William Colgin / EPA / April 30, 2010 The Gulf, particularly on the Florida panhandle, is where I grew up on the ocean—as often as possible from Atlanta, Georgia. It’s where my love of the ocean began and where my commitment to marine conservation began. This spill might be a small problem compared to some of [...]

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In the latter part of 2009 My Reef Creation released the new lines of Orca Pro skimmers featuring the needlewheel design and pumps of Reeflow.  The Orca Pro-I unit is designed for systems of up to 500 gallon and retails at $1,299 while its larger brother, the Pro-II model is suited for systems of 400 [...]

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Centropyge interrupta, the Japanese Pygmy Angelfish, is one of the most sought after by aquarist and also one of the largest species in the marine angelfish genus, Centropyge. Normally we wouldn’t get too excited to see a video of beautiful rare fish in such a mediocre environment however, these two C. interrupta very clearly display [...]

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Cree is leading the charge when it comes to innovation in the LED lighting market and the company is looking to help you out. We all have a dark, poorly lit area we spend a lot of our time — a poorly lit fish room, a fish store with bad lighting, den or maybe even [...]

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Cuttles cuttles cuttles. You probobly know the drill, but there is some great footage in this KQED Quest piece. Related Posts: Steinhart Aquarium the first to successfully breed dwarf cuttlefish Octopuses love them some HDTV Octopus rubescens and Low Tides are awesome Octopus goes “Gilligan’s Island” making a home out of coconut shells TONMOCON III: Monterey Bay, CA – June [...]

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Last week the Deepwater Horizon semi-submerisble oil rig exploded and subsequently sank on April 22, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, 50 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana. The image above was taken by NASA, clearly depicting the oil slick. Just yesterday the NOAA declared the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill of 2010  a Spill of National [...] Related posts:

1. Coal Ship Leaking Oil Near Great Barrier Reef, Owners Face $1M Fine On Saturday, a ~750ft long Chinese owned coal ship...
2. Caribbean Territories Receive Grant to Aid in Eliminating Invasive Lionfish Species As a surprising, yet well reported trend, invasive species appear...
3. Solomon Islands Rocked by Earthquake Yesterday the land and reefs of the Solomon Islands...

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This blurry blown up image is the latest LED aquarium light from Elos. The animated GIF file below, was published by French Elos dealer NeoQuarium. In typical Elos fashion they are remaining tight lipped about their new products before the big show–InterZoo–while teasing us with new functionality and a larger model. What can we tell from [...] Related posts:

1. Sneak Peek at New Elos LED Luminaire Elos tells us they will be showing many new...
2. MACNA XXI : Elos Manta Packs the ePower, Shines the eLite Sightings of Elos gear was quite rare in Atlantic...
3. Beautiful French Elos Build by Neoquarium This 450 L Elos reef was installed by the...

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Get ‘em while they’re hot!  $10 per large frag! Drop us a line if you want a frag! Related posts:This week’s frag-off: Blue Rics This week’s frag-off Blue Coral Week: Acropora echinata Related posts:

1. This week’s frag-off: Blue Rics
2. This week’s frag-off
3. Blue Coral Week: Acropora echinata

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