The Bajau people of Southeast Asia are commonly called “sea nomads” or “sea gypsies” for their traditional seafaring lifestyle. For generations, the Bajau people have built their homes above the water and spend most of their time at sea. And, from…
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Juvenile Orbicular Batfish Looks Just Like A Dead Leaf
Orbicular Batfish It’s common to find dead leaves floating around in the ocean surf, but take a closer look and you might be surprised to find a perfectly camouflaged fish mimicking these dead leaves. Platax orbicularis also known as the…
You Won’t Believe The Age of this Tank-Grown Trachyphyllia
It has long been a mystery how old, exactly, some of these solitary, large polyp stony corals are when we get them in our aquariums. We’ve been growing out SPS corals, zoanthids and some Euphyllia from single corallites for years,…
Introducing 7TILL8 Custom Fit Wetsuits
7TILL8 Wetsuits The makers of 7TILL8 wetsuits contacted us to introducing their custom fit line of wetsuits. Perhaps they read my article(s) about why I love wetsuits, or why every divers should own one, but they sure know how to get…
Friday Smorgasbord: Death and Taxes Edition
As the saying goes, the only thing assured in life are death and taxes. We try to keep up with your weekly dose of Friday Smorgi love, but sometimes life just gets in the way. However, we do have a…
EcoReef Two: This is what a Reef Tank Looks Like With NO Filter
The concept of having ‘no filter’ in a reef aquarium generally applies to tanks that are run naturally, with a significant amount of sand and a lots of live rock. The sand and rock constitute a significant natural biological filter but…
Queen City Frag Fest taking place this weekend in Buffalo, New York
Queen City Frag Fest is set to take place this weekend, Sunday April 15th at Babeville in Buffalo, New York. This marks the 4th anniversary of this special one-day event in the “Queen City” located nearby Niagara Falls. Being several…
Hands-On With the Lotus Mag Magnetic Frag Rack by Eshopps
The Lotus Mag from Eshopps is one of the more creative for a frag rack available in the reef aquarium industry. Like the Lotus before it, the Lotus Mag has unique appearance consisting of an arrangement of three ‘petals. that…
ZooMed AquaEffects LED Striplight Review
ZooMed recently unveiled a new line of LED striplights called AquaEffects in two models, both of which have some interesting features. In addition to being color controllable, these lights a re very narrow and thin, making them a worthy consideration…
Aquabotix Releases Revolutionary SwarmDiverTM Micro USV / UUV
Aquabotix, an underwater robotics company with operations in Australia and the U.S., today released SwarmDiverTM, a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that operates in a swarm. Multiple SwarmDiverTM can function simultaneously as a single coordinated…
