Monsoon Aquatics from Darwin Australia posted these amazing videos to their Facebook Page of spawning Euphyllia paraancora. The videos clearly show egg bundles accumulating in the hammer shaped tentacles before being released through the polyps central mouth. At least 30…
Baby dolphin birth captured on video
A video of a baby dolphin being born is taking the internet by storm. The newborn Pacific-side dolphin was born at Chigago’s Shedd Aquarium on April 18 and the entire event was captured on video. The statement on the aquarium’s YouTube…
Coral bleaching is heartbreaking, but reefs CAN recover
With the massive coral bleaching event occurring right now in the Great Barrier Reef and other parts of the Pacific Ocean, it’s easy to get depressed and discouraged about the future of coral reefs. In the face of so many…
Gramma dejongi school documented on video
Gramma dejongi is one of the most exciting and heart-pounding new species of rare reef fish to be introduced to the world in the last few years. Despite being discovered over five years ago, the illustrious Gramma dejongi is still extremely…
How do schooling fish . . . School?
The ocean and reef environment is home to many interesting and fascinating behaviors. Schooling fish is among the first such notable behaviors that visitors of the underwater realm can usually see in abundance, but we’re still trying to figure out…
SciShow explains 7 things we don’t know about the ocean
The oceans are a deep, dark and still very mysterious place to humans, and indeed this is a great part of the reason for the appeal of saltater aquariums and reef tanks. But the ocean is not just mysterious to…
MaxSpect Ethereal LED PAR values
MaxSpect sure does like to take its sweet time bringing their new products to market. The company has been showing off their Ethereal LED for going on two years, and since 2014 we’ve gotten increasingly better looks of it at…
Coral reefs are bleaching on a massive scale this year
Climatologists have been telling us that the planet is getting hotter and that it will get hotter and with these forecasts in mind, 2016 was predicted to be a terrible year for coral bleaching. Unfortunately these predictions have come true and right now we…
What is a coral? This video is the best explanation yet
Anyone who’s been keeping keeping and growing corals in a home aquarium would have no problem telling you what is a coral. But if you tried to explain to your grandma what corals are, well that’s quite another matter altogether. Not…
Three of our favorite fish dives in Raja Ampat
In December we had the opportunity to go diving in the heart of the coral triable, Raja Ampat Indonesia. We come across some pretty crazy looking corals, and one super old gigas clam, however the real stars of Raja Ampat…
