What’s an electricity company to do with thousands of discarded insulators? Well build a reef of course! A government-run Electricity Institute from Costa Rica (ICE) is working on a project to create artificial reefs using waste material from the national…
Pseudojuloides labyrinthus, a sexy new pencil wrasse from Kenya
Pseudojuloides labyrinthus is an exciting new species of pencil wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean. The labyrinth pencil wrasse joins a fresh crop of Pseudojuloides wrasses which have been described in recent years, many of them being discovered by a fellow…
The UK Fully Supports Banning Plastic Microbeads
In a step forward to protect the oceans, the UK government now says they fully support a legal ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics and toiletries. Environmental minister George Eustice told the Gaurdian on Tuesday that the ban across the…
Vertex Cerebra will launch next week at nearly 50% off
The Vertex Cerebra has the dubious distinction of being one of the aquarium products with longest ever development period. We first sighted the new Cerebra aquarium controller from Vertex at InterZoo 2010, and it has come through a lot of revisions…
Red Sea Max Nano will use the new AI Prime HD
The Red Sea Max Nano which was unveiled at InterZoo uses the all-new Prime HD ‘HyperDrive’ from Aqua Illumination. Of course it does, but it wasn’t readily apparent at the InterZoo show since the exterior housing of the Prime HD…
AI Prime HD with HyperDrive gives people the power back
The Prime HD is a new LED light from Aqua Illumination which is the latest to get the HyperDrive treatment. Just under two year ago, Aqua Illumination introduced the HyperDrive power distribution system with the Hydra 26 and Hydra 52 and…
Cargo Ship runs aground on Monad Shoal, Malapascua Island, Philippines
A foreign cargo vessel damaged nearly half a kilometer of coral reefs when it ran aground on a popular dive spot off Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday, June 14. A PCG said the Panama-registered M/V Belle Rose…
WATCH: Coral Reefs – Trouble in Paradise
Coral Reefs Trouble in Paradise is a 26-minute long video on YouTube you can watch for FREE! This captivating video tells the story of a scientific team as they scuba diving in the Chagos Archipelagoago as part of a multi-year,…
Top 10 Best New Aquarium Products of InterZoo 2016
InterZoo 2016 was a huge event for new aquarium products, and we could have easily spent an additional week walking the halls, checking out all the new gear, and telling you all about it. This year more than ever saw some…
Salty Q&A: Calcium and Alkalinity Out of Whack
Question I’m having an issue with the calcium and alkalinity levels in my reef tank. Right now, the calcium is at 380ppm, which is at the low end of the acceptable range, and the alkalinity is at 10dKH, closer to…
