixture. The new Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit comes with everything you will need to update your Sol, Vega, or Hydra to…
The Show Episode 3: Jake talks with Kevin Kohen about LiveAquaria and Reefing
Our latest installment of our new video series The Show is heart to heart sit down with America’s number one fish monger, Kevin Kohen. The LiveAquaria director received us earlier this year for a visit and a sitdown interview to…
Turbinaria heronensis – an incredible story of coral comeback
I’ve been personally fascinated with Turbinaria heronensis ever since the first time I saw one in a book, but never could I have believed that I would ever get my hands on a whole colony of this fantastic species. Looking more…
A good look at a nice supermale comb wrasse, Coris picta
The comb wrasse is an Australian endemic reef fish which is sometimes seen in the trade, but no one deliberately clamoring for it. But Rudie Kuiter knows the striking beauty of this fish as it was selected to grace the…
Skimmate Ghost protein skimmer is a concentration of innovative features
The SkimMate Ghost Protein skimmer from Innovative Marine is so intriguing it really makes us want the kind of all in one reef tank for which this device is designed. When Innovative Marine’s first SkimMate was launched over two years ago,…
First ever vampire squid goes on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay is well known for its ground breaking displays, being the first aquarium to display a great white shark, having sprawling displays of jellyfish and now they can add another mythical creature to their roster of featured animals,…