We are on the cusp of a three-day weekend and before we break for the holiday weekend, we thought we’d leave you a few of the cool stories we’ve been tracking this week. Big Fin Attack! Bigfin reef squid are…
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Tela Bay is what All Caribbean Reefs Used To Look Like[Video]
Picture every picture or video of a lush, thriving coral reef you’ve ever seen – virtually all of these are only in the Indian or Pacific Oceans because Caribbean coral reefs have degraded so much in the last couple of…
VIDEO: Scuba Diving In Saint Helena And Ascension Island SV Delos
St. Helena and Ascension island are two of the most remote islands in the world. At 700 nautical miles apart, smack dab in the center of the South Atlantic, and it’s not every day you come across scuba diving videos from of…
Epaulette Shark Hunting Exposed Reef at Low Tide [Video]
If you needed any more proof that Epaulette Sharks are one of the coolest predators on the reef, look no further than a trio of new videos from PBS, the BBC and the Smithsonian. Epaulette sharks’ small size, benthic nature…
Ultimate Video Tour of Amazing Aquariums & Reefs
Keeping corals alive in reef tanks can be incredibly easy, as long as you keep it simple. The biggest downfall of new and experienced reefkeepers is making reef tanks more ‘elaborate’ than they need to be, and getting wrapped up…
Watch How Expedition Reef Visualization Was Made At The California Academy of Sciences
Expedition Reef Visualization Go behind the scenes with the California Academy of Sciences to see how they creating this ultra-realistic coral reef. The visual will be used in for the digital planetarium show exploring some of our planet’s most biodiverse—and critically threatened—ecosystems.…
Friday Smorgasbord: February Fun Edition
It’s Friday and hopefully you’re well on your well to a fantastic weekend. After having a few too many downers in our previous Friday feasts, we’ve found some pretty fun posts overall. Happy February everyone! How Awesome is this! https://twitter.com/VAAquarium/status/961230569525907456…
SnappGrid by Innovative Marine is the Easy Way to Organize Frags
SnappGrid is an intriguing new aquarium accessory from Innovative Marine which is aiming to make eggcrate even easier to use. As a building material, eggcrate is the backbone of the reef aquarium world, being used for all manner of uses,…
Rainbow Chalice Motherlode Part 2
There’s nothing that can get a coral collector’s heart racing like seeing one beautiful colony of rainbow chalice coral. So you can imagine my sincere shock when I discovered another ‘secret stash’ of rainbow colored Echinophyllia after visiting VP Corals in…
Transport Yourself to a Natural Reef in Palau’s Rock Islands
The reef aquarium hobby has grown so much, and become so successful at growing corals, that we’ve become far removed from what natural corals and reefs look like. One the one hand it’s nice to be self-sufficient from wild harvests…
