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    Monthly Archives for December 2009

    It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

    Clipperton Atoll, Yours for just 3 easy payments

    Clipperton Atoll, the remote island made famous for the stunning fish Holacanthus limbaughi, is for sale, according to the questionable website Private Islands Online–”the worlds private island marketplace”. All 1,235 acres of this virgin and barren land are for sale at an unlisted price. Word to the wise, contact the Mr. Sarkozy before making a deposit. Speaking [...]

    December 17, 2009
    | eric michael | misc | Tags: | 5 Comments

    Experts Chime in on Coral Cryopreservation

    Coral Cryopreservation is applying human fertility techniques in an effort to save mother nature’s beautiful coral reefs through future sexual reporoduction. For most of us a serious question remains, how do they do it? In this Podcast with WAMU 88.5, Mary Hagedorn and  Mike Henley of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park discuss this large undertaking and [...]

    December 16, 2009
    | eric michael | coral, reef news | Tags: , , | 2 Comments

    Octopuses Use Coconut Shell Shields

    Most aquarists know Octopuses are incredibly intelligent, but have you ever seen something like this? Now some scientists say octopuses are the first invertebrate we know of to utilize tools. If a coconut shell qualifies as a tool is up for debate. It is a anthromorphic word… perhaps when Cephalopods take over the world, they [...]

    December 15, 2009
    | eric michael | reef news | Tags: | 1 Comment

    New Shark Cone Skimmers from JNS

    JNS Aquaria, a reef aquarium equipment manufacturer from Taiwan, has unveiled their latest product line–the JNS Shark series of cone protein skimmers. These foam fractionators have taken design cues from a few brands, and are very reminiscent of the Bubble King Supermarin and the Reef Octopus Hurricone. Nonetheless this is a new style for JNS [...]

    December 15, 2009
    | eric michael | protein skimmer, reef news | Tags: , , | 8 Comments

    Royal Exclusiv’s New UV Sterilizer

    Royal Exclusiv is working on a new UV Sterlizer they are calling the UV-C Power Cleaner Disinfection unit, shown next to a Red Dragon pump above. The yet to be priced, but surely not cheap, sterilizer uses Osram’s well known Puritec line of of germicidal UV lamps. These lamps have life spans of over 2,500 [...]

    December 14, 2009
    | eric michael | equipment | Tags: , , | 2 Comments

    Manhattan Reefs Rolls Out iPhone App

    Addicted to reef forums? There’s an app for that. Manhattan Reefs has released a dedicated iPhone app for their friendly forum–marking what we believe to be the first iPhone app by a major marine aquarium forum. The app is currently available for $1.99 at the iTunes store and allows seamless browsing of the active message [...]

    December 14, 2009
    | eric michael | reef news | Tags: , | 4 Comments