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Jake’s heading to Boston! Check him out at Boston Reefers Saturday

Jake’s packing his bags and hitting the road again this weekend and heading to Boston to chat with the Boston Reefers Society meeting on Saturday. He’ll be presenting one of my favorite…

Woman finds 16th Century Portuguese medallion inside a shark

Here’s a rather bizzare story of how a woman from Klebang found a rare 16th century artifact while filleting a shark for lunch. Housewife Sueseela Menon apparently brought back two sharks from the market to prepare curry for her husband,…

The Blue Velvet Angelfish now officially described as Centropyge deborae

Centropyge deborae is the official name of the weird dark blue pygmy angelfish that is so far only known from one location in Fiji. As far back as June Reef Builders got word that the Blue Velvet Angelfish would be…

Pufferfish chasing a laser pointer shows there’s more to fish than just swimming and eating

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i6LhaKTvOs[/youtube] People often associate pet fish to be nowhere near as responsive as a puppy or a kitten or any other mammal for instance. The video above of a really cute and endearing pufferfish chasing a laser pointer…

Remembering Bill Addison, MASNA Aquarist of the Year, founder of C-Quest Hatchery

Our kind thanks go to Joe Lichtenbert, who submitted this guest contribution in remembrance of pioneering marine fish breeder Bill Addison. Bill Addison passed away in his sleep February 17th, 2012 at the age of 85. He had broken his…

AcanLighting Prism LED is the latest reef light to join the multicolor LED party

The AcanLighting Prism LED is a veritable cornucopia of different LED colors, neigh a fruit salad of the visible spectrum. Coming in black or silver housing, the 70 watt AcanLighting Prism is endowed with no fewer than eight colors of…

Robot fish cons real fish into following along

Peer pressure is bad enough with your living, breathing counterparts but throw in a robot and its game over. A recent experiment found that a robot fish was able to lead real fish into following it upstream. While this can…

Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus in nuptial display is a sight to behold

Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus is a japanese endemic fairy wrasse that is so beautiful and so rare, its almost cruel and karmic how unobtainable it is. Most reefers are familiar with the rose-banded fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus roseafascia) which closely resembles the lanceolatus fairy…

Google Reef View is a collaboration to do street view video survey of Great Barrier Reef

Google Reef View – Looks like Google is collaborating with the University of Queensland, and the Caitlin Group to survey Australia’s Greet Barrier Reef and bring it into the tech giant’s popular Google Street View part of Google Maps. The…

Pseudanthias sp. 4 from Micronesia is a beautiful and undescribed species

Pseudanthias sp. 4 is an undescribed anthias from Palau and parts of Micronesia. Aptly called the double-bar anthias, the spectacular specimen possesses two vertical bars on it’s predominantly pink body. The fish is apparently not uncommon in the reefs of Palau…