ORA announces the ORA Shortcake Acropora
The ORA Shortcake AcroporaORA describes their new Acropora frag:Description: The ORA Shortcake is an impressive Acropora with luminous white... Read more.
New video of Red Sea reefs affirms what we already know: The Red Sea is spectacular!
This video contains some above-water footage, but it’s the underwater footage that takes our breath away. In case you want to jump straight to the good... Read more.
Mangroves marching northward
A newly established black mangrove grows amid salt marsh plants north of St. Augustine near the northern limit of this cold-sensitive tropical tree. Mangroves are... Read more.
New year, new algae (but the desirable kind)
ORA’s newest product is a macroalgaeWe love seeing “new” species introduced to the aquarium trade, and we find it especially cool that... Read more.
Twinspot gobies display fascinating mating behavior
The lovely couple striking a pose for Ned.Anna’s narration provides all the story this post needs, but if you want to read more about these twinspot... Read more.
Revisitng “Jaubert Method” reefkeeping
This French reef is an example of a successful, lush reef aquarium that does not use some variant of the Berlin Method.Long-time reefkeepers have likely... Read more.
Mr. SaltwaterTank’s interviews Dr. Kate Rawlinson about AEFW (plus call to action)
In the past decade, AEFW arose in our hobby seemingly out of the blue, threatening the health of many captive Acropora in hobbyists’ aquariums. Only... Read more.
Several New Fish Species Discovered in Philippines
Currently there is a team of scientific divers in the Philippines working on deep and shallow DNA sampling, and the new fishes they’re finding in the ‘Twilight... Read more.
Living Color Aquariums Teams with Make-A-Wish Foundation to Fulfill Child’s Dreams
Here’s a feel good story to cap off a year that has been full of aquarium industry drama. A young boy in south Florida, 10-year-old Benji Trevino, recently had... Read more.
Tagging Milletseed Butterflyfish Spawning Groups
Our initial population of milletseed butterflyfish consisted of one male and multiple females (lucky guy). To remedy this gender ratio conundrum, the staff at... Read more.