Superstar deepwater reef fish collector Rufus Kimura and Co. have successfully captured a tiny little masked angelfish juvenile, Genicanthus personatus. Right as we were retiring for last night we heard whisperings that a juvenile Genicanthus personatus had been caught at…
AquaDriver releases two new Skim Clean sizes
Aqua Driver has just released two new sizes in their automatic line of Skim Clean. The smallest size is 50-90 mm which means that it was designed for very small protein skimmers and might be a good fit for a…
Rethinking The Local Fish Store
In this postmodern, internet-based hobby world, it seems that the venerable local fish store (“LFS”) is under constant attack. E-tailers, hobbyist’ garage based start-ups, group buys, eBay, Craigslist, and even frag swaps are but a few of the challenges facing…
False Shepard’s Hybrid Pygmy angelfish in the UK and US
The false shepard hybrid angelfish is a unique Centropyge that occurs with some regularity near ornamental marine fish collection sites in the Phillipines. Less than two years ago when the false shepard hybrid angelfish first started becoming available it was…
LumenAqua Nano LED 200 & 300 copy Mame Eco-Light without even thinking about it
The LumenAqua LED Nano 200 and 300 are some new small aquarium LED fixtures which don’t even waste any time pretending to be original. We know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the Mame Eco-Light is the clear…
New Vortech pump coming next week from Ecotech Marine
Ecotech Marine just fired off a newsletter email that has some pretty unambiguous wording about a new pump they will be releasing at MACNA next week. Ecotech said in the newsletter to “get pumped for something new” and to stop…
Reef capable LED from Marineland lighting fixtures released
Marineland just released information on their new Reef capable LED lighting fixtures to the masses. We first reported the Reef Capable light back in March and it looks like Marineland is finally ready to get this LED light to production.…
Inexpensive LED grow lights a great option for refugiums, low light reef or freshwater tanks
Inexpensive LED grow lights starting to hit the market for orchid growers and hydroponic gardeners are a great investment for a refugium, low light marine aquarium or better yet for a planted freshwater tank. For the reef purist not paying…
Taking the Swabbie for a spin on an Alpha Kone 300
When Avast Marine asked us to review their new and affordable Swabbie automatic neck cleaner for protein skimmers, we thought we’d give them a little bit a challenge. Instead of sending us a po-dunk little skimmer neck cleaner we tasked…
Wingo LED strips are accent lights for your fish or reef
We find it odd that the race for LED lights started at the top with everyone vying for having the best or brightest reef light. Companies are still aiming to grow mini reef corals with LEDs but now it seems…
