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Massive Tiger Shark Allegedly Caught After It Swallowed A Hammerhead Shark
This massive 18 foot Tiger Shark photo is creating quite the stir in the Media. This story has not been confirmed, and it is not clear if this is in fact a legitimate photo. There are multiple...
View ArticleDeep French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis
Good morning from Curacao… Here’s two beautiful Deep Water French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis that we recently discovered at around 450 feet! The top fish is a juvenile and is around the...
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World Champion Freediver Natalie Molchanova Presumed Drowned
Natalia Molchanova, regarded as the World’s greatest competitive free diver, has been presumed drowned. Molchanova was teaching a private freediving lesson off the coast of Spain with friends, and had...
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New Coral Species Found in Tasmanian River Estuary
It may be a bit surprising that previously undescribed species can still be discovered in an area such as the rocky reefs of the Tamar River Estuary in Tasmania, which is fairly well studied and...
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Proposal To Remove Exotic Fish In Kelly, Wyoming
Kelly Warm Spring in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, has been an illegal dumping ground for non-native aquarium fish since the 1940’s. The non-native fish have become a threat to native species....
View ArticleThe Yellow Clown Goby: A Practically Perfect Nano Candidate
Yellow Clown Goby (Gobiodon okinawae) perching in coralsNano marine aquarium enthusiasts must be very discerning in their livestock selections to ensure any specimens they choose won’t outgrow their...
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Rescued Great White Shark Likely Still Alive
In July, a young Great White Shark became stranded on a Cape Cod beach. People on the beach saw the shark in distress, and came to its rescue by throwing water on its gills to help it breath. State...
View ArticleReview: Coral Box Cloud 9 DC Skimmer
It’s been a little while since we featured a skimmer review on the site but when we spied details of this new offering from Chinese supplier Fish-Street, advertised on their website for a Summer 2015...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #241
Reef Savvy’s Dream Tank Giveaway is your opportunity to help the patients of St. Jude. This week Reef Savvy’s Felix Bordon joins us to talk about the 2015 Dream Tank Giveaway, how the Giveaway got...
View ArticleMy Marine Fish Are Plotting Against Me!
Exhibit A: The judgmental glareA little-known fact about marine fish kept in aquariums is that they’re passive-aggressive and churlish and enjoy mocking their owners. Okay, I know we’re not supposed to...
View ArticleCuracao Dive Sites, Playa Forti West End Beach
Good morning friends, I had a request asking about diving at Playa Forti. For those of you not from here, Playa Forti is a beach located near the village of Westpunt on the north-west side of the...
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Are humans Earth’s dominant intelligence?
In the 1960s controversial scientist John Lily set-up a dolphin research initiative in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was working for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) who believed that soon...
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A Shrimp-ectomy Performed on a Shrimp
Male and female bopyrids. Credit: Sars, 1899 Bopyrid shrimps are a diverse and understudied group which are obligate parasites on the bodies of decapod crustaceans (i.e. crabs,shrimps,lobsters). Most...
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Cooking Oil Causes Fish Deaths In Washington
With a very warm summer and a mild winter wild fish deaths in Washington State have been higher than normal. The ongoing forest fires in the state maybe magnifying the problem . This time, however, the...
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Long Island Collecting Log: Things are heating up
A pair of reef butterflyfish. Photo by Ashleigh Gardner It’s late August and, as always, things are heating up in the waters of Long Island. I haven’t had a chance to log many of my excursions for the...
View ArticleClownfish Breeding at the SCCC Marine Lab
I can’t seem to keep my hands dry. When I’m not at ReefGen(or playing music), I moonlight at the Suffolk County Community College Marine Lab, run by former MASNA Aquarist of the Year, Professor Todd...
View ArticleNew Species: Pelicier’s Perchlet
A new species image and profile has been added to the Digital-Reefs galleries! Available in the UK only sporadically, and usually costing up to around £500 for a good specimen, Pelicier’s Perchlet...
View ArticleHow Much Live Rock Do You Really Need?
The amount of live rock needed in your aquarium is based on several factorsOnce hobby newcomers learn what live rock is and all the benefits it can provide in marine aquariums, the next big question...
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Shedd Aquarium Lungfish Touted as Longest Kept Captive Fish
Public aquaria have been exhibiting live aquatic animals for quite some time. Amazingly, a number of institutions across the world are around centenarian age. Perhaps even more astounding is how long...
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Inspirational Shark Attack Survirors
The summer of 2015 has seen an increasingly high number of shark attacks. Coming at the 40th anniversary of Jaws, the media has caught what seems to be shark fever. For the last couple months, I have...
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