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Chrysiptera parasema: a Gem of a Damsel
Less attitude and a brilliant blue body with bright yellow tail make C. parasema quite an appealing little damselfish!Ask the average marine aquarium hobbyist to identify the most aggressive coral-reef...
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Blue-Light Underwater Photos, Blue-Light Corals
Good morning from wet Curacao!!! We have very overcast skies today and most of us are cold, we are not used to 70 degree weather!! Last night when Aimee and I got out of the ocean it was raining and it...
View ArticleNew Species of Giant Clam Discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of giant clam on the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. The yet to be identified clam belongs to the genus Tridacna. “DNA sequences strongly suggest that a...
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AquaIllumination Hydra FiftyTwo Shipping Just in Time for the Holidays
The Hydra FiftyTwo, AquaIllumination’s new flagship LED fixture that was announced at MACNA this year, is officially available to purchase from your favorite aquarium equipment retailer. Priced at...
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CORAL January/February 2014 Preview
Launching into 2014 and its 11th year of publishing, CORAL Magazine will take a fresh look a Seahorses with cutting edge secrets to their successful aquarium husbandry, feeding, and breeding, a species...
View ArticleVideo: Stunning ‘Tigerpyge’ Angel at TMC
Heads-up UK reefkeepers… TMC have just posted this video of gorgeous ‘Tigerpyge’ hybrid Dwarf Angel suggesting that it will soon be available in a UK store. Although certainly not the first to enter...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Reef Scene is Amazing on Xbox One
Way back in May, we caught wind of an underwater scene in the video game, Call of Duty: Ghosts, in which the playable characters get to dive into a luscious reef scene to engage the enemy. Being...
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New Life Spectrum AlgaeMAX and Algae/Gel…Worth the Wait
By: Steve Vavrek The team down at New Life International has yet again come up with another great product. This time, the Herbivores get a turn. Introducing New Life Spectrum AlgaeMAX and Algae/Gel....
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One Acroporas Propagation
This captive grown beauty is being propagated from branches that have been grown completely under artificial conditions. Detached from natural sunlight and natural sea water for many years, all the...
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Salt Smart Tips for Soothing Those Hair Algae Headaches
While some livestock will eat green hair algae (GHA), it’s best to find the cause rather than chase the problem.Of all the irksome algae that can take hold in a saltwater aquarium, hair algae probably...
View ArticleWhy Seahorses are shaped the way they are
Seahorses are fascinating yet not the quickest or the ‘best’ hunters or so we might have believed. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, suggest that these slow, docile creatures are...
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Ocean warming may cause large reef fish to spend more time resting and less...
It’s a common phenomenon - hot weather means we feel a bit lethargic and things just don’t get done, well a team of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook...
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A Closer Peek at Marine Aquarium pH
A commonly used liquid pH test.One of the many important water parameters marine aquarium hobbyists must routinely monitor is pH. But what exactly is pH, what should the level be in a saltwater...
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This many Thor amboinensis is called a?
The critters above, a pack of Thor amboinensis, are a favorite of many reef aquarium hobbyists and are known for their wonderful dancing displays. Also known as the Sexy Shrimp, these little critters...
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Reef Threads Podcast #159
http://cdn.wso.net/reefthreads/podcasts/rt159.mp3 A bunch of polyps.We return after the Thanksgiving holiday to question phosphoric acid vapor formation and talk about palytoxin, tank safety, vapors...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals Very Abundant This Year
Since Thanksgiving has morphed from a day of family and togetherness into one of almost pure shopping frenzy, we figured we would try to do a good rounding up of all the sweet deals from the aquarium...
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Behind the Scenes – Tank Wars Thanksgiving Special
Behind the Scenes – Tank Wars Thanksgiving Special A special Tank Wars episode will be released on this Thanksgiving 2013. You guys have shown so much support that I wanted to give you guys an early...
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Endangered Elkhorn Corals, Fragile/Delicate Hard Corals
Good morning from Curacao, how was your weekend out there???? Mine was two days of non-stop fun from start to finish! Saturday morning I met Dorian and Stijn plus about 20 other riders for a three hour...
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Hands on with the Seneye Aquarium Monitor
Aquarium monitoring systems are becoming increasingly popular for hobbyists who are tired of testing water parameters manually with various test kits, but who are also not quite ready, or just don’t...
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Review: NT Labs ‘Marine Flake with Garlic’ Range
On our recent visit to Aqua2013 one of the companies we were particularly interested in revisiting was NT Labs. Having reviewed some of their products before we’ve already found them to be both...
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