BLAU Aquaristic is known outside of the USA for a very popular line of aquarium equipment. Their presence and reception in the US has been on the rise with more and more high end hobbyists seeking out their somewhat unique skimmer designs. BLAU is now showing off a...
This is a photo of six nautiluses chowing down on a piece of chicken, about 900 feet below the surface near Palau. The photographer was Paul Allen, yes, that Paul Allen. Paul has a boat named the Octopus which has Remotely Operated Vehicles that were used to capture...
For nine years now the Smithsonian has sponsored a photo contest that includes some far out categories including "Altered Images", which basically allows Photoshop and other tools. You'd think this photo is rendered or tremendously modified, but in reality this is...
Our friends at Marine Depot got their hands on the new Digital Aquatics Lifegard, and since seeing is believing, we now have a pretty good idea of what this thing does. The Lifegard is an aquarium monitoring system with essentially no expandability. The point is...
This is a scene from Toyama Bay in Japan, and no, it has nothing to do with the stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor. What you see on the shore are Lightning Squid, which are local to region and live in the ocean depths offshore. Once or twice a year, the squid come...
Omega Sea announced their new entry to the aquarium salt world with their new Premium Marine Salt which promises to dissolve extremely fast and mix to 8.3pH with no nitrates and phosphates. The salts will be available at your local pet store in a variety of different...
This super slim nano tank from Aquatop was on display at the Global Pet Expo and it really caught our eye. This one is made from glass and has no frame, when they put their clip on LED light over it the tank really sparkles. I'm not sure we've ever seen a desktop...
The new issue of Anima Mundi is out and it has a featured article on frogfish with some groundbreaking photography. I for one had no idea there were so many different varieties of camouflage, and what is really incredible is their ability to mirror the randomness of...
This is the new Innovative Marine Skkye Light Tablet, a clip on LED system for open top aquariums which gives you a nice sleek look. The Tablet is no bigger than laptop or tablet computer, and comes with a wide selection of colors from 10K to 20K and the unit is also...