Bangka Island Bangka Island is known as a nonphotosynthetic coral paradise. Scuba divers and vacationers are attracted to the Robinson Crusoe island to get away from the hustle, relax on a white sand beach, and jump in the flow for…
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The Clearest Macro Time Lapse Video of Growing Acropora
Time lapse and macro videos are one of the best tools we have to shine a light on coral ‘behavior’. Since corals don’t move like other animals, and their reactions to the environment are a very different time scale from…
Acropora Thrive In The Shallow Reefs Around Halmahera Indonesia
Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found our Acropora dream reef is an understatement. We visited this region as part of the…
Coral View Lens Review – A Must-Have Accessory For Social Reefers
Without exaggeration, a clip-on yellow or orange smartphone filter to take pictures in blue light reef tanks is one of the most important accessories a reefer should have in 2018. Since we can’t take our tanks with us and we…
Halmahera Indonesia Is The Center Of Coral Diversity
Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found the coral reef of our dreams is an understatement. Now we are excited to share…
Saltwater Aquarium Clean Up Crew For Beginners
Meet The Clean Up Crew When keeping a saltwater aquarium you have to think about all parts of the mini-ecosystem you are trying to create. Of course, this means planning out your tank size, what equipment you will need, and then…
Kyocera releases aquarium LED light in this summer
Kyocera is Japanese company that is well-known for copier machine and ceramic products, and more recently smartphones. I did not know that they have a business for LED light until recently. It looks they are making some LED products for…
Stumbling on the Holy Grail of UW Photographer…
Now that we are in Bali, yesterday we decided to go the diving some of the close by, classic eastern cost dive site. We headed to Pandang Bai… This place is quite famous for white sand macro, and we knew…
Caulastrea furcata: Indo-Pacific Coral Spotting
Caulastrea furcata Caulasatrea is a genus of corals which forms short branches and trumpet-shaped corallites. Each corallite is between 1-2 cm in diameter with branches up to 2-6 cm in length, depending on species. The coral tissue of this genus is…
Snapshots of My Own Personal Reef and Planted Tanks
If there’s one thing that you should know about me by now, it’s that I really really love aquariums, especially my own tanks. I miss them when I’m traveling, even if for just a few days. There’s a webcam setup to…
