Hands on with ATB HQ Bio Pellets

We were able to get a hold of a pouch of the new ATB HQ Bio Pellets and get up close and personal. Right off the bat we noticed the ATB Bio Pellets are using a cylindrical pellet format instead…

Apolemichthys kingi, the tiger angelfish

Blam! We bet you didn’t expect us to broadside you with a fresh new picture of the impossibly rare tiger angelfish, did ya? Apolemichthys kingi is a South African endemic angelfish and this studly tiger is still in that country…

Tunze Silence Electronic 1073.050 is controllable and affordable

The Tunze Silence Electronic is a variable speed centrifugal pump from Tunze which has a lot going for it. The electronic motor of the Tunze Silence Electronic is extremely efficient and very quiet. This electronic Tunze Silence pump can be…

AquaIllumination SOL LED 3.0 firmware update now available as a free download

The third revision of the AI LED Sol firmware, version 3.0 just went live on the AquaIllumination website. There is a disclaimer that the firmware is not in final release stage just quite yet, there may be some minor bugs,…

Anampses lennardi video documents nearly a dozen of these glorious wrasses at Route 66 Marine

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74_ZAsSxgg[/youtube] Anampses lennardi is the rarest of the rare wrasses and although we count their imports on one hand at a time, it appears that Route 66 Marine has succeeded in obtaining nearly a dozen of these amazing…

Reef Octopus overflow box a bit of a mystery

When we saw these images of the upcoming Reef Octopus overflow box, we were excited and puzzled at the same time. From the onset it looks like Reef Octopus is taking a little different approach than the tradition u-tube and…

Plectranthias nanus is so nano

Don’t let the large macro photograph fool you, this Plectranthias nanus is barely topping out at 7/8th of an inch (22mm), total length. The adorable Plectranthias nanus is yet another little nano reef fish gem that Greenwich Aquaria has imported…

Hands-on with the Avast Marine MR10-18 media reactor

Avast Marine has been cranking an entire product line of reef aquarium equipment over the past few months and the latest of their products to come across our review bench (stool) is the 18inch version of the MR10 media reactor.…

AquaLEDs.de modular LED aquarium light in a waterproof and machined aluminum housing

AquaLEDs.de is a new company from Germany which will soon be releasing a new line of LED reef aquarium lights. The AquaLEDs.de lights are machined from a solid aluminum housing and are IP67 waterproof rated, so they are sealed good…

Telephone aquarium booth brings some flair to the urban art scene

The Aquarium Telephone booth is an installation which might make you think again about what vessels are supposed to be used for aquarium fish. Following the quasi-total abandonment of telephone booths due to the ubiquity of cellular phones, artists Benedetto…