I was at Sara’s last night to record the next podcast (coming this weekend) and took some time to photograph some of her fish. One that I’ve wanted a good shot of for some time is her Red Headed Wrasse. … Continue reading →

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Philips Lumileds LUXEON Rebel Color LEDs just got a major boost with the company stating industry-leading performance increases for color LEDs. With the integration of other colors into the reef lighting mix, having an increased performance means getting more output, better efficiency and moving color LEDs closer to the output we’ve been seeing in the [...]

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As we slowly take the unbeaten path towards discovering an array of fantastic favias, we come across the cousin of the Prism Favia. Pictured below by Leishman of Reef2Reef, this favia features prominent white ridges surrounding the polyp circumference. Check it out:  ‘Fantastic’ would be an understatement after looking at it again in detail. Most favias [...] Related posts:

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A few weeks ago we threw down the gauntlet, urging MACNA and the reefing community to do more to support the next generation of reefers. Well the Iowa MACNA planning committee was listening and they picked up the gauntlet, kicked it around, played a game of horse with it and then came to an awesome, [...]

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Here’s a photo update on the stunning Paracentropyge venusta x P. multifasciata hybrid, believed to be the only one of its kind in captivity. We first wrote about this particular fish back in 2008, shortly after Koji Wada of Blue Harbor received it. This is just the second time this Paracentropyge hybrid has entered the trade. The [...] Related posts:

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3. Angelfishes of the World Kiyoshi Endoh’s eye candy filled book Angelfishes of the World...

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Christopher Pala
Source: Inter Press Service
September 29, 2010

Bonaire, Dutch Antilles - Scientists are closely examining the reefs of this island just north of Venezuela to determine why it has escaped the devastation that wiped out 85 percent of the Caribbean's corals since the 1970s.

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The Spiny Seadragon, Solegnathus spinossissimus, is an amazingly beautiful fish which straddled the definition of what it means to be a pipefish and a seadragon. The spiny Seadragon is a coldwater species restricted to the Southern Australian and New Zealand waters but they are most often seen around New Zealand where they can be found [...]

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The Aqua Stream Pump from Aquatic Nature is a new high-performance top loading powerhead for flowing up your reef tank late-nineties style. We could go on about it’s high quality parts, 2500 and 3500 liter per hour flow rate but this thing has parts which need oiling. Need we say more? Like the Supreme Filter [...]

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