Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve threatened by proposed resort

Just one month after an uplifting update on the success of the Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve in Mexico, a huge potential blow the fragile reserve is brewing with word of a new Cancun-style resort that has “all but final approval”…

Cebuan rarities band together for one exciting shipment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUbqPbcDxQ[/youtube] A large shipment of cool reef critters was recently imported to Singapore which included a menageries of rare reef fish and a wunderpus. The above video of the Wunderpus clearly shows the amazing colour and banding patterns associated with this…

Reef tanks of ReefStock, Denver by Mr. Saltwater

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/24137339[/vimeo] While many of America’s finest reef aquarists descended on Denver for the Reef Builders ReefStock event every March, we take the opportunity to brag about our vibrant local reef scene by visiting some of the area’s finest…

Milestones in underwater photography highlighted at National Geographic

When it comes to iconic nature photography, National Geographic is immediately in discussion having pioneered many advances in nature photography and more importantly to our audience — underwater photography. Recently National Geographic shared a slideshow dubbed “Milestones in Underwater Photography” that featured…

Friday fun: smartest goldfish EVER, loud shrimp and ocean rythyms

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”383″]http://vimeo.com/17023529[/vimeo] We have a few fun posts to get your weekend started right. Leading off is one of the best advertisements we’ve seen in a long time. Meet “Mr. Memory” the worlds smartest goldfish in the ads for Drench…

ReefStock this Saturday at the Denver Downtown Aquarium

This Saturday March 12th Reef Builders will be presenting the fourth annual ReefStock conference. ReefStock is a fully rounded conference with lots of captive raised corals for sale, all the latest and greatest products, experienced reef aquarium speakers and an…

Variegated Sea Urchin is ORA’s 85th captive bred marine species

The variegated sea urchin, Lytechinus variegates, is the latest reef aquarium invertebrate to get the captive breeding treatment from Oceans Reefs & Aquariums. When ORA announces new captive bred fare, it’s usually on the order of a new fish species…

D. J. Roller’s Last Reef features stunning 3D macro video

The Last Reef is a new underwater nature film which features the most advanced macro and 3D filming technology around. Until recently, trying to get tight in-your-face images of coral and other underwater 3D video was the limited by the…

New bill threatens to ban commercial reef fish harvest in Hawaii – updated

On the heels of Ret Talbot’s January 2011 CORAL Magazine article on the Hawaiian Marine Aquarium Fish Trade comes a bill in the Hawaii State Legislature to amend Chapter 188 of the Hawaii State Statute.  Specifically, revisions to marine life…

2010 was a massive year for marine fish captive breeding

In May of this year, I asked if 2010 would be the year that the marine aquarium hobby shifted to breeding. By September of this year, I felt we already had our answer since this has indeed been one of…