Another ‘Nemo City’

Just about every dive center I’ve visited in the Indo-pacific region has a ‘Nemo City’ or, if named before a certain small animated fishes exploits, an ‘Anemone Garden’, and for an underwater photographer, they are always a good...

More Amazing Conditions on Red Sea Reefs

There’s nothing better than finning along in the shallows and coming across an area of reef that takes your breath away. While this might seem like the last thing a diver wants, on occasion you come across an area of reef that makes you want to breathe every...

7 sharks found in New York man’s home before his arrest on trafficking charges

Joshua Seguine, of LaGrangeville, N.Y., was arrested Tuesday for allegedly keeping seven live sandbar sharks in an aboveground pool in his home. (A file image of a sandbar shark is pictured) (REUTERS/Paul Hanna PH/MA) A man has been arrested for allegedly keeping seven sandbar sharks in an aboveground pool in his New York home with intent to sell them online, officials said Wednesday. Joshua Seguine, 38, of LaGrangeville, N.Y., was charged with the illegal commercialization of fish, shellfish, crustaceans and wildlife on Tuesday, according to a release from New York Attorney General Letitia James. Police from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), along with biologists from the Long Island Aquarium and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, searched Seguine’s house and found the

Switching From Neptune APEX to GHL Profilux 4

Change can be a difficult thing and over the years I have certainly had my moments of resisting it…..this is true for life in general and, specifically, the reef aquarium hobby. Hey, I am still holding on to my metal halides ? Nonetheless, I do believe change is a good thing when it makes sense. I have been tending to reef tanks for 25+ years and for most of that time I have been using a Neptune APEX controller to monitor my tank and control the equipment. But change is in the air. Conversion to GHL Products Recently I have gravitated towards GHL products, including the Doser 2.1  and KH Director. These high-end products have been extremely reliable, a good thing since they have made it