Cyanbacteria is the bane of many reefers and at some point most of us have run into the dreaded “red slime“. But cyanobacteria also has the potential to be used in the future to provide an alternative source of electricity…
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Aqamai KPM Pump Review: Wireless Control with Tons of Value
The Aqamai KPM is the newest and larger model of Hydor’s wirelessly controllable brand of water pumps. We already love the teeny tiny feature set of the Aqamai KPS which is the smallest controllable propeller pump for the aquarium hobby,…
Lobo Loco Reef in Manado Sulawesi is Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen
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…
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…
