Source: Bernama
December 20, 2010

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Semporna in the east coast of Sabah may have the highest marine diversity in the world, concluded a team of 18 scientists involved in the just-concluded Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition (SMEE) 2010.

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The Reef Octopus Pro-Series protein skimmers are a new line of products showcased when the Australian company recently relaunched its website. Not to be confused with Super Reef Octopus, Reef Octopus seems to be a separate company although they do deploy similar products including the use of the Bubble Blaster pumps. These Bubble Blaster pumps [...]

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Speaking of masterpieces, this incredible Scolymia australis dubbed the ‘Incrediscoly’ by Cherry Corals is an LPS to remember. The Incrediscoly may not have as much contrast of patterning as the original Spirograph Scolymia, but it more than makes up for it with a veritable rainbow of colored stripes. Granted this singular Scolymia australis specimen was [...]

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Normally when we post full tank shots on Reef Buidlers, without exception these are tanks that already look good, tank of the month, mature aquarium with a nicely aquascaped reef or coral structure. As soon as we watched this video of YouTube user Vivaldi’s new reef tank, we knew we had to share this exceptionally [...]

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Reef Threads podcast #17 is available for your listening pleasure. Download it here, or go to the iTunes store and search for Reef Threads. This week we discuss John Ciaotti’s water change technique, Sara’s new tank, aiptasia attacking my chili … Continue reading →

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The pair of ORA Spotted Mandarins (Synchiropus picturatus) I received earlier this year has been caught going through the motions, but as of yet, they have not consummated their relationship.  Typical teenagers…as you can clearly see in the video above, they haven’t quite figured it out yet.  It should come as no surprise that with [...]

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This great video shows some of the incredible creatures found in the reefs off of Bali’s Amed and Tulamben areas. The video captures some great macro footage of different shrimp species, seahorses, pipefish, pygmee seahorses, leaf fish and even harlequin shrimp. The footage was uploaded to YouTube by “balireefdivers” and from this and other videos [...]

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Hanna Instruments is giving away an iPad and a $100 gift certificate in a new contest the company launched to highlight the simplicity of their “Dip and Test” line of handheld instruments. The company is looking for your video, picture or testimony on your experience with your Hanna “Dip and Test” meter to Hanna’s contest [...]

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