Plating Corals Spotting coral can be overwhelming when everything looks the same. However, learning to recognize corals based on growth forms in the easiest way to master the art of coral spotting. Plating corals are found in all reef habitats…
Boring Bivalves Can Eat Corals from the Inside!
During our stay with the UCA team, and the few diving we made with them, we noticed that many corals, and especially Lobophyllia were showing weird holes on their polyps. After investigation, we found out that they were infested with…
GHL Leaks Forthcoming Auto Feeder
It’s been a long time coming but finally we have firm evidence that GHL will be releasing an automatic fish feeder. This detail was leaked in a graphic for GHL’s forthcoming Profilux 4e aquarium controller showing all the ports of…
The Eye of Horus is a Great New Accessory for Mobile Photography
The Eye of Horus lens coral filter is a new addition to the mobile phone coral filter lense. These lenses that help remove the blue color to let other color get through became really popular in the last couple of…
The Inspiring Reef Tank of Luis Rosa
There’s not too many reef tanks that we could describe as approaching perfection, but Luis Rosa’s 65 gallon is surely getting close. Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder and Mr. Rosa’s combination of aquascape, healthy corals, new-school…
ReefStock 2019 Pre-Sale LIMITED 50 Tickets Including FISH Poster
Get Excited!! ReefStock 2019 is right around the corner and we want to build the hype for the show and give a little incentive to all our early bird attendees. We are releasing fifty pre-sale show tickets with a limited edition fish…
Great White 10 Protein Skimmer from Dalua Australia Review
The new Great White skimmers from Dalua Australia are sleeper powerhouse of protein removal and organic export. It’s easy to look at their unassuming size and judge their unremarkable appearance as just another protein skimmer company, but these fractionators definitely…
Master of all UCA Homophyllia bowerbanki, is the ultimum LPS coral
During our stay in Australia, and touring up Ultra Coral Australia shed, we came across plenty of amazing coral. But one particular piece, stood far above the crowd. We were very lucky enough to steal a shot of the whole…
Trimma christianeae, a New Species of Pygmy Goby from Milne Bay
Gobies are so plentiful and diverse we knew it was only a matter of time until we got a new species this year. The highly species rich genus Trimma gets first billing for 2019 with the official description of T. christianeae from…
You Might Need Sunglasses to Look at the Solar Flare Acropora glauca
Scouting inshore reefs south of Mackay together with Nic from Ultra Coral Australia, we came across another crazy looking staghorn coral. It was so bright yellow, almost fluorescent, that it was glowing out even in this dirty nasty turbid water.…
