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Puzzling creature washed ashore thought to be rare oarfish

A strange looking creature found along the Florida coastline by a couple out on a stroll is thought to be an oarfish. As the longest of the “bony” fishes, the oarfish can…

Lightning strikes twice with two incredible red Fungiid disc corals

We don’t know what the heck is going on with the incredible disc coral above but whatever it is, it’s unbelievable. Elongated red tentacles on top of a dark colored coral polyp looks like this Ctenactis is on fire, it…

Coralife showcases Aqualight LED with interactive 3D PAR map

The Coralife Aqualight LED is using some well thought out marketing to showcase the company’s new LED light. Besides incorporating a sleek and straightforward approach to giving you all the details on the light, Coralife has taken the time to…

unboxing the JBJ Unibody LED light fixture and DUO box LED driver

It’s been a few moons since we’ve had a good ole-fashioned product unboxing, not because we haven’t had any cool products to review, but because the JBJ Unibody is the first product this year to be boxed in some kind…

Chaetodontoplus niger shows up on youtube

One of the rarest of all marine angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger, was filmed by Japanese divers off of Kashiwajima, Kochi at 33-meters, and posted on youtube. The contrast of white and yellow fins along an all black body is quite stunning on…

Flipper algae scraper is a near perfect clone of the Mag-Flip

The Flipper magnetic algae scraper is somewhat confusing to us; on the one hand it looks like a near perfect copy of the Mag-Flip algae scrapers we’ve been using in our tanks for years but they claim to be using…

Blue Harbor’s close up video of Lipogramma robinsi shows this fascinating basslet in great detail

Just last week were thrilled to share the first great photograph of the almost completely unknown Lipogramma robinsi, the first specimen to be captured in a live photograph. This week the high rolling fish collectors at Blue Harbor have put…

New Cree XB-D LED Set to Lower Product Costs

The Cree XB-D LED just announced today is being released into the wild to start bringing high quality and high output LED fixtures down to a price range that will start to compete with the many budget fixtures that are…

Riusuke Fukahori paints amazing three-dimensional fish paintings

If you think that the above picture is one of actual fish you’d be wrong, rather than water the container is filled with resin and rather than being filled with actual fish these fish are painted. Riusuke Fukahori, a Japanese artist, paints these…

Vivid Aquariums using 800 gallon display for a large scale comparison of LED and metal halides

We happened to be visiting Vivid Aquariums yesterday and noticed that their overhauled 800 gallon display reef aquarium is sporting a curious dichotomy of old school and new school lighting. With the 2011 LED showdown now over and tons of…