Sea Spiders are widespread in the ocean and on coral reefs yet we hardly, almost never, encounter them in our reef aquariums. We can think of just a couple of times seeing the lone sea spider walking along some fresh live rock…
Nano goby turns a Bullock’s Hypselodoris nudibranch into its own habitat
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/48234146[/vimeo] We tend to think of small reef fish living in a wide range of habitats but some species of Eviota and Trimma are so small that they can be at home on other reef creatures that are small…
Friday Smorgasbord: Jellyfish photos, wheelchair scuba, sharks, ocean ‘gas’ explained and a friendly seal
It is a three day weekend here in the States as we get set for Labor Day weekend and here are a handful of fun Friday Smorgasbord tidbits to start off your weekend. Russian biologist and photographer Alexander Semenov has…
Sweet coral eye candy video from Ocean Blue Aquarium
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBA92kUb9U[/youtube] Nearly two years ago when MACNA was held in beautiful Orlando Florida, we had the good fortune to visit a gorgeous aquarium store called Ocean Blue Aquarium. The newly renovated store feature an impeccable layout of fish, corals and…
Gorgeous up close video tour is like a safari of established aquarium corals
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPZzonDWCk[/youtube] Anyone can take videos of freshly collected corals but for us, there’s a distinct attraction that we hold towards corals that corals that are looking great, and appear to have been settled into captive life for a…
Vertex Illumina LED gets in-depth review from Bulk Reef Supply
The guys at Bulk Reef Supply have done quite an in-depth and impressive video review of the Vertex Illumina LED fixture. Coming in at over 20 minutes this video really goes through the entire fixture in detail covering PAR readings,…
30 dolphins beached and rescued in three minutes at a Brazilian beach
We normally wouldn’t share stories about dolphins, manatees, sea turtles or mermaids but this amazing video tells an incredible story. In the short span of three and a half minutes, about 30 dolphins nearly strand themselves Arraial do Cabo in…
Panda Banggai cardinalfish revealed in first ever video appearance
The Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first domestically produced captive strain of the iconic reef aquarium fish, Pterapogon kauderni. We got our first look at the half-black Panda Banggai at the Tropical Marine Centre booth at InterZoo 2012 where TMC…
Estherea reef video shows that the Dutch are some of the best reefers in the world
At Reef Builders we got mad love for the Dutch reefers and we’ve featured Tanne Hoffe, Leo Den Breejen, Pieter van Suijlekom (6 meter Pieter) and the Estherea Hotel, the latter of which has just been given a proper video…
Super Mario Aquarium is about as awesome and geeky as fish tanks can get
The Super Mario aquarium is what you get when you mix aquarium creativity with a love of video games and the world’s best toy building blocks, LEGOs! This faithful recreation of Super Mario Bros. 1 in a 55 gallon aquarium…
