Setting a new precedent for marine conservation, The Nature Conservancy, has announced the finalization of the first ever debt swap in Seychelles aimed at ocean conservation. The new protected area increases the country’s marine protected waters from less than 1 percent…
Mermaids, Megalodon, and Cyanide: A Real Look at the Aquarium Trade and the Battle Against Cyanide Collection
The ocean is full of the unknown, allowing people’s imaginations to run wild. Combine that with film producers, writers, or groups with a divisive agenda, and you get mockumentaries entertaining the idea of a monster shark as big as a…
What is a coral? This video is the best explanation yet
Anyone who’s been keeping keeping and growing corals in a home aquarium would have no problem telling you what is a coral. But if you tried to explain to your grandma what corals are, well that’s quite another matter altogether. Not…
New video showcases Oceanic Black tips and Tiger Sharks in Aliwal Shoal
Aliwal Shoal, South Africa Aliwal Shoal is one of South Africa’s premier dive sites, and is internationally recognized as one of the top dive sites in the world. Located 5km off the coast in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, Aliwal Shoal is…
New Coralife LED BioCube refreshes iconic AIO brand
The new Coralife LED BioCube is probably the most significant advancement for the iconic all-in-one aquarium since Coralife acquired the brand from Oceanic. Besides the all-LED format, Coralife refreshed the design in a couple intriguing ways. First off the new…
Biota Aquariums want to turn novice aquarists into long-term hobbyists
Biota Aquariums is a new company that is hoping to break the high attrition rate of novice and new aquarists in the marine aquarium hobby by eliminating common points of potential failure — loss of livestock. Although the technology and scientific…
The biggest Bounce Shroom in the world!
The Bounce Shroom craze is so powerful right now that it is spawning a whole new generation of reefers to fall in love with mushroom anemones. Last year we broke the internet by announcing that a single Bounce Shroom three…
Outsanding Selections now available as live sand package
Two Little Fishies has been offering their high quality substrates Outsanding Selections in several varieties for a few years now. This week the company announced their Outsanding Selections in a live aragonite sand form. Live sand, especially clean live sand…
Plastic eating bacteria discovered in Japan
A new study from Japan has found microscopic bacteria which can break down a popular plastic call PET. The findings, published in the academic journal ‘Science‘ on Friday, say that the new bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis breaks down the plastic by using…
Shipwreck from Vasco da Gama’s Armada discovered off the coast of Oman
On Tuesday, Oman’s Ministry of Heritage & Culture (MHC) in partnership with Blue Water Recoveries Ltd (BWR) of West Sussex, UK announce the discovery of the nau Esmerelda. The ship which sank in May 1503, was part of a Portuguese…
