We are always happy to see gadget manufacturers creating new products that make a great option for us hobbyists. First off, we love water and love taking pictures and this environment isn’t always the best for sensitive and expensive gadgets so we love to see products like the “ruggedized” Olympus TG-820 camera. The newest member [...]

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The Prognathodes butterflyfishes are an underrated and seldom kept group of fishes that surely deserves some quality air time. While commoner species such as P. marcellae, P. aculeatus and P. aya make it into the trade from time to time, the majority are much less seldom seen and costs many more times than your standard [...]

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For all of you who wondered who was fighting for the “aquarist” in all the ongoing turmoil over the proposals to ban aquarium collection in Hawaii, the playing field just became a little more level.  MASNA (Marine Aquarium Societies of North America) officially announced the HawaiiBanFactCheck.org website late in the evening of February 9th,2012. The [...]

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The Gods of coral reef aquariums are wrathful. They do not appreciate any display of confidence, comfort, or excitement for the hobby. You must respect them to succeed in this hobby. Here are some rules I have learned to follow that helps me avoid their wrath:  Never share your excitement about a new fish or [...]

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It’s fairly well known that disc coral and tongue coral can excavate themselves after being buried with sand but a couple new time-lapse videos of Fungia scutaria and Herpolitha limax show something more. Not only do both of these corals inflate the fleshy part of their polyp in response to being buried, but they also display a [...]

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If you happen to be an owner of a Google TV or device with access to Google TV, a fun new app helps you get your aquarium fix and will save you tons of money on salt mix, additives, food, controllers, LED lighting, rare fish and exotic coral. This isn’t a new concept as aquarium [...]

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The 1 watt LED strip from AquaticLife is the culmination of a lot of research into the needs of various aquarium hobbyists, and how AquaticLife could make a light that can be transformed for a wide range of applications. AquaticLife is one of the newer companies in the general aquarium hobby-industry but within a short [...]

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The Vertex Cleaner-Mag Simplex and Duplex were first spotted at MACNA in Des Moines where we got a good look at them, on the shelf. Now that the production Cleaner-Mag Simplex and Duplex have been released and priced at $9.99 and $14.99 respectively, we’ve had a chance to unbox them from their pretty wrappers and [...]

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