Fluval FX6 canister filter for the extremely dirty fish tanks
The Fluval FX6 is yet another new Canister Filter for fish tanks and aquariums that need some serious filtration. Building on the previous big mombasa of canisters the Fluval FX5, the sixth iteration does away with grey and orange for black and red, plus a few new bells and whistles. Ratings for canister filters are Read More
Diablo 5500s DC pump ready to take over controllable needle wheel duties
You’ve seen CoralVue’s new line of Diablo DC-pump powered protein skimmers and the Diablo 5500s is that pump. Priced at $269, the Diablo 5500s is a controllable DC water pump which, besides its red trim, is virtually indistinguishable from the Waveline 5000 that took the reef world by storm last year. The 50 watt Diablo Read More
Giesemann Matrixx II T5 fixture is brimming with style and sophistication
Giesemann has revealed the Matrixx II, the next generation purely T5 light from the famous German lighting designer. Taking a heap of inspiration from the incredibly suave Giesemann Teszla LED, the Matrixx II T5 light inherits the same enclosure, cooling system and of course those cool speaker grilles to cover the air vents. LEDs may Read More
Friday Smorgasbord: Tracy Morgonian gets Incognito Sofa Love, gray whales, atolls and more
Hey! It’s Friday and that means another fresh edition of the Friday Smorgasbord fresh out of the oven. This week we have a few good nuggets including an audio post, whales and coral atolls. Let’s get the party started right with this audio nugget by one of our favorite bands Incognito Sofa Love, fronted by Read More
Hybrid swallowtail angelfish has great potential for unexpected mature coloration
Another day and we have another hybrid angelfish to report. This particular specimen is a cross between swallowtail angelfish, Genicanthus lamarcki and G. melanospilos. Currently this hybrid swallowtail angelfish is of muted appearance, a nothing more than a curiosity to the diehard angelfish fans. But what you see is not what you get with this Read More
Reef Angel now selling and working with the controllable Jebao wp-40 prop pump
The Jebao WP-40 controllable propeller pump which is gunning for the top dogs of water movement has its first play date with the Reef Angel. The small Tunze-stream lookalike Jebao WP-40 is said to move 3400 gallons per hour but who knows if Jebao just copied the design of the Tunze Stream and copy-and-pasted the Read More
Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
The Red Sea leopard wrasse has long been considered a subspecies of the common and widespread splendid leopard wrasse, Macropharyngodon bipartitus. A recent analysis by the fish man himself John Randall revealed that these two fishes are different enough to warrant being separate species, and the difference is not as subtle as you’d think. Like Read More
New face of PIJAC simplifies keeping up with laws that affect pet owners
A few weeks back we introduced a swath of you to PIJAC, a very important group of people that are fighting for our rights as pet owners and professionals in the pet & aquarium trade. The things that we hold dear as reefers like frag swaps, coral culture, access to a diversity of fish and Read More
Underwater time lapse video shows the growth of a reef over 18 months
The Australian Institute of Marine Science has released a time lapse video of Davies Reef in Australia which shows this little patch of the GBR over a period of 18 months. The image quality used to compose the time lapse is not going to make the cover of NatGeo magazine but it is still very impressive to Read More
Blue Maine Lobster of incredible rarity hopefully destined for display
The blue Maine lobster just caught in Nova Scotia is so incredibly rare that it may continue to beat the odds for its species. Said to occur in about one in two million individuals, not only is this Maine lobster one of the lucky blue, but unlike the millions of lobsters eaten every year this fortunate fellow Read More