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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…

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…

Science

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…

Scubapro Japan Introduces Z1, Solar Powered Dive Computer

Scubapro Z1 Earlier this year Scubapro Japan quietly introduced the Z1, their first solar powered dive computer. I’m not sure how this exciting find slipped under my radar, but here we are. As far as I can tell the Z1 is…

Places

Reef Builders Travelogue, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi Indonesia

Reef Builders Destination Lembeh Lembeh Strait is our final stop in this eleven-day trip around Northern Sulawesi. A holy grail amongst scuba divers who flock to Lembeh for its biodiversity of marine life with a backdrop of black volcanic sands.…

Some People Just LOVE Tailless Pygmy Angelfish

There is something so cute and even a little bit endearing about a saltwater reef fish which has an obvious physical deformity, but acts just like a normal fish. We’ve all seen them, the one-eyed fish, the clownfish swimming in…