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Amazing high definition video of Tuamotu is reason enough to visit the French Polynesia

If the amazing video above of Tuamotu isn’t reason enough to make you wanna visit the French Polynesia, then perhaps the diversity of fish and island atolls will. The French Polynesia is…

$5 LED light bulb shows there is always a need for mid-range lighting

We might like writing about LED lights and when we saw this article about a $5 LED light bulb we got pretty excited — until we read the fine print. Less power, no mercury and a longer lifespan are HUGE…

Reef Raft USA plans to set the coral market on fire with some super hot corals.

On Friday in Southern California, Reef Raft USA is having its grand opening. In Orange County California, the local fish store market is very competitive. This area has the highest concentration of aquarium stores in the entire country. In…

2012 MBI Marine Breeders Workshop – July 28th

It’s official, the Marine Breeding Initiative’s 2o12 Marine Breeder’s Workshop is scheduled for July 28th. It will be held once again at the wonderfully inviting Cranbrook Science Institute, located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This year’s workshop will follow the same…

Siam Reef Club softie reef is a soft coral heaven from Thailand

With ‘stick forests. dominating much of the reef scene, it is always a welcome change to see a nice softy reef like the Japanese style reefscape and this one from Thailand. The tank above is one of the show tanks…

Macropharyngodon moyeri is a unique leopard wrasse from the waters of Japan

Macropharyngodon moyeri is a lesser known and rare species of leopard wrasse that never enters the mainstream aquarium trade as far as we know. The largely Japan endemic wrasse can apparently also be found in Taiwan, but is mostly found…

This is what Saltwater Aquarists do

This instant classic, priceless gem of marine aquarium culture to us from David Revhtree of Reef2Reef. We were really beginning to tire of this ‘thinks I do’ internet meme until David knocked it out of the park with this graphical…

Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique way to store and grow your frags

The Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique and efficient way to store and display your coral frags. Building on the design concept of the Thrive Aquatics Coral Frag plug Tree, the The Frag Tree 360 holds up to 27 frag…

Resplendent Cherubfish is a new captive bred hybrid pygmy angelfish from Reef Culture Technologies

The Resplendent Cherubfish is a naturally impossible hybrid crossing of the mid-Atlantic resplendent angelfish, Centropyge resplendens, and the Caribbean cherub or pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi. This new captive breeding handywork belongs to none other than the Xyphipops experts at Reef Culture…

Inter-subgeneric hybrids of Roaps butterflies are rare and amazing

Roaps butterflyfishes can form hybrids with other unrelated members of the butterflyfish group although very rarely, to form inter-subgeneric hybrids. Fishes and other animals generally hybridize with other species that are highly similar, usually in the same genus, or within the…