Sulawesi is the coral diving destination that just keeps on giving! After the Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition to Sulawesi early this year, we weren’t sure there was anything left to blow our minds, at least in terms of coral…
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Xepta AutoBalance Automatically Measures AND Doses Ca, Mg & Alkalinity
Auto Balance is a new automatic water testing & dosing machine from a company called Xepta. We’ve never heard of Xepta before but they have a full range of additives with a strong emphasis on achieving proper ratios of reef…
Starksia splendens, a New Blenny Species from the Cayman Islands
Blennies are a broad group of marine fish that occur on tropical and temperate oceans all over the world, and recently we’ve discovered one more. Starksia splendens is part of a group of closely related small labrisomid blennies from the Caribbean which…
Nero 5 Pump Review: a Whole New Class of Propeller Pumps
The Nero 5 pump from Aqua Illumination is the first new product category from the lighting company ever and they swung for the fences with ambition. With its internal motor surrounded by a broad spinning propeller, the Nero 5 is the…
Available now: Psychology for Scuba Divers eLearning
Ever wondered what makes us do what we do as scuba divers? Psychology for Scuba Divers explores behavior and emotion in diving. With reference to established psychological theory and specific research in scuba diving, topics include: anxiety and the panic…
Two New Species of Gorgonians Endemic to Mexico
This has been a pretty good year for new species of corals being described and discovered and today we learned of two more. Two new species of gorgonians from two different genera have been formally classified from specimens discovered and…
Top 5 Saltwater Fish We Wish Were Domesticated
Once upon a time, successful captive breeding of marine fish was pretty much limited to clownfish and new successes were heralded as huge triumphs. Nowadays there’s announcements of new species culturing breakthroughs fairly regularly and these are usually fish that…
La Cana Dive Site – Gardens of the Queen Cuba
Pure white sand and crystal blue water, what else could you ask for with Caribbean diving? We really enjoyed the tranquil beauty of La Cana, an easy dive site in the Gardens of the Queen Cuba. Rocky coral bommies surrounded…
The Massive 2,000 Gallon Reef Tank on Dubai’s Palm Island
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has made a name for itself across the globe for going big, having ambition, and this also extends to the reef aquarium owners of this country. While visiting BPK Dubai for their annual regional…
Orca Phospha-Guard BIO-Cubes uses carbs to bust phosphate
Orca Aquacultural Laboratories Phospha-Guard BIO-Cubes use carbohydrates to remove phosphates to fuel a natural biomass combat phosphate vs. GFO and other systems that look to absorb it. Orca’s Phospha-Guard BIO-Cubes are a passive method that does not require a fluidized…
