Kent Marine is releasing a new Marine Reef Salt mix in the early part of 2011. The new Kent Marine Reef Salt Mix enters the market with competition growing among high-end, quality salts geared towards higher levels of calcium and…
Marine and Reef Aquarium Technicians of America (MARATA) now accepting applications from professional aquarium service companies
The Marine and Reef Aquarium technicians of America, MARATA, is a new organization that aims to network and certify the best of the best aquarium maintenance companies in the country. Starting today, professional marine aquarium service companies will be able…
Water flow is one of the biggest factors promoting coastal ocean diversity
According to new research by ecologists at Brown University, water flow is one of the most important factors that affects how much biodiversity occurs in coastal ocean marine habitats. From tropical Palau to the frigid waters of Alaska and Maine,…
Aqua Medic Aqualine T5 bulbs get hands-on treatment
While at Reef-A-Palooza we were quite pleased with the color mixture of the T5 fluorescent bulbs over the display tank at the Aqua Medic booth and we wanted to get a closer look at the company’s Aqualine T5 bulbs first…
Bubble Magus Hero looking to be a refined semi-cone protein skimmer
The Bubble Magus Hero skimmer is the latest incarnation of protein skimmers from the busy Chinese company. The ink is barely dry on the new Bubble Magus cone skimmers we recently wrote about and here comes another model from the company.…
Orcas caught surfing on New Zealand swells
When big swells hit the shores it usually makes a good news story as surfers rush out to take advantage of the waves but when this happened on the shores of Sandy Bay in northern New Zealand, it wasn’t human’s…
IceCap moving south, assets purchased by Millennium Funding
You might recall when we first reported on IceCap’s problems over a month ago which created quite a stir within the industry. We have now learned that IceCap seems to be reshuffling their finances and moving their headquarters. A recent…
Nature Aquarium Control Timer is a compact package of features
The Nature Aquarium Control Timer from Aqua Design Amano (ADA) is a device which simplifies the automation of lighting photoperiod, aeration and carbon dioxide addition. The solenoid operates in the on position when the main outlet for the lights is…
LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den gets NPS section
Yesterday was a big day for the NPS (non-photosynthetic) crowd with LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den – a store well known for it’s high quality WYSIWYG livestock – finally adding a section dedicated to NPS corals. The Diver’s Den NPS section will…
Eviota sp. 2 is officially described as Eviota nigrispinna
Eviota nigrispinna is a new species of reef goby fish described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This small goby was previously known as ‘Eviota sp. 2’ and was known from just a handful of photographs of the species in it’s…
