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San Diego LFS Demonstrate That This City Is Ready For MACNA

By Jake Adams MACNA 2016 will be held in beautiful and sunny seaside San Diego California, bringing this monumental event to the West Coast for the first time in over a decade, and only the second time ever. We went down to San Diego to Read more here…

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Kessil A80 Will Be The Company’s First Fanless LED Light

By Jake Adams The Kessil A80 LED is a new light which will break from the form factor that Kessil has perfected over the last few years. Instead of being a can-shaped LED spotlight with a built-in fan, the Kessil A80 is more of a Read more here…

Century-old Aquarium At Green Aqua

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Green Aqua is an aquascaping blog turned service team and retailer, founded in 2009 by three Hungarians: Attila Néder, Balázs Farkas and Viktor Lantos. This vintage aquarium was first installed in 1910 by the great-grandfather of Read more here…

Diving Back Into The Reef

By BummersReef Diving Back Into the Reef Flippers on. Mask secure. Breathing tube feels good and I’m ready to go – over the side and into the water. I’ve found my way back into a reef for the first time in over 13 years, and Read more here…

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Aquaforest Giving Away Free ICP Tests At MACNA 2016

By Jake Adams Aquaforest is a relatively new manufacturer of marine aquarium products that has been taking the hobby by storm lately. In a relatively short time, Aquaforest exploded onto the European reef scene and now it’s got its sights set on America at the Read more here…

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Scientists Discover Vast Reef Behind The Great Barrier Reef

By Scott Groseclose James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology scientists working with laser data from the Royal Australian Navy have discovered a vast reef behind the familiar Great Barrier Reef. JCU’s Dr Robin Beaman says the high-resolution seafloor …

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Cherry Fairy Wrasse Is An Exciting New Cirrhilabrus From The Philippines

By Jake Adams The Cherry Fairy Wrasse is a new species of Cirrhilabrus which has just been discovered in the Philippines. The new fairy wrasse is wildly distinct from any known species of Cirrhilabrus, but shares a few similarities with some common, popular marine aquarium Read more here…

Lobster Poop And Jellyfish

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster’s digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen Read more here…

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Vast Halimeda ‘Bioherm Reef’ Discovered Behind The Great Barrier Reef

By Nicole Helgason Scientists from James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology have just discovered a vast Halimeda reef hiding in plain sight behind the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia. Halimeda is a green macroalgae composed of calcified leaf-like …

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Tetra MyFeeder Is Automatic Fish Feeding For A Range Of Foods

By Jake Adams The TetramyFeeder is a new automatic fish feeder to help make sure your fish get enough to eat. Whether you’re going on vacation or just want to automate some or all of the feeding of your aquarium, the myFeeder can handle that. Read more here…