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Five New Products Shaping The Future Of Reef Tanks Part 2 : Filter Rolls

The reef aquarium hobby sure is moving very fast in a lot of new and interesting directions. Yesterday we discussed the advancement of automatic aquarium water testing, something which we could have…

Science

Australian researcher develops ‘IVF for coral’ to help regrow reefs at scale

One thing we know, the way corals reproduce are pretty inefficient as the broadcast spawning only results in a small portion of viable larvae actually surviving and growing into a mature coral. But a scientist from Australia has developed a…

Custom Bashsea Twister Skimmer is one souped up foam fractitioner

There is something about the way Bashsea approaches equipment and its not subtlety. Case in point, this customer Bashsea Twister Skimmer designed for Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, that just looks like one powerful foam-fractitioning beast. The photos make it look…

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Unboxing Frags Rescued From The Path Of Hurricane Irma

Last week it seemed like a hurricane of biblical proportions was going to descend on Florida and ravage everyone, everything, and every aquarium in sight. Thankfully it seems like Irma weakened just enough before it hit major urban centers in…

Conservation

Corals Spawn More Than You Think! Video Of Coral Spawning In Bonaire

Caribbean Coral Spawning It's that time of year again when corals around the Caribbean synchronize for one night of release. But did you know coral aren't restricted to a single night of spawning each year? It is widely believed that coral…

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Adorable Video Perfectly Illustrates The Life Of A Coral

We came across this adorable video from Honolulu Civil Beat Inc which perfectly illustrated the life of a coral. While it may be second nature to aquarist why corals are important, and how they reproduce, there are still people who see corals…

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Five New Products Shaping The Future Of Reef Tanks Part 1: KH Monitors

Technology is a beast that marches ever forward, and sometimes it seems like it progresses in fits and starts. Nowhere is that pattern more clear than right now in the reef aquarium hobby where a handful of new products are…

Proaquatix Captive Bred Scrawled Cowfish

There’s no denying that marine cowfishes are among some of the most alien and bizarre looking reef fish that ever make it to our aquariums. With their weird hovering motion, box like body and long forward facing horns, cowfish are…

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This Angelfish Isn’t Real (But It Does Exist!)

The blueline and conspicuous angelfish are two of our favorite Chaetodontoplus species and now we might get to see what these two fish will look like in one fish. At MACNA 2017 Poma Labs made a huge splash with their expansive catalog…

Mistakes Even Experienced Hobbyists Make

I would love to say that I never make mistakes. But as anyone who knows me knows, I do make them, and sadly I make them way too often, especially in regards to this hobby and how long I have…