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New study finds that biodiversity doesn’t always equal resiliency
A recent study suggests that corals with greater diversity of symbiodinium (aka zooxanthellae) are more sensitive to environmental changes than corals with fewer variety of symbiodinium. Published by the Royal Society Biological…
Most Popular stories last week
August 28th–Sept 3rd AI Vega and AI controller played with in the wild New AquaticLife 3W Expert Series LED light coming in September Reef aquarium from New Zealand is ‘top down’ picturesque Mini micro Bullet 0.5 from Precision Marine runs…
Friday Smorgasbord: Jellyfish photos, wheelchair scuba, sharks, ocean ‘gas’ explained and a friendly seal
It is a three day weekend here in the States as we get set for Labor Day weekend and here are a handful of fun Friday Smorgasbord tidbits to start off your weekend. Russian biologist and photographer Alexander Semenov has…
Acropora suharsonoi – one of the most beautiful and unique deepwater Acro species
We are delighted to welcome Leo den Breejen as the latest addition to our lineup of international contributors. Leo is the creator of such famed aquascapes as the Formosa Forest and Apogon Reef and he’ll be dropping from time to…
New AquaticLife 3W Expert Series LED light coming in September
AquaticLife is launching a new 3W Expert Series LED light fixture on September 10 that features four channels of color control, remote control and ability to customize your own unique lighting cycle. The light is the most advanced LED fixture…
AI Vega and AI controller played with in the wild
Last fall Aqua Illumination unveiled their next generation LED light codenamed Phoenix and then officially named the AI Vega. With a foundation of top of the line LEDs, custom designed lenses and a robust active cooling platform, the AI Vega…
Multicolor coral beauty hybrid specimen shows the beautiful blend of its parents
This multicolor and coral beauty angelfish hybrid is just the latest amazing Centropyge to be illustrated by long term friend of the blog Jimmy Ma. We’ve seen this particular cross of coral beauty and multicolor angelfish before in a tiny specimen…
Lionfishlair is an informative resource for everything scorpionfish
Recently, I shared my experiences with the elusive Blue-Fin Lionfish, Parapterois heterura. Scorpionfish are definitely exciting fish to keep, but they shouldn’t be tried by an uninformed hobbyist. www.lionfishlair.com is a site dedicated to keeping this family of venomous fish. It…
Reef aquarium from New Zealand is ‘top down’ picturesque
Some reef aquariums are just not meant to be seen from the side, something which is especially the case for this reef from New Zealand. From your traditional side view the tank doesn’t impress above and beyond your typical reef…
Upgrade your skimmer with Cobalt protein skimmer pumps
Cobalt Aquatics has slowly been adding a few new items to its product catalog and we recently ran across the Cobalt protein skimmer pumps. Just like the Maxi-Jet relaunch from Cobalt, the protein skimmer pumps give you an Italian-made pump…
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…
