The Sfiligi Vision is a Plasma Arc light fixture which is flanked with four high output T5 fluorescent tubes. The Sfiligoi Vision is the first plasma light we have seen with a decent reflector for the LIFI emitter/burner and it…
Oregon Scientific ATC9K HD Action Camera lets you shoot 1080p underwater
The Oregon Scientific ATC9K HD Action Camera has the ability to shoot HD quality video underwater up to 20 m in stunning 1080p letting you get some incredible footage of your next reef excursion. From initial appearances, this looks to…
Waterproof power strip from wet circuits could save your aquarium, allows for new levels of carelessness
The waterproof power strip is one of those quotidian products designed for everyday use which may as well have been specially designed for aquarium use. Using some special voodoo circuitry, the wet circuits waterproof power strip manages the output of…
Meet Lisa Ledil, the tiny lens for Cree XP series LEDs
After a few months of anticipation, we’ve finally succeeded in getting our hands on more than a glimpse at the amazingly small Ledil lenses for Cree’s XP series. The white XPG and blue XPE LEDs from the industry performance leader…
Duo Burner from SolarMax is a direct copy of ReefBrite’s TwinArc
The Duo Burner from SolarMax is a dual envelope metal halide lamp which appears to employ the same technology as ReefBrite’s TwinArc metal halide lamp. With nearly all the same color combinations as the TwinArc lamp from ReefBrite, the Duo…
ORA captive raised Spotted Mandarins go on sale
The first batch of captive bred ORA Spotted Mandarins is being released and should be soon be available for purchase from your favorite Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums (ORA) merchant. Synchiropus picturatus is one of the jewels of the marine aquarium trade…
Xaqua’s Xinout gets a full hands on and a little bit of testing
Xaqua’s Xinout return and drain device is probably the first ever set plumbing parts to have ever commanded so much attention from the reefing community. Before we even consider the silencing function of the drain and the pulsing feature of…
Galaxy T5 90 Hybrid LED light from Sfiligoi
The Galaxy T5 90 is an interesting hybrid aquarium light from Sfiligoi which mixes LED and T5 lighting. While most of the Galaxy and Sirius line is populated with GU10 bulbs of 5mm LEDs, the Galaxy T5 90 uses much…
Something old, something new: Evolution within the hobby
One of the coolest things about our hobby is the amazing progression over the years in both the state of the art and the technology that we embrace. Improvements that have enabled us to do things previously thought incredibly difficult…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish stars in it’s own HD video
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPMeY4ZTQA[/youtube] The lightning maroon clownfish is an amazing variant of Premnas biaculeatus from Papua New Guinea which was discovered with extremely aberrant lightning stripes. When word spread of this fish, the domestic and global marine aquarium communities were…
