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Friday Smorgasbord: Ocean Cleanup and more

Hope your Friday is going well! We have another addition of the Friday Smorgasbord for your viewing pleasure. Grab a cup of coffee, a cold beverage or in the spirit of April…

Ask Reef Builders #3: How Long Should I Cycle A Reef Tank Before Putting Corals In?

You don’t. The short answer is that technically, there is no evidence that you need to cycle an aquarium before putting corals in. Now before you start pulling out your proverbial pitchforks and burn me and this statement at the…

Fritz Reef Pro Mix (RPM) High Alk Formula Coming Soon

Fritz Reef Pro Mix (RPM) has quickly become one of the most popular seawater salt mixes in the United States, both for its consistency, affordability and the simple fact that it is becoming widely available at finer reef aquarium stores…

Tempuractis, the ‘Sponge Battered Anemone’ Is The First Symbiosis of its Kind

Tempuractis rinkai is a wild new genus and species of anemone which has a very peculiar relationship with a particular species of sponge. This tiny, simple anemone appears to be in an obligate symbiotic relationship with the sponge, living inside…

EasyTank Is an ATO For Tiny & Nano Reefs

If you’ve never heard of a ‘glug jug’ then you are lucky to be experiencing reef tanks in our current golden age. But back in the olden days, well before there were any top off devices besides mechanical float valves,…

Fish

Stumbling on the Holy Grail of UW Photographer…

Now that we are in Bali, yesterday we decided to go the diving some of the close by, classic eastern cost dive site. We headed to Pandang Bai… This place is quite famous for white sand macro, and we knew…

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Secrets Of The Bajau’s Ability To Freedive Comes Down To DNA

The Bajau people of Southeast Asia are commonly called “sea nomads” or “sea gypsies” for their traditional seafaring lifestyle. For generations, the Bajau people have built their homes above the water and spend most of their time at sea. And, from…

Sicce’s New Glass Aquarium Packages Coming Soon

Sicce, the company best known for making some of the best and most reliable pumps in the aquarium world is throwing their hat into a whole new category – glass aquarium. As you might imagine for Sicce to start offering…

Coral Identification

Caulastrea furcata: Indo-Pacific Coral Spotting

Caulastrea furcata Caulasatrea is a genus of corals which forms short branches and trumpet-shaped corallites. Each corallite is between 1-2 cm in diameter with branches up to 2-6 cm in length, depending on species. The coral tissue of this genus is…

Hands On With The Popko Nano Siphon by Oceanexus

The Popko Aquarium Siphon Device is an ingenious new take on how to get water to drain from your tank, without having to drill it. This miniature siphon is capable of draining up to 2,500 liters or around 660 gallons…