Mastertronic Getting Final Touches Before Launch
It’s been almost a year since Focustronic teased some information about their newest project to compliment their alkalinity tester called the Mastertronic. Where the Alkatronic is a complete, al…
Chromis mamatapara, a New Species of Damselfish from the Depths of Easter Island
Chromis are part of a group of fish that we expect to encounter in the deeper tropical reefs of the world, alongside the deepwater basslets, anthias, and certain wrasses, It’s therefore not a co…
Nexus Burst Anemones from Eye Catching Coral
The Nexus Burst Bubble Tip Anemone is an exciting new strain of Entacmea quadricolor that is set to rekindle the hype for aquarium anemones. This very wild lineage of bubble tip anemone is partia…
The Quest for Ludicrous Aquarium Water Flow
My path in the larger reef aquarium world began with college studies of the interaction between light and water flow, culminating in a water movement pattern that I introduced as ‘Gyre Flow̵…
Acropora striata, a Skinny Version of the Beloved Tenuis Acro
For many years, we’ve been intrigued by an Acropora tenuis look alike, a convincing impersonator with skinny tapering branches. This is a coral we occasionally encountered from time to time, in …
New Rainbow Scolymia Defies the Limits of Color
There have been a large number of Australian Scolies that have been described as ‘Rainbow’ but perhaps none have been more deserving of that description than this one. This Homophylli…
Tune in LIVE And Share Your Deep Sea Knowledge
The Schmidt Ocean Institute team is calling on all interested scientists, especially those from the mesophotic and deep-sea coral community to join in remotely and provide comments during the dives!…
Platinum Blue DC Pumps now Available from Seven Ports
The Platinum Blue DC Pump is a brand new line of water movers from Seven Ports that is about to shake up the landscape of controllable water pumps. What makes these pumps really compelling is that the…
Hard Coral ID Guide is a Free Download
One of the most common questions of aquarists new to the reef aquarium hobby is where they can find a good guide to identify corals. Even with lots of experience and practice it can be a decent challe…
[WATCH] New Species Discoveries With Dr. Mark Erdmann and Ocean Geographic
Have you ever wanted to invite a scientist into your living room and hear about all their exciting discoveries? Ocean Geographic has been hosting live video sessions with experts around the globe and …
WATCH: Kaleidoscope Reef Dreams
We came across this quirky reef video by Alfredo Reis Dues, who has created this kaleidoscopic effect mirroring his reef tank. Alfredo is a filmmaker from Portugal specialized in underwater animation …
Clownfish
Morse Code Flame Angelfish Beauty from Among The Reef
It’s been a good long while since we’ve seen a nice, novel aberrant pygmy angelfish specimen but the new Morse Code flame angelfish is jus…
aberrant angelfish
Another Crazy King Bicolor Angelfish scored by Bali Aquarium!
It’s been a while since we documented a crazy looking Bicolor Angelfish and weird Angelfish are one of our favorite marine life topics. Even if …
New Species
Plectranthias purpuralepis is Taiwan’s Newest Basslets Species
Plectranthias purpuralepis is a brand new species of deepwater basslet coming from the North end of Taiwan in the Three Northern Islands area. It̵…
Places
Pikachu Acropora microclados, a New OG Reef Tank Coral?
With the recent reopening of Maricultured Indonesian corals, we (at Bali Aquarium) finally got back some corals that we terribly missed. Some corals a…
