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What to Consider Before Giving a Marine Aquarium for Christmas
A saltwater aquarium could be a fantastic gift or an unwanted burden.We marine aquarium keepers get so much pleasure from our avocation that we want to invite others into the hobby to share in the...
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Fireworms, Sea Creatures Seen Under Blue Light
Good morning friends, I first want to apologize for the lack of blog information this week but I just don’t have time!! We have had a crazy week here with our super cool little submersible and today...
View ArticleVIDEO – ORA’s spawning pair of Amphiprion leucokranos
ORA has shared this amazing time-lapse video documenting the third spawn of their Amphiprion leucokranos, the Whitebonnet Clownfish. This is a rare “species” of clownfish that is actually thought to...
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A New Definition For ‘Reef Bones’
A team from Swansea University in the UK, and China, have recently published a paper in the journal Biomedical Materials that shows corals’ stony skeletons could soon be used more extensively in bone...
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Freezing Coral Sperm To Prevent Extinction
Researchers on the Great Barrier Reef are freezing coral sperm to help prevent some of the coral species from becoming extinct. Researchers are using human fertility processes to to cryo-preserve the...
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Ocean Blues: The Curse of the Caribbean
“Curse of the Caribbean”: from an oil painting by Pascal Lecocq. A frequent presence at marine aquarium and dive industry events, French artist Pascal Lecocq has departed from his usual whimsical...
View ArticlePaul Walker, a Friend of the Ocean
We tend to shy away from Hollywood news, both in our personal lives and here on the blog, as it usually is nothing but garbage that has zero influence on our daily lives. But this story is...
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BAKING SODA & THE REEF AQUARIUM
Sodium Bicarbonate is an amazingly versatile powder of goodness. How many things in your life has someone said that baking soda was the answer to your problems, or at least one of the ingredients? It...
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Invasive Fish Species, Curacao Lionfish Photos
Good evening one and all, so sorry again about not getting this out earlier but like I have said all week, I just can’t find the time lately. I trust and pray that all my Americans out there had a...
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Portland Aquarium Co-founder Sent to Prison for Illegal Harvesting
Ammon Covino of the Idaho Aquarium Earlier this year, Ammon Covino, who co-founded the Portland Aquarium and is the former president of the Idaho Aquarium, was arrested on charges of illegal harvesting...
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Review: Little Ocean DSLR ‘Lens Dipper’
If you’re a regular on Digital-Reefs, you’ll know that we’ve been photographing reef tanks and their inhabitants from just about every angle for years now. When it comes to ‘top-down’ shots though we...
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Vertex Titanium Ground Probe Gets a Big Thumbs Up from Us
When it comes to aquarium equipment, it’s hard to demand instant gratification and not be disappointed. Certain items have a break-in period that can last days or even weeks in length, while others...
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The Natural Look
Anyone can have it. Proper coral placement along with educating yourself about coral compatibility will provide the much desired natural grown in look such as this in time. Achieving this is not a...
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The Many Faces of Mimicry in Marine Fish
A juvenile wartskin angler (A. maculatus) hiding amongst the substrate.In the fish-eat-fish world of the coral reefs, it can sometimes be beneficial to look like something you’re not. This strategy,...
View ArticleCal State Long Beach’s Shark Research Lab Recognized Globally
Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab has been helping the world better understand Great White Sharks for the past 50 years. The research has been featured on tv networks and journals. Director Christopher...
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Underwater Blue-Light Photos, Blue-Light Photography
Good morning friends, we had another great “Blue-Light” night dive last evening which started at around 7:00 and lasted a good solid hour. Getting the camera and housing ready for this dive took a few...
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Introducing the Snowshine Seahorses
Introducing H. erectus var. Snowshine. As the head seahorse nerd and proprietor of FusedJaw.com, most of my articles shy away from my own operations. However, I’ve had a project underway I’ve been...
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Spreading The Goods: Giving Coralline Algae A Kickstart
Coralline algae is a very beneficial life form that most reefers want in their tanks. It can come in many colors and some even forms interesting branching shapes. It can encrust on just about anything....
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Taking the Orphek Helix Protein Skimmer for a Spin
At the last Reef-a-Palooza show in Costa Mesa, California, I had the absolute pleasure of bringing home the recently debuted Orphek Helix 3000 cone skimmer. If you’re anything like me, you get excited...
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Corals Create “The Smell” Of The Ocean And Regulate Climate
Marine biologists in Australia have found the first evidence that the coral animal itself, not just its algal symbiont, may play an important role in regulating local climate. The researchers have...
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