Most of us are familiar with recommendations like “feed your fish only a couple times per week to minimize organic waste in a reef tank”. These recommendations also stem from the fact that most beginning hobbyists simply overfeed so we…
Australomussa rowleyensis colonies from Timor Indonesia put this coral on the map
Australomussa rowleyensis is not quite a chalice coral, not quite an LPS and although it once was just an unusual curiosity that was sometime spotted in shipments from Indo and Australia, this amazing crop of Australomussa from Timor Indonesia is…
Io LED pendant from PacificSun gets unboxed, hands-on treatment and teardown
Today, on June 24th 2010, the Io LED pendant officially landed in the reefing community and some other tech gadget became available; the rest of the world can have their iPhone 4 launch cause we got out own new tech…
Art students create fascinating seascape sculptures using unique materials
You might remember Sayaka Ganz and her incredible reclaimed material sculptures we highlighted a few months ago. Sayaka was so kind to forward some incredible sculptures some of her students completed recently for an assignment in one of her classes at…
Why I am glad to be unsubscribing from the Reef Angel mailing list
I have been a huge advocate of open source projects since the mid 90s with my first use of Knoppix Linux and then Hoary Hedgehog release of Ubuntu. I signed on to the mailing list for the Reef Angel controller…
Accesories for Stunner LED strips from Ecoxotic increase, extend, expand and control (adjust)
LED reflectors for aquarium use are fairly scarce but Ecoxotic’s Stunner LED strip is about to get a whole lot more depth and penetration with this thing. According to Ecoxotic, the new reflector accessory is made of a very reflective high…
Second generation led tubes from Sunbrite LED are a massive overhaul of the initial offering
The second generation LED tubes from SunBrite are a 180 degree turnaround from the rocky start of SunBrite’s first LED lighting offering. After going back to the drawing table, the company has not only strongly shored up the tubular LED…
Skimz skimmers and reactors coming to North America via Aqua-Digital
The innovative designs of Singapore’s aquarium product manufacturer Skimz will soon be coming to Canada, the US and Mexico via Aqua-Digital, which has just struck an exclusive deal with Skimz to become their North American distributor. Aqua-Digital said of the…
Celebrating “Stupid Guy Thing Day,” share your story and win a roll of Rescue Tape
There are plenty of strange, unusual and downright bizarre holidays out there and today being “Stupid Guy Thing Day” is one that is quite befitting to many of us in the hobby. Face it fellas, we all done some stupid things in our time…
“Tufi” damselfish and brilliant cap clownfish from Papua New Guinea are the latest reef gems revealed by Seasmart
The Tufi Damsellfish is an unidentified species of damselfish which was recently discovered by fishermen working for the Seasmart Program in Papua New Guinea. The Tufi damselfish was collected from Tufi in Oro Province of Papua New Guinea by the…
