Ningaloo Reef Australia An impressive population of mushroom corals “Diaseris distorta” was discovered off Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef. The coral reef at Ningaloo extends over 185 miles (300 km) including shallow lagoons and deeper offshore waters. Scientists were exploring these diverse habitats…
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Oceanic Alpha 10 Regulator Has An Updated Design
Oceanic Alpha 10 If you’re looking for an affordable regulator to spoil a scuba lover on your list, check out the redesigned Alpha 10 by Oceanic. The Alpha 10 is built tough, has a compact design, and comes with a balanced second stage…
Giant isopod captured swimming deep in the Gulf of Mexico
It has been a few years since we’ve brought you any “Monster Isopod” stories, but when we saw this video, we knew we had to share. You’ll feel this is either strangely beautiful or downright creepy, but either way its…
Two Stunning New Species of Pencil Wrasses: Pseudojuloides polynesica & P. splendens
The pencil wrasse genus Pseudojuloides just increased by two more new species, the splendid pencil wrasse, Pseudojuloides splendens and the Polynesian Pencil Wrasse, Pseudojuloides polynesica. Both of these two new pencil wrasses are similar in appearance to the colorful smalltail pencil…
Ocean Optics WaveGo is the First Affordable, Professional Grade Light Meter
The WaveGo is an exciting new spectrometer from Ocean Optics which finally makes a research-grade light meter at a price that professional aquarists can consider. Ocean Optics is a company we don’t expect many of you have heard of because…
M?OÏ Dive Computer Lauches Indiegogo Campaign
M?OÏ by Thalatoo is a start-up company from Montpellier France looking to revolutionize the way we dive. The M?OÏ dive computer clips to the top of a mask projecting dive info right in front of your eyes. If you want to pick…
M?OÏ Dive Computer Lauches Indiegogo Campaign
M?OÏ by Thalatoo is a start-up company from Montpellier France looking to revolutionize the way we dive. The M?OÏ dive computer clips to the top of a mask projecting dive info right in front of your eyes. If you want to pick…
Seizing the Moment and Limiting Regrets
As I have discussed numerous times in these articles, this is a hobby of patience. That is, we need to be patient and wait for things to occur in order to be successful such as waiting frags to grow into…
Get To Know These 3 Types Of Saltwater Shrooms
Saltwater Shrooms Mushrooms, shrooms, corallimorphs, whatever you call them, these brightly colored cnidarians are a hot commodity in the marine aquarium hobby. Shrooms are great for beginners because of their hardy care requirements, and popular amongst seasoned aquarist for their…
Aberrant Cleaner Wrasse From Philippines is Out of this World!
Wrasses are not a group of reef fish that don’t deviate from their template too much, but when they do it can be quite spectacular. Case in point is this aberrant cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, fished up in the Philippines by…
