Daniel Leija’s 40-gallon Mixed Reef Aquarium [Video]
It’s been a little while since we last uploaded a video, but our YouTube channel is getting some fresh content with our recent coverage of Daniel Leija’s 40-gallon breeder mixed reef aquarium. This tank, which inspired us to get back to our reef keeping roots, is a simple setup that features all of the major [...]
Ferocious Eel Battle Ends with the Loser Becoming Lunch [Video]
This video may be a few years old, but it’s a great example of just how ferocious eels can be. While most eels are considered misunderstood creatures that are friendly with divers and aquarists alike, this clip shows quite the opposite. In fact, it not only shows their voracious side, but it also shows something [...]
Dr. Seuss Soapfish and Maldives Hogfish Show Up at B-Box Aquarium [Video]
There are few fish that get us more perked up than the unusual looking Dr. Seuss Soapfish (Belonoperca pylei), so it comes as no surprise that we were beside ourselves when some great footage of the fish showed up from Japan-based B-Box Aquarium. And to make the moment that much sweeter, they also had a [...]
True Facts About the Sea Pig
We’ve had an absolute blast watching all of these hilarious “True Facts About” videos, and this latest one on the sea pig ranks right up there with the rest. It chronicles the life of the deep ocean dwelling sea pig, as well as its more tropical cousins, sea cucumbers. The narrator does some comparison between [...]
Spectacular Footage of Corals Under Confocal Microscope
This video may have already been making the rounds for the past couple of months, but it’s certainly worth mentioning here considering its focus. Put together by the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, the clip features up close footage of a popular aquarium specimen, the Pocillopora damincornis coral. As the [...]
True Facts About The Seahorse
Here’s a funny video to fill hour Friday afternoon. Back in December, we featured a video called “True Facts About the Anglerfish”, which was a lighthearted look at the unusual survival strategies of many different species that dall under the anglerfish umbrella. Today, we’re featuring another clip from that same YouTuber called “True Facts about [...]
Did Five Peppermint Angelfish Really Just Show Up at Blue Harbor?
The guys at Blue Harbor in Japan have either just landed the catch of a lifetime, or they’re playing a terrible prank on all of us. They recently shared a few images and even a brief video clip showing not only one, but five different Peppermint Angelfish (Paracentropyge boylei) being acclimated to one of their [...]
Bristleworms Spawning in an Aquarium Sends Shivers Up Our Spines
Bristleworms, for some, are seen as a welcome member of a diverse clean up crew for marine and reef aquariums. For most others, however, the mere sight of a bristleworm is enough to cause a panic, as stories persist throughout the hobby of these worms causing untold problems. If you fit in the latter group, [...]
Corals Caught Spawning in ORA Growout Tanks
As aquarists, our goal is to provide a stable enough environment that our fish and corals feel comfortable enough to carry out their day-to-day activities that they would normally exhibit in the wild, and of course, spawning in captivity is one of those. To us, this is the ultimate sign that you’re doing things the [...]
Reef Octopus Open Volute Skimmer Demoed by B-Box Aquarium
In December, we stumbled across a new line of POV protein skimmers from Reef Octopus that used a DC controllable needle wheel pump and the same open volute technology we first saw in the RLSS protein skimmers. Having seen this technology in action at MACNA, we knew just how promising it was and how well [...]
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