The Pro-Tein Clean protein skimmer is a new take on a pretty standard piece of reef aquarium quipment. We all know everything there is to know about protein skimmers, right? You pump water in, mix it with air and capture…
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Exclusive: Aqua Illumination is using freaking robots to measure light
If you’ve got a modern controllable LED reef aquarium light on the market, you can’t market it to savvy reefers without at least divulging some of the specific levels of light intensity. As well-informed reefers, we want to know the…
Poseidon’s Feast and OceanMagik from AlgaeBarn
We met with the team from AlgaeBarn at this years ReefStock event to learn more about their Poseidon’s Feast copepod mix and OceanMagik live phytoplankton. On their own, each product will feed your reef, but together they can help create a live food…
Casper the friendly cephalopod?
A curiously cute new octopus was recently discovered whtn NOAA’s exploration ship Okeanos Explorer took a dive off the Hawaiian Archipelago. This charming and ethereal cephalopod was captured on video during first dive of the season. The internet is enthralled…
Diving Padang Bai, Bali Indonesia
Padang Bai has a range of dive sites from entry level to advanced. Padang Bai is also the main ferry terminal for boats leaving Bali to Lombok, Nusa Penida and the Gili Islands, and there are a handful of dive…
Hear the deepest sounds on earth, from the bottom of the Marianas Trench
It’s not everyday that you get to hear whats going on at the bottom of the Marianas trench, the deepest parts of the sea, and it may be a lot nosier than you think. Deep sea exploration is still an…
Bending the rules of reefkeeping
Bending the rules has been the motto of many of us in the hobby for a long time. I, like many of my fellow hobbyists, think that the rules of the hobby do not apply to us and as a result…
5 Tips To Know Before Your First Open Water Dive
So you’ve decided you want to take the plunge and learn to scuba dive! Great, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put together this list of 5 things to know, before your first open water dive. These simple tips…
DiscOhh Party by Jeffery Honda is this weeks Fluorescent Friday
Photographer and Backscatter pro team member Jeffrey Honda has created this beautiful fluorescent video called DiscOhh Party that we just couldn’t resist sharing for this week’s edition of Fluorescent Friday. The video DiscOhh Party really lives up to its name as…
What’s Your Aquascaping Rock of Choice?
Today’s marine aquarists have more options than ever before when it comes to the types of rock used to aquascape their tanks—from live rocks, whether aquacultured or wild-harvested, to all manner of dry rocks and even natural-looking man-made rocks. Each…
