It has been about six months since we first introduced John Ciotti’s innovative upside down aquascape nano reef tank. When we visited the Southern California MAS a couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to visit this aquarium at…
Take the testosterone out of reef keeping!
Just what is it about us reefers these days? Here we are, a quarter century after the “mini-reef” craze struck the hobby- and we’re still as amped as ever. We throw everything at our tanks to create this biggest, baddest,…
Serranus phoebe is the latest feather in the cap of Old Town Aquarium basslet collections
Tattler’s basslet, Serranus phoebe, won’t be the most sensational rare fish collected this year, but that bold pattern of stripes on a light body with subtle blue markings sure are distinctive. The blue snout and angular head makes this serranid…
Sera CO2 reactor uses pinwheel to mix carbon dioxide or ozone gas
Sera has a new CO2 reactor with a novel pinwheel design to break up the gas before it travels down the reaction body. CO2 and Ozone reactors are normally the type of device which is DIY’d or handmade into existence…
C-Quest Releasing Captive Bred Golden Damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon aureus
It’s Friday, July 30th, and the rumors are circulating that C-Quest is releasing captive bred Golden Damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon aureus (thanks to The Ediaz for tipping us off!). C-Quest customers, check your latest availability lists! Let me emphasize the “captive-bred” part. …
Hydor Performer Skimmers getting a refresh of features
The Hydor Performer Skimmers are a line of mass produced fractionators which have usually aimed for the mid range of performance and cost. We have to admit that the old opaque acrylic that Hydor used for the Performer Skimmers made…
Solar powered pH meter from Macro Aqua has no batteries to run out
While comparing the new ATI powercone and ATI purple plus T5 lamps to some products we spied at Germany’s InterZoo, we were reminded of this solar powered pH pen we caught disfiguring the side of a perfectly nice trimless tank.…
ATI’s new Purple Plus T5 Lighting lamp will compete with KZ Fiji Purple
The new ATI Purple Plus T5 lighting lamp that should hit market very soon. ATI has been on a mad rush getting new products to market, including redesigning their website and out pops a new T5 lamp named the ATI…
What’s in the name of a chalice coral?
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0muQJtwu3_0[/youtube] What did the watermelon alien eye bubble gum zombie monster chalice coral say to the reef keeper? That’s not my name. Thanks to Mark “Reef Serenity” Poletti for contributing his beautiful images for the video slideshow.
ATI Power Cone, a new cone skimmer from ATI
It looks like ATI will be getting in the cone skimmer game with their new ATI Power Cone skimmer. The model called the ATI Power Cone 250 is new and has yet to be released yet, although they have released…
