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Is CO2 Causing Your Fish To Act Strange?

By Nicole Helgason A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, links neurological impairment in some fish to increased carbon dioxide levels. Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Read more here…

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Flame Potters Angelfish Hybrid Documented By Diver Photo

By Jake Adams Pygmy angelfish of the Centropyge genus are among the most promiscuous hybridizers in the whole angelfish family. However of these, flame angelfish regularly hybridizes with the rusty angelfish, creating rusty flames, but other crosses are much more rare. By contrast, the Potter’s Read more here…

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Echinophyllia Bulbosa & E. Gallii, Two New Species Of Chalice Corals From The Indian Ocean

By Jake Adams The diversity of chalice corals in the aquarium hobby is already very high but now we’ve got two new species to add to that lineup. Echninophyllia gallii and E. bulbosa are two new recently described species of chalice corals from the Indian Read more here…

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Profilux 4 – GHL Updates Its Flagship Aquarium Controller

By Jake Adams The Profilux 4 is an exciting new update to GHL’s flagship aquarium controller. Earlier this year GHL announced three new models of the barebones Profilux Mini, Light and Terra, but it seems that GHL was also working to give us the next Read more here…

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NASA To Study Great Barrier Reef By Air

By Brian Blank NASA is taking to the sky to help do an extended study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The two-month study is part of the space agency’s COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission. By collaborating with Australian researchers, the plan is to hopefully Read more here…

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Juggalo Clownfish Is Becoming A Sensational New Strain

By Jake Adams The Juggalo Clownfish is what we’re calling the nearly mature ‘Super DaVinci‘ clownfish first introduced by Sea & Reef Aquaculture. This clownfish was first displayed at MACNA 2015 last year with an official name ‘to be determined’, and while we haven’t …

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Understanding The Usefulness Of GFO

By Andrea Ehlers GFO, which stands for Granular Ferric Oxide, is a red brown powder that is compacted into granules. It can be placed in a bag in an area with enough current but it is most effective when it is in a media reactor. Read more here…

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Kessil A2000 LED Is One Powerful Commercial Aquarium Light

By Jake Adams The Kessil A2000 is the largest, most powerful LED light the company has ever made. Kessil has been showing off this light in limited form throughout the year but at MACNA 2016 we finally got to see this light working on a Read more here…

A New Species – And Genus – Of Subtropical Crab

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. As with many newly discovered species, Y.calciatile was first observed in the aquarium trade. Says the ZooKeys paper’s introduction: In the past few years, there has been a growing trend in the aquarium trade for colorful Read more here…

Is It Possible To Overdo Marine Aquarium Water Changes?

By Jeff Kurtz In a recent meandering conversation I had with my freshwater-pond-keeping brother-in-law, the question of water change volume and frequency was raised—specifically whether it’s stressful to the livestock if you perform them too frequently or change out too much water at once. …