We might think of some reef fish as being rare but this video of a huge school of wrought iron butterflyfish shows how locally common some fish species can be. While most aquarist would be content to see even one…
Mesophotic Reef- low light reefs can teach us new things about contemporary reefing
Tim Wijgerde of Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system, basically a low light reef. Tim dropped in to share with us why he decided to do a low light reef tank and what low light reef animals can teach…
Aqua Driver’s PitBox gets priced, we want
You remember AquaDriver’s Pitbox? It is designed for your sump overflows, usually the last stage of the sump where the water flows over to the return pump section. What usually happens with this? Besides microbubbles forming, there is usually a…
NanoScope from DD Aquariums Solutions
The new NanoScope from DD aquarium is a scope with a lens that allows you to peak inside your saltwater aquarium world. While most of us can only see the outside of our tanks, the NanoScope seeks to change all…
Spanish Flag and a whole biotope of Curacao deepwater reef fish making a pit stop at AquaTouch
The Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus is one of those rare deepwater reef fish that is so uncommonly seen or collected that very few pictures of it even exist. It was very exciting to hear that AquaTouch in Phoenix AZ will…
Clown Triggerfish inspired Hightops
While keyword mining for “funky triggerfish” last weekend we stumbled across these unique clown triggerfish inspired hightop Nike sneakers. Normally when this sort of mimicry of nature is attempted on personal apparel it turns into a train wreck that is…
Poached Takeuchi angelfish on video still suffering from decompression issues
The Takeuchi angelfish is a species of Genicanthus that can only be found in waters of the Ogasawara Islands. The Ogasawaras are protected in that you can fish and you can collect fish but neither of which are allowed with…
Hydor recalling some Theo 300 watt aquarium heaters
Hydor is recalling their Theo 300W aquarium heater product that was sold across the United States and the rest of the world. The recall is only effective if you own a specific batch number for the heater specifically 929 –…
Sapphire Aquatics closes its doors, nano aquariums never to be the same
Sapphire Aquatics, the small niche nano aquarium manufacturer has shut its doors. Some users first reported something was up with the company when the firm decided to stop sponsoring small club sites and in the end stopped communicating with emails.…
Macropharyngodon vivienae: madagascar leopard wrasse starts showing up in Kenyan exports
Macropharyngodon vivienae is an exciting fish that is thought to be an endemic to Madagascar reefs and parts of the East African coastline from Natal to Durban. This is a fish so rare that we’ve only seen one live specimen…
