Rare xanthic potter’s angelfish captured by Pacific Tropics

This odd-colored Potter’s Angelfish, Centropyge potteri, was recently captured by Pacific Tropics in Hawaii. The Potters Angelfish is one of the Centropyge species which can show a great deal of variability in it’s color pattern, and Dave Kelly was lucky…

Aquarium bursts in Iowa flushing 1,500 gallons of water into store

If you ever want to see what its like for a sudden, catastrophic failure of a large aquarium a fish store in Des Moines, Iowa had a 1,500 gallon display tank suddenly bursts. Caught on a video security camera, the…

Germany’s Marine Organisms releases 14K and 16K metal halide bulbs

Germany’s Marine Organisms has released two different flavors of metal halide lighting in a 14,000K and 16,000K colored lamps. The design of these lamps is for reefers looking for a nice, natural look without heavy blue accents on the tank.…

Aqua Design Amano (ADA) products getting a small price increase across the board

Aqua Design Amano is a line of premium aquarium products which are primarily designed for the freshwater and planted aquarium hobby. Although only a small number of reef aquarists may actually use ADA products, the impact that ADA has had…

Tanne Hoff’s reef aquarium showcases nice corals and some pretty sweet fish

Tanne Hoff is a veteran reefer from Holland who’s reef displays have been an inspiration for a decade. Tanne actually made the video of Pieter 6 Meter’s Reef Tank and he’s just uploaded a fresh video of his own reef…

Atoll Solut Pure Salt a two-part salt coming to market

Atoll Solut Pure Salt is being introduced as the first two-part aquarium salt taking an approach similar to ESV’s B-ionic salt. Like other boutique salts coming out on the market, Atoll Solut looked to make their recipe mimic the natural…

Citizens of the Sea book is National Geographic’s Showcase of Marine Wonders

Ocean and marine life is a popular feature of coffee table books and this year NatGeo’s revisiting the theme with their new book, Citizens of the Sea. This new Citiznes of the Sea book is not just old rehashed content…

Sustainable Aquatics releases new Ocellaris and Percula Clownfish Crosses – Updated

Tennessee-based Sustainable Aquatics has been busy with their clownfish.  Recently announced, SA is now producing both the Snowflake variety of A. ocellaris (marketed as the SA Snowflake Clownfish – pictured at right) and the Platinum variant of A. percula (marketed…

EcoPico from Ecoxotic comes with the whole kit and LED lights for a hundred bucks

The EcoPico just started showing off a little bit this week and now we’ve got the full rundown of what this Ecoxotic reef tank will be all about. The EcoPico is five gallons and it comes “6mm thick glass rimless…

Pieter-6-Meter’s 2000 gallon reef tank gets video update

There must be something in the reef water cause it seems like everyone’s been filming their reef tanks lately and uploading them for all of us to enjoy. The latest video to making up on the Reefing tube is Pieter-6-meter’s…