COSMIQ+ Digital Dive Log COSMIQ+ is an innovative new dive computer which connects its users through the Deepblu social network. The COSMIQ+ has all of the safety features you need for recreational scuba diving, and stores up to 25 dives on…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish Are Cheap And Common Now
We knew this day would come, that we’d walk into a fish store, and see some lightning maroon clownfish offered up at affordable, double digit prices. It seems like just yesterday we we were writing about the first lightning maroon…
Hot Frags Heading Your Way ReefStock 2017
Hot Frags Coming To ReefStock 2017 The countdown is on! ReefStock is the official Reef Builders marine aquarium conference which is taking place in Denver Colorado the weekend of February 25th and 26th. Tickets are $10 per day or $15 for…
Say Hello to Acanthurus albimento, the White Chin Surgeonfish
Acanthurus albimento is a very rare new species of surgeonfish from the northwestern Philippines. The new species of Acanthurus is known by the common name of white chin surgeonfish due to a white patch covering most of the lower jaw. The white…
Caribbean Coral Diaries – Dendrogyra cylindrus
The Coral Diaries series is a list of corals we have seen while diving around the world. We’ve created this series so that you can learn more about corals, and how to identify them on the reef. We encourage you…
The NEW GNC Bluray LED Is A Thing Of Italian Beauty
What do you get when you combine 588 LEDs for 130 watts of lighting power into a svelte merger of aluminum and glass? I”ll give you a hint, it’s not an iPhone, but the newest high performance LED light from…
Homophyllia bowerbanki, a reintroduction to ‘Bankies’ and ‘Hillae’
It’s been nearly a year now since the familiar Australian ‘Scolymia’ and Bowerbankis were removed from Acanthastrea and placed into their own new genus Homophyllia. Unsurprisingly, most reefers still call them ‘Acans’ by convention, but there is a lot that we…
New reef crab named after Harry Potter
Here’s one for the Potterheads out there. Back in 2001, amateur researcher Harry Conley discovered a black-eyed translucent crab burrowing among reef rocks off the coast of Guam. Having been able to grab two specimens, they were found to be a…
Sea Gypsies and Scuba Diving in Sumbawa Indonesia
The Island of Sumbawa Ever since I was young I wanted to see a Sea Gypsy village. For generations the Bajau people have been living a seafaring life traveling around the waters of Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Borneo, some not…
Salty Q&A: Okay to Add LPS to Established Softy Tank?
Question Hi guys! My husband and I really enjoy your site and the commonsense advice you always give. My question for you is about the feasibility of adding an LPS coral to an established 60-gallon soft-coral tank. We’ve been keeping…