How To Make An Aquarium Where Aquariums Don’t Exist
Custom Aquariums In Tela Living in a developed country, we often take for granted just how easy it is to buy an aquarium, including all the necessary equipment for a healthy reef. But outside of these…
Next gen nuvo Concept Abyss Panorama Drop Off Aquarium ditches acrylic for glass
Innovative Marine is taking the “innovative” part of their name to heart and is always seeming to be tinkering with their designs, which can be a good thing. Case in point, the nuvo Concep…
You’ve Never Seen Corals Like in the new Movie “Our Ocean, Our Future”
Our Ocean, Our Future is a new short film created by BioQuest Studios and the Tara Expeditions Foundation. You may recognize some of the visually stunning focus stacking technique in this film which w…
Corals In New Caledonia Are Adapting To Future Ocean Conditions
Coral reefs around the world are suffering from the climate change, and as the oceans continue to warm and acidify the outlook isn’t pretty for our beloved corals. But researchers in New Caledon…
Overload On The Nano & Pico Reefs of Elite Reef
Under the very curious watch of the American reef scene, nano and pico reef aquariums have blossomed into an art form all their own. Nowhere is the culture of nano reefing more evident than at El…
Some Of My Favorite SPS Corals
When visitors come to see my tanks and realize that the tanks are full of live coral one of the questions I get frequently asked is “So what’s your favorite coral?” To me that is akin to asking me, wh…
Friday Smorgasbord: Love Boat edition
Here are some of the videos that have captured our attention this week. From a strange walking fish, to sharks attacks, whale breaching and fish loving. Enjoy! These Fins Were Made For Walking D…
Unseen Corals – The Forbidden Beauty of Distichopora
Distichopora is such a beautiful animal, it’s a pity that we still haven’t cracked its captive care in home aquariums. Whether that’s due to this ‘coral’ not being a cora…
Rainford X Hector Goby Hybrid Is A Perfect Blend of Its Parents
Hector’s gobies and especially Rainford’s gobies are mainstays of the aquarium hobby, but little do most people know that their hybrids do trickle into the trade. This Koumansetta cross ha…
On This World Oceans Day, Let’s Try To Do More For Coral Reefs
The reef aquarium hobby is such a wonderful cultural movement, it’s transformed how generations of us see, think and feel about wild coral reefs. Without successful reef aquariums and all that w…
First Look At The New Trailer For The Chasing Coral Movie
Chasing Coral is probably the first ever movie that is focused on real live corals, and not just the coral reef as an ecosystem. We already knew that Chasing Coral was going to be a Netflix exclusive …
The Future of Aquarium Lighting Is Probably In MicroLEDs
It’s been one helluva ride watching lighting technology progress through the lens of the aquarium hobby. For me at least, first it was NO, T8 and VHO fluorescent tubes, then it was discerning th…
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby As I have noted several times in the past, for whatever reason this hobby is dominated by men. But in an attempt at equal an…
Five Reasons Why I Love My Linki Gobies
The Linki Goby, Amblygobius linki, is an interesting fish that was introduced to the hobby by Biota Palau just a little over a year ago. Now that…
The Classic Community Reef Tank of Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson is a soft spoken Colorado reefer with an amazing reef tank that we made a point to visit last week. As the star of Mile High Reefe…
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby As I have noted several times in the past, for whatever reason this hobby is dominated by men. But in an attempt at equal an…
Maxspect Recurve LED Light, Full Details and Pricing (VIDEO)
The Recurve LED is easily one of the most exciting new LED lights in a long time, and certainly of 2017, and we’ve got the whole scoop on this n…
MACNA New Orleans Is Happening In Seven Weeks!
MACNA 2017 is only seven weeks away! Here’s what you need to know to attend the years biggest saltwater event. Conference Location MACNA 2017 wi…
A Selection of Purple Wild Acros From Papua New Guinea
Also when I told the locals about how many Acropora lokani were sighted on deeper reefs beginning around 60 feet, apparently everyone in the fisheries…
We Get A New Species AND Genus With The Description Of Cymatognathus aureolateralis
Today’s newest species of marine fish comes from very deep reefs of Indonesia, but it was discovered in a very peculiar way. Cymatognathus …
Have You Tried ICP Testing Yet?
ICP water testing is the next wave of high precision aquarium water testing, and it is opening doors to understanding reef aquarium chemistry that we …
Prepare For Reefapalooza New York By Revisiting Reefapalooza Orlando
The Reefapalooza family of aquarium conferences has blossomed into a national, cultural phenomenon and the next one is just around the corner. Reefapa…
The Painted Face Dwarf Goby Is Your New Nano Species Of The Day
With new descriptions almost every week, sometimes it’s hard to get excited about new species of nano gobies, especially Eviota. Howev…
Can You Transplant Zooxanthellae To Bleached Corals?
Coral bleaching is a huge problem out in the ocean, but it can also be an issue in home aquariums. Sometimes we have the urge to rescue a bleached cor…
Caribbean Bounce Shroom Is Possibly A NEW Species!
A wild new shroom morph has been collected with a very interesting pattern and from a very unexpected location. If this frilly Rhodactis was…
How To Make An Aquarium Where Aquariums Don’t Exist
Custom Aquariums In Tela Living in a developed country, we often take for granted just how easy it is to buy an aquarium, including all the necessary …
Next gen nuvo Concept Abyss Panorama Drop Off Aquarium ditches acrylic for glass
Innovative Marine is taking the “innovative” part of their name to heart and is always seeming to be tinkering with their designs, which c…
You’ve Never Seen Corals Like in the new Movie “Our Ocean, Our Future”
Our Ocean, Our Future is a new short film created by BioQuest Studios and the Tara Expeditions Foundation. You may recognize some of the visually stun…
Corals In New Caledonia Are Adapting To Future Ocean Conditions
Coral reefs around the world are suffering from the climate change, and as the oceans continue to warm and acidify the outlook isn’t pretty for …
I Saw A White Bicolor Angelfish And It Was Magical
When I traveled from Sydney to Cairns to visit Cairns Marine, I knew I’d be treated to see some very neat rare fish, and some juicy corals. But as luck would have it, the fish collecting crew br…
Xanthic Eibli Angelfish Is Even Rarer Than The True Tigerpyge
This xanthic Eibl’s angelfish is such a rare and unique specimen, this is only the second time we’ve ever had the pleasure of documenting this color morph. We thought we were checking…
Cairns Marines Discovers the Ultimate Scribbled Regal Angelfish
With its brilliant yellow, black and white striping, there is no angelfish that looks quite like the regal angelfish. There’s only species fish in the genus Pygoplites and a rare case of subspec…
The Classic Community Reef Tank of Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson is a soft spoken Colorado reefer with an amazing reef tank that we made a point to visit last week. As the star of Mile High Reefers, Scott has one of the most productive reef aqua…
Mike’s Nano Reef Makes a BIG Impression!
One of the very reasons that we love this hobby is that it doesn’t take a big tank to create a wonderful masterpiece and Michael Rice’s nano reef is the living embodiment of this. He’…
Check Out This Killer Video Tour Of An Awesome 300 Gallon Wall Divider
The aquarium service and maintenance business represent a huge part of the American reef aquarium hobby. There are literally thousands of professionally maintained reef tanks that look very diffe…