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Laser-Guided Sea-Monkeys Mix Mountains of Seawater
I wonder if my cat actually liked to swim if she could do the same? Mau loves a good game of “laser tag”. This intriguing study, brought to us via National Geographic, demonstrates how tiny little...
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Over 35,000 Walruses Rush to Alaskan Shore When They Can’t Take The Heat
Sadly, not all of them are alive. On a beach just outside the village of Point Lay of Southeast Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration snapped photographs depicting...
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Saving Fish
The reality of keeping marine fish, is that external parasites come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and all of them can be severe. Marine ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) is the most common external...
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Spiral Grafting
My most recent spiral graft is part art project, part science experiment, and involves a genus that I have had great success with in the past, Acanthastrea. I used two corals that originally came from...
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Keeping “Difficult” Marine Fish
There are no real “difficult” fish; they survive just fine in the sea before someone comes along and collects them. They know what they need, and if we studied them in the sea, we would also know what...
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Parastite Treatment Kills One Hundred Aquarium Fish
Over 100 Caribbean Reef Fish died from a parasite treatment at the Albuquerque Aquarium on Wednesday. The aquarium had been trying to treat a stubborn Trematode outbreak for several months in one of...
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Baby Longfinger Purse Crab, Iliacantha subglobosa
Good morning from Curacao all! Look what I have for you today, a baby Longfinger Purse Crab, Iliacantha subglobosa that I found inside one of the beer bottles the Smithsonian Institution brought up...
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There’s Hope! Our Reefs Aren’t Quite As Doomed As We Believe
Here’s some positive news for you on the often believed bleak outlook for the health and survival of our beautiful coral reefs. A new longitudinal study from UC Santa Barbara California’s National...
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Is There a Jellyfish Tank in Your Future?
One of the product lines that really caught my eye at MACNA 2014 were the jellyfish tanks at the Boyd Enterprises booth. Until recently, home aquarists did not have access to jellyfish systems. When I...
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Review: Kessil A360 Controller
The Kessil A360 light is one of my personal favorites, and my weapon of choice for growing SPS and LPS corals. One issue that many aquarists have noted, is that the Kessil lights didn’t include any...
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Is the “Floppy Floppy Spider of the Sea” Too Smart For Consumption?
Hold on there, Cowboy, put down your fork/chopsticks/fingers (I know you eat with your fingers, you animal) and let’s really mull over the cephalopod we’re about to consume. Sure, it’s pretty damn...
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Futuristic Hydroelectric House Moves With The Tide
Green and energy efficient building design is catching on around the world. This house is pretty much amazing. Designed by London-based architect Margot Krasojevik, the ‘Hydroelectric Tidal House’ is...
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Budget Cuts and Lay-Offs Threaten Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts
Well here’s some seriously troubling, ass-backwards news for you today. In the face of what seems to be the greatest deterioration we’ve yet to see over the past five years of one of the world’s most...
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Older Coral Species More Resilient Than Newer Species
There is legitimate concern over the fate of our natural coral reefs. With rapid consumption, pollution, dredging and environmental factors all leading to the decline in reef health. Diseases are a...
View ArticleNitra-Guard BIO-Cubes Set-up and Review- Polyp Lab
http://www.youtube.com/v/ucCMR5If5Co?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata I have used this carbon product from Polyp Lab for 6 months. The Nitra-Guard Cubes do a good job at eliminating...
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Reef Threads Podcast #200
This week we celebrate our 200th podcast.This week we reach a major milestone with our 200th Reef Threads podcast. To help us celebrate, we’re joined by Rich Ross, Ben Johnson, and Jeremy. This week...
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Pacific East Aquaculture partners with Indo Elite Corals (IEC)
I’ve been a loyal customer of Pacific East Aquaculture for many years. In 2012 I traveled there, and covered Dr. Mac’s store, and history in the hobby for Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. They are...
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The Nobel Prize in Physics For 2014 Goes To The Inventors of the Blue LED
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has reached a final decision to award The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 to the following individuals: Isamu Akasaki of Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and Nagoya...
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Having Crabs is a Good Thing for Coral
Smithsonian scientist Seabird McKeon, along with the museum’s predoctoral fellow Jenna Moore of the Florida Museum of Natural History, have published new research highlighting the importance of reef...
View ArticleA Brief History of EcoTech Marine Video
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