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Gorgeous New Closeup Photo of the Mythical Ballina Angelfish

The Ballina Angelfish is a swimming oxymoron – it is one of the best-known yet rarely-seen rare species of angelfish yet sightings of this species are very rare. The reason for this rarity…

MicroLED Makes BIG Debut in New Samsung TV

One of the most exciting technologies on the horizon, and one of our most popular stories of 2017, is Micro LED. Until yesterday MicroLED was mostly a concept technology for television and mobile device displays but Samsung has just announced…

Synergy Reef TS-44 Sump is one psychedelic Triton method sump

The Synergy Reef TS-44 sump combines their cool color laminated sumps with a Triton method inspired design. These were showcased at MACNA, but in case you didn’t get there, the video below gives a nice visual walkthrough. Like other methods…

Giant Clams Proposed to be listed under Endangered Species Act

Giant clams are some of the most magical creatures we keep in our reef tanks. Although the vast majority of Tridacna and Hippopus clams in the aquarium hobby come from giant clam farms, this group of reef animals is under…

Cold East Coast weather making sharkcicles, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy responds

The cold weather that hit the U.S. last week is making an impact on creatures sharks as well. In a Facebook post, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy shared some images of a pair of thresher sharks that were stranded on shore and…

GNC Teases Swanky New ‘SilverMoon’ LED Strip Light

GNC is a boutique LED light maker out of Italy that recently announced a new LED striplight to its lighting range, the SilverMoon. Much like its BlueRay fixtures, the SilverMoon strip lights use the same silver extruded aluminum heatsink as…

Walt Smith Int’l lays off 75% of Staff Following Fiji Rock & Coral Ban

It’s been less than a week since the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries & Forests abruptly announced an immediate and complete ban on all live coral and live rock exports from the small island nation. The immediate result has been the…

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Feeding WILD Corals on the Reefs of Papua New Guinea

It cannot be overstated enough that in addition to providing a good physical and chemical environment for our corals, the most important thing we can do to keep healthy corals is properly feeding them. When diving a wild coral reef…

Building my Last Reef Tank

As the year winds down we tend to look back on our failures and successes and the major events of the year, as well as ahead to the things that we want to accomplish and what we are looking forward…

CthulhuAmongUs: A new giant octopus discovered

A new species of giant octopus was recently discovered right underneath out noses. It seems there are actually two giant pacific species we’ve been lumping under one name — the Giant Pacific Octopus (GPO). Although it doesn’t have an official…