William Saville-Kent As you do when you’re stuck at home, you fall down a rabbit hole on the internet. The story of William Saville-Kent is one such divot we stumbled upon, and oh boy are we happy we did. We…
Spruce Up Your Fish Room With Sweet Steel Cutouts
Like much of the natural world, the colorful and wonderful patterns of marine life lends itself incredibly well to artistic production. MAD Fabrication is a metal shop out of Albuquerque which has been inspired by many of our favorite reef…
Hey Twin Cities! Not at MACNA? Check out the illuminated reef
This is the time of year where those of us not soaking up all the goodness at MACNA get a bit melancholy — wondering what cool gear is being unveiled, all the great frags, the speakers and of course the…
Friday Smorgasbord: Danios, toilets, crochet and more
This week’s edition of the Friday Smorgasboard features life-saving danios, toilet reefs, crochet and more. Without further ado, here you go! Dr. Danio The danio, one of the common starter fish for freshwater aquariums, also may help us unlock some…
Friday Smorgasbord: Orcas, Phelps, drones and salty art
Welcome to our weekly edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. All those strange and wonderful aquatic-related tidbits that captured our attention this week. To send you off on your weekend, we’ve got an interesting array including a video that proves Orcas…
What if bio-fuel from algae could power our reef tanks?
The brain child of architectural designer Jacob Douenias and Industrial designer Ethan Frier, the ‘Living Things’ art installation in Pittsburgh contains furniture of a possible and not too distant future where the symbiosis between human beings and microorganisms are on…
Water-cut fish art from Elite Waterjet
With all the hot corals and new products running around Reefapalooza, it was hard to get event-goers to pay attention to anything else. However one booth by Sandbar Pet Shop from Mission Viejo CA had an impressive display of aluminum…
German artist exhibits full-scale panoramic display of Great Barrier Reef
A German artist has turned a former gas storage tower into a full-scale, 360-degree panoramic display of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Located in Leipzig, Berlin-based artist Yadegar Asisi projects a visual panorama on a a giant circular screen inside the…
New Butterflyfish poster is the ultimate guide to identifying Chaetodon
Prolific illustrator Scott Partridge has recently created an amazing poster featuring all* of the species of Chaetodon butterflyfish. The Chaetodon poster features 88 species of the beloved reef butterflyfish with each species being illustrated in an informative digital style. This approach to…
Limited edition Fish and Corals of The World posters are now up for sale
Throughout the years of reefing and travelling, I’ve managed to amass quite the collection of fish and coral photos, many of which I use for day to day articles here. We sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed the pictures, and so it comes…
