Mucus Cocoon protects some reef fish from nocturnal parasites

It is well known that parrotfish and some wrasse species produce a night time sleeping bag from mucus but until recently there was no evidence to really support the assumptions and theories. Most nature books and references have echoed the…

Thielli Clownfish from Two Little Fishies makes a video appearance

The Thielli clownfish, Amphiprion thielli, is not a fish that is often seen in the aquarium trade and it shows up even less frequently than the white cap clownfish, Amphiprion leucokranos. Both of these, the thielli and the white cap…

Neuco Aquastar 14500K metal halide lamp coming to US soon from CoralVue (updated)

The Neuco Aquastar 14500K is a new metal halide lamp color from the makers of the esteemed Aquaconnect lamps that enjoy widespread popularity in Europe. Besides the 14500K rating, the Neuco Aquastar is perhaps one of the first truly new…

Marine Microhabitat from Tropical Marine Centre is a well specced nano reef tank

The Marine Microhabitat from Tropical Marine Centre is an example of what companies can do to take a widely available OEM product and speccing it to a better use. The TMC Microhabitat appears to have similarities to the Dymax 3…

Precision Marine releasing stackable dosing reactors

Precision Marine shared some prototype stackable dosing reactors they are planning to put into production shortly. These upcoming Precision Marine dosing reactors are a great canisters for a two-part or three-part dosing system where you are looking for both form…

New Wave Aquaria’s sexy and fun frag tank

Central Minnesota’s New Wave Aquaria rolled out a fun and sexy frag display system at the Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society (TCMAS) Frag Swap last weekend. While many coral slingers are looking for mobility with their setups, New Wave Aquaria…

Slim Skim Protein skimmer from Hydor up for grabs

The Slim Skim Performer is still really fresh on the reefing block and while we are evaluating it’s long term performance, we thought we’d go ahead and set up one lucky reefer with a slim skim of their own. The…

Xanthic Acanthurus surgeonfish caught on video

The xanthic surgeonfish is the latest freak to come out of the family Acanthuridae. You’ve seen the piebald tang, the tricolor scopas, the aberrant scopas, the nearly all white yellow tang Casper but this all solid yellow Acanthurus is the…

Aqua Medic Yasha nano coming soon

The Aqua Medic LED nano we brought you from Interzoo is out and coming to the North American market within the next month or so. Dubbed the Aqua Medic Yasha, the diminutive tank will hold seven gallons of water in…

The Blue Ocean in RED by Howard Hall is simply majestic

[vimeo width=”670″ height=”377″]http://vimeo.com/15907252[/vimeo] Cinematographer extraordinaire Howard Hall recently shared his latest short film “The Blue Ocean in RED,” a selection from his filming projects in 2010 to Vimeo. It was all shot with a RED One camera and Nikon lenses…