The Flex LED from ReefBrite is a flexible LED strip that can be easily added to almost any existing aquarium lighting setup. Whether you have a pendants hanging above your reef or a fully covered aquarium canopy, The ReefBrite Flex…
AquaTouch getting Mame products in October
If you’re looking to get your hands on some Mame Design Aqua equipment look no farther than Phoenix-based AquaTouch who is now taking pre-orders for the fine Japanese reefing goodies in advance of their first shipment in October. We’ve been kind…
Orange Frogspawn coral morphs appears in both branching species, from Indonesia
This weekend at Fragstock in Denver CO we caught sight of some amazing orange frogspawn coral that was being offered by Midwest Saltwater. We’ve seen the yellow torches and the orange hammers, but the orange frogspawn was definitely a first…
Reef Jewelry of sterling silver and pearl are like miniature sculptures
We spend a lot of time talking about reef aquarium geekery but this weekend we encountered something really special at the Golden Colorado Fine Arts Festival. One jewelry maker, Sheppard Hill Designs from Paonia, CO was displaying a whole case…
Chlorophyll F, a newly discovered photosynthetic pigment uses infrared light
Chlorophyll F is a photosynthetic pigment which is able to capture light energy in the infrared spectrum. Chlorophyll F has an absorption peak of 706 nanometers, a segment of light which was previously considered to weak to drive photosynthesis. The…
AI Nano Sol LED is half of an Aqua Illumination Sol LED
The AI Nano Sol LED is a new light fixture from Aqua Illumination which is coming to market with one of the oldest and most respected LED pedigrees in the hobby. If the picture of the AI Nano Sol LED…
Carefully neglecting your reef so you can do other things
The following is a contribution from Mark van der Wal, a personal friend of ours in this hobby for over ten years. Congratulations to Mark on having a perfect little baby girl this week, Elise Catherine van der Wal, a…
BoostLED offering discount on first generation of PAR30 LED reef lamps
BoostLED is coming to market with some affordable LED reef lamps and is offering a pretty nice discount if you order in advance of its mid-September release. The PAR30 lamps fit into your typical screw-in lamp fixture and offer a…
Lembeh Reef Video, Critter Crazy, is nothing short of the best macro video collage we’ve ever seen
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/14263769[/vimeo] This video of diving in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia by Markus Young is the last 10 minute break you need to get through the week. Go ahead and enable HD, click on fullscreen and turn the up the…
Giesemann Aquaristic thinks its first to market with T5/LED light
Recently, A Giesemann distributor in Australia took out an ad in a large national print publication. The ad (pictured above) states that the Helios light is the first hybrid fixture on the market. Or at least that is what Giesemann…
