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Experienced aquarists consider safeguarding broodstock of endemic Hawaiian fish

We’re pretty sure that the proponents of the Hawaiian-based anti-aquarium-trade movements will try to cherry pick an article like this for out-of-context statements that they can try to use to use against…

Waterproof your gadgets with Liquipel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln0daAowdJI[/youtube] Liquipel, A southern California startup, has developed a way to at a water-repellent coating to smartphones and other electronic devices to prevent accidental exposure to water. A nano coating is applied as a vapor that even protects the sensitive parts…

Talking Fish produces a great video all about Cairns Marine, Australia

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTq_V1n7H6I[/youtube] So far we’ve only been casually following the Talking Fish episodes but their recent video all about Cairns Marine, a popular marine life collector and exporter in Australia, has definitely got our attention. In addition to the…

Win a limited edition black and metal JBJ Unibody LED light

JBJ is taking small compact LED lights by storm with releasing a black anodized body made entirely out of aluminum and an brushed aluminum cover. The limited edition JBJ Unibody LED looks like it could double as a small shield…

Ride along a deep diving submersible beyond the reefs of Roatan

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/35805199[/vimeo] We’ve been totally digging all the uber deep water reef fish being collected in Curacao as well as wondering what their habitat looks beyond the mesophotic reef zone. Thankfully, a video camera was rolling when another deep diving sub…

Wifi LED tubes like netLED are not only coming, they’re inevitable

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0wnDCl_fsQ[/youtube] If you think that wifi enabled LED bulbs are outlandish, consider that ten years ago it would have been hard to believe that all of our home, auto and aquarium lights would be replaced by LEDs, and…

Chaetodon daedalma X C. guentheri is one of many hybrids from the waters of Ogasawara

Ogasawara in Japan is home to many rare species and hybrids such as the Genicanthus semifasciatus X G. takeuchii hybrid and the Wrought iron butterflyfish hybrid above. The hybrid love child isn’t nearly as impressive as one half of its…

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Eleutherobia ‘Fuzzy Carrot’ coral is a new maricultured NPS softy from Quality marine

As you may have guessed the yellow, orange but most often red colonies of Eleutherobia are non-photosynthetic, filter feeding fine particles from the water column. Some species of Eleutherobia Fuzzy Carrot coral occur in shallow water but only in caves or…