Mbigo Mbigo Snorkeling Solomon Islands From the moment our head slipped beneath the waves, we knew we made the right choice to snorkel Mbigo Mbigo. Skip the scuba tank and instead experience Mbigo Mbigo from the surface! The scale of…
Paraclavarina triangularis, Another Underrated Coral Beauty
Several weeks ago, we went on an expedition through the Great Barrier Reef, with Ultra Coral Australia. We spent a week on the reef and on multiple occasions came across a fascinating coral called ‘Paraclavarina triangularis. All of us ‘Coral…
Toadstool Vs. Astro Leather Coral Fight!
The recently described Anastromvos ‘Astro Leather’ coral is a very curious genus that is just beginning to receive a modest degree of appreciation. We were very fortunate to receive some live colonies from Oceans Reefs Marine Aquariums in West Australia barely…
New Illumagic Vitamini LED Super Actinic LED Lights
The new Vitamini Wings from Illumagic are an exciting supplemental LED striplight which is designed to really help coral colors pop. The skinny profile of the Illumagic Vitamini strips gives them loads of flexibility in installing into a wide range…
Peppermint Angelfish at the Steinhart Aquarium
Earlier this year we personally visited LiveAquaria to spend some quality time with one of the very few peppermint angelfish ever to be sold in the United States. Although we traveled to Wisconsin for our private peppermint angelfish party, as…
A Statement About the Source of the Red Sea Clams
The news of giant clams from the Red Sea not just being aquacultured, but already arriving at Dejong Marinelife really caught us off guard. Red Sea clams are some of the most iconic species and patterns since they were among…
Deltec CR Twin Tech Calcium Reactor Review
The CR Twin Tech is one of the most ambitious new calcium reactor designs we’ve seen in nearly ten years. Created by Deltec this new version of the automatic calcium reactor concept is the epitome of the kitchen sink approach…
First Photos of Oreni’s Tilefish in the United States
It’s been less than one year since the first live photographs of Oreni’s tielfish were taken in the wild in South Africa, and already we have reports of this stunning slender fish making its way to aquariums in the U.K.…
We’ve Got a Whole Lotta Raffle Prizes Coming To Reef Stock Australia 2019
Reef Stock Raffle In case you needed another reason to attend Reef Stock Australia 2019…. Buckle up cause we’ve got a whole lotta reasons for you to attend!! This year’s raffle is going to be bigger than ever with more…
Acropora sukarnoi is Australia’s Own Elkhorn Coral
Russel Kelley, Jake Adams, Nic DosSantos and I just came back from a very productive expedition to the Great Barrier Reef, in a collaboration between Reef Builders and Ultra Corals Australia. Using a large ocean worthy cruise vessel and four…
