Like many of you, when we first heard that the new QuietDrive controller for Ecotech Marine Vortech pumps resulted in 90% less noise, we simply couldn’t believe it. We could fathom how better motors, high tech bearings, and other engineering refinements could…
High-yellow Venustus angelfish looks great in high frame rate video
Thanks to this lovely, lengthy study on the variations of Paracentropyge venusta, we know that there is an interesting degree of variation of color in the purple masked angelfish. The video we are sharing with you today is a quickie…
The mature reef tank of Bachir Daas
This video of the reef tank of Daas Bachir may not be the highest quality but hot dog does it show some expansive and luxurious coral growth. We had the opportunity to visit and check out Bachir’s impressive coal tanks…
We can never get enough of the Tattoo Jawfish
If there’s a shortlist of marine reef fish that always capture our attention when any news or media surfaces of them, the Tattoo Jawfish is definitely on it. Only known from deep habitats of the Northwest Pacific, the Tattoo Jawfish, Opistognathus…
Martin Moe Diadema urchin spawning work documented in video
If you want to understand why the coral reefs of the Caribbean went from wonderful to wasteland, a lot of the ecological change seems to hinge on a plague that nearly wiped out Diadema sea urchins in 1983. With that idea…
“Uncharted Waters” by The Association for Marine Exploration shows a deluge of incredible twilight zone reef species
The twilight zone is one of the least explored places anywhere in the ocean and human surveys are greatly limited by SCUBA diving. In this 16 minute long video by AME titled “Uncharted Waters”, a brief explanation is given on…
Rainbow basslet video shows the full glory of Liopropoma fasciatum
A nice close up video is the culmination of finally getting a healthy and stunning example of a fish that up until a month ago was unknown in the hobby. We are speaking of course of the fabulous rainbow basslet from…
Huge spawning fish swarms in Palau really are Unique Dive Expeditions
The internet is full of superlatives related to all kinds of topics but we’re planting a flag in this virtual ground, and stating outright that these videos of mass spawning aggregations from Unique Dive Expeditions are some of the most…
Temporary quarantine tank can make a fascinating display
When you picture a quarantine tank for receiving and conditioning marine aquarium fish, images of a scuzzy, bare bones glass tank with salt creep all over probably come to mind first. Indeed, aquarists have treated quarantine tanks as a “necessary…
Reef Toy’s XYZ adjustable baffle teased in video
Just a short while ago we shared the adjustable baffle from ReefToys which enables even the least handy reefers to customize a standard glass tank into a sump of their own. In our write up we noted how cool it was…
