The Discovery Channel’s exciting new series LIFE is featuring invertebrates in the upcoming episode LIFE: Creatures of the Deep airing on Sunday, April 4 (9 p.m. EDT/PDT). The series is getting rave reviews and gotta love the Oprah narration. To…
EcoReef One, second preview
Here is another preview video of EcoReef One, a live rock-less, LED-lit five gallon nano cube that lives off of an average of 20 watts of power consumption and water changes. This is indeed a video, see the harlequin shrimp…
Blue Ringed Octopus captured on HD Video
Very few of us keep a Blue Ringed Octopus, and for very good reason. They’re poisonous, can escape just about any glass cage and very smart. While most of us wouldn’t keep this guy, we can see why so many…
Hitler gets Acropora Eating Flatworms Video
Taking over the reefing world is not as easy as it seems. This video explains why.
The blue-spot butterflyfish that holds a lot of promise for the future of captive reared aquarium fish
This petite blue spot butterflyfish, Chaetodon plebius, from Sustainable Aquatics may only be 1.25″/3cm long, but this little guy is a window into a very big future of captive reared fish. Sure it’s nice to have captive reared fish like…
Stunning panoramic aquarium gives 200-degree view at Germany’s Zoo Aquarium
Seeing this aquarium definitely makes you want to do a remodel of your house! The breathtaking aquarium encompasses a 200-degree view around the room in the Zoo Aquarium in Berlin, Germany. The aquarium houses some impressive stands of soft and…
Face of thorny oyster (Spondylus americanus) on HD Video
Coral Morphologic looks at the thorny oyster (Spondylus americanus) and captures it on their HD Video. Since Coral Morphologic is making this HD video a weekly affair we couldn’t resist sharing this with our dear readers. “Unlike most shallow-water oyster…
The Dwarf Dartfish, Aioliops megastigma, perhaps a perfect nano reef schooling fish
By Matt Wandell and Rich Ross One of the great things about working at a public aquarium is seeing all the interesting and unique animals that come through our doors. Sometimes the most fascinating fish come in the smallest packages,…
EcoReef One – the preview
5 gallons, 6 months old. No live rock, no live sand. No skimmer, no additives, no testing. Small internal filter, Nano Customs 15 watt PAR 38 LED spotlight and ESV B-ionic Seawater. Full article coming soon in Advanced Aquarist.
Transparency shrimp on HD Video
Another video from Coralmorphlogic has been released as they guys there say: “Featured in the the video is a unidentified shrimp that lives commensally on Ricordea sp. corallimorph polyps. Unlike the other commensal anemone/corallimorph shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni, P. yucatanicus) that…
