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Aqua Medic wireless EcoDrift pumps, first impressions
The wireless EcoDrift models of propeller pumps follow on the wildly successful EcoDrift pumps from Aqua Medic. The EcoDrift line now includes wireless control in all of the EcoDrift models, as well…
The coral-packed reef tank of Aquatic Art Inc.
With the reefing hobby’s increasing emphasis on frags and collecting corals rather than growing them, it’s becoming increasingly rare to see what a real grown out mini reef aquarium should look like. Thankfully, our old friend Cris Capp of Aquatic…
Breathing underwater, what you should know
Naturally, we can’t breathe underwater, so we use scuba equipment to explore the underwater world. First, you should learn to breathe from a regulator in confined water before breathing underwater in the ocean. Water is heavy, and although we can feel…
The Top 5 Tips for Beginner Reefkeepers
I started the hobby before the internet became widely used, and information was sourced mainly through local fish stores. I was lucky enough to have some decent ones, but it was limited, no doubt. Today, beginning hobbyists have to deal…
Aqueon OptiBright Plus LED striplight is a sign of things to come
The Aqueon OptiBright Plus is this year’s follow up to one of the company’s best LED striplights to date, the OptiBright LED. With its plus-level upgrade the OptiBright trades in its touch sensitive channel controls for a very convenient remote…
“Drowned Apostles” found off Australian coast
Scientist have just extended the range of Australia’s iconic Twelve Apostles. In a recent discovery, University of Melbourne PhD student Rhiannon Bezore discovered five interesting limestone stacks 50 meters (165 feet) under water. Rhiannon found the “drowned” limestone stacks when you she…
New To Diving: Tips For Perfect Buoyancy
Positively Buoyant When you are floating in the water and you don’t need to kick and swim to keep your head above the surface of the water. You can become positively buoyant at the surface by fully inflating your BCD…
What is new and improved in the aquarium hobby?
For as long as I have been watching television or reading magazines and newspapers, the phrase “New and Improved” has been employed for just about every product on the market at one time or another. Whether it touted how it…
How To Clear Your Scuba Regulator Underwater
Clear Your Scuba Regulator Underwater Take a deep breath, relax, and exhale, clearing your regulator is that easy! Regulator clearing is the very first skills new divers will practice. First, your scuba instructor will take you to a confined water area like…
Bottled Ocean debuts modular approach to large-scale aquarium decoration installations
Although we appreciate real rock and coral installations in large aquariums, sometimes it is more affordable and efficient to utilize artificial rock and reef structures. But even the fake structures can be difficult to move, clean or remove from a…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
