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Close Look And First Impressions Of The Wild Focustronic LED

We’ve been writing about and reporting on Focustronic LED and their first product, the Focustronic One, since about fall of last year. This weekend at Reefapalooza may have been dominated by hot…

Huge Giant Squid Is About To Stink Up This Beach!

You know an animal is large when people first mistake it as a grounded boat! That is exactly what happened on this beach in Maluku Province of Indonesia when they sighted a huge brownish shape bulging from the shallow waters of…

Anthias

Sacura parva Pictured and Filmed Alive For The First Time

Sacura parva is a gorgeous little anthias that we’d only seen in pictures of dull, freshly dead preserved specimens. But thankfully, there’s a few intrepid ‘biofreaks’ like ourselves who actually leave the comfort of their armchair to bring us face…

Decorator Crabs Are The Masters of Camouflage!

We’ve all seen how wild animals can develop excellent camouflage for the habitats where they are found. Creatures like stonefish, geckos and especially insect can just about disappear in their environments but there’s at least one animal which trumps them all. …

New Species

Cyphastrea magna, New Species Of Stony Coral From The Red Sea

I always say this when a new species of TRUE stony coral is described, these are rare and few between. We only see a few new Scleractinia described every year, and it looks like Cyphastrea magna will be the second species, and…

The Frag Fuge Reef Sump Is A Proper Coral Nursery

You know what’s silly? Having a refugium. You know what’s sillier? Using a refugium to shelter sand and algae while putting precious corals on your sand bed or precariously throughout the reef. The Frag Fuge Reef Sump is an exciting new…

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Day 2 Coverage of Reefapalooza Orlando 2017

With only days since the show wrapped up, we’re still feeling the after effects of Reefapalooza Orlando 2017. Now that we’re all kinds of caught up on sleep and water changes, it’s time to share with you Day 2 of…

Zeagle Zena BCD Comes In All The Colors

Zeagle Zena The Zena is a popular woman’s BCD made by Zeagle, which is designed for comfort and balance. What’s different about the Zeagle Zena is the front of the BCD has two small woven panels which zip together as…

The Trachies at Reefapalooza Orlando Were Off The Hook This Weekend!

There’s a whole boat load of incredible corals at Reefapalooza this weekend but a few groups of them really stood out from the crowd. Among these were a crop of truly mind-blowing Trachyphyllia that were as colorful as they were showy…

EKoral Is New Controller That Promises A Fresh User Experience!

EKoral is a new aquarium controller which is promising to deliver some real advances in the aquarium monitoring and controlling space. The hardware from EKoral includes all the same basic components that we’ve become familiar with from the incumbent players but…