Reef aquarium conferences like ReefStock and Reefapalooza are usually a great place to look for coral frags, but sometimes we get to see some truly stupendous coral colonies too. This past weekend’s event was a great new success for the…
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Sustainable Collecting Is Bringing An Explosion Of New Filipino Fish
There’s a new hub for very interesting and novel reef fish in the aquarium hobby and it’s the Philippines. This might be somewhat counterintuitive since so many of the fish for saltwater aquarium fish have come from this nation of…
Illumagic Makes Killer LED Lights For Nanos, Reef Displays, & Commercial Scale
Illumagic is a Taiwanese company that has been making LED aquarium lights about as long as all the major players in the aquarium hobby. Being separate from mainland China, Europe and North America, Illumagic has really been able to develop…
This Eastern Indonesian Reef Is Dominated By Shrooms
It was one of these mornings when the sea is like glass. A few days before, a collector mentioned to me about a reef, which was covered by ‘thin mushroom anemones’ aka Discosoma sp. No need to talk further, I…
Seven Of Our Favorite Dive Sites In Roatan
Dive Roatan If you love coral, Roatan Honduras should be at the top of your list as a scuba diving destination. Roatan is one of three Bay Islands off the Northern Coast of Honduras, and the islands boast some of…
New Damselfish Species Cares For Offspring Like A Cichlid!
Altrichthys alelia is a newly described species of damselfish from the Philippines with a curious behavior that is more like freshwater fish than one living on a reef. You could be forgiven for mistaking Alelia’s damselfish for a weird-shaped green…
Pelagic Blackwater Diving With Pro photographer Jeff Milisen
Pelagic Blackwater The translation of the word PHOTOGRAPHY from Latin would be; “to draw with light”, and our guest produces astonishing portraits of seldom seen animals in the pitch-black waters off the Kona coast of Hawaii. We sat down with…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Amphiprion perideraion – Pink Skunk Clownfish
Amphiprion perideraion By: Greg Collinske The Pink Skunk Clownfish (Amphprion perideraion) is a slightly delicate and often underrepresented species in our hobby when it comes to anemonefish. The Pink Skunk Clownfish has a striking color pattern which is quite different…
Some Cryptic And Remarkable Corals From Palau
The reefs of Palau are amongst the healthiest I have ever seen with lush coral growth that varied by habitat, but afforded plenty of cool coral encounters. The semi-enclosed lagoons with very shallow water is where an unusual Montipora could be…
Exploring Coral Reefs In Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands Reefs South of Cuba, where the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates meet, lies Grand Cayman a divers paradise surrounded by deep walls, crystal clear water, and miles of coral reef. Grand Cayman is the largest of the three…
