Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann sports nutritious amounts of LED blue

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann may exist for only in these digital renders but they are still enough to quicken the pulse. This morning we first posted about the MATRIXplus T5 light from Giesemann which also…

PowerChrome Aquapink T5 lamp looking to give KZ’s Fiji Purple a run for its money

The Aquapink flavored powerchrome T5 lamp from Giesemann is the latest flavor in the venerable lamp maker’s rainbow of T5 tubes. Lately Giesemann seems to have been sitting on the sideline while competitors like Korallen-Zucht and ATI power it out…

MATRIXplus hybrid fixture from Giesemann combines T5 and LED light

Giesemann looks to have an exciting and brad lineup of new products coming out in 2010 and were were able to get our coral-fragging mitts on information in advance of the public releases later this month at InterZoo 2010. The…

Fauna Marin Calculator for balling released

Fauna Marin, which is a very popular balling system has released a new program that will allow you to calculate amounts of the different balling materials/additives needed for your aquarium. As the above screen shot shows, it is quite extensive…

Amazing 2010 edition Maxea and Maxima clams arrive at Sea Dwelling Creatures

The mind blowing Tridacna clams that Sea Dwelling Creatures just landed sure are going to make a bunch of their customers happy this week. A little over a year since we first wrote about Maxea clams, the supposed hybrid between…

Skimz new E series skimmer pump coming out of Singapore

Singapore-based Skimz recently announced a new line of protein skimmer pump dubbed the E series. The needlewheel design was developed jointly with what the website refers to as an “Italian pump manufacturer” and uses seamless coated rare Earth magnets in…

New captive grown red flowerpot coral from ORA certifies aquarium suitability of some Goniopora

We’re not sure what’s more exciting about the announcement of red flowerpot coral frags from ORA: that we’ll all have easy access to this beautiful, hardy strain of Goniopora stutchburyi or that this ten year old captive coral strain undermines…

AI LED upgrade kit now available for owners of the first generation AquaIllumination

If you were an early adopter of the original AquaIllumination LED aquarium light, you may have been wondering when AI would give it’s earliest customers the Cree XP LED makeover. The future availability of an upgrade kit was announced early…

Chrysiptera cf. parasema has been officially described as C. arnazae

Chrysiptera arnazae is the newest described species of damselfish in this popular genus of aquarium fish. The yellowtail demoiselle, C. parasema is one of the most ubiquitous fish in the marine hobby, a species which many of us have used…

Reef Angel controller cuts loose with first workings of WIFI

The open source Reef Angel controller has only been on the scene for a few months now yet it is blazing a trail which other controllers will notice. The flexible controller platform upon which the Reef Angel is built has…