The ornamental marine fish culture, while very valuable to us aquarists, is typically viewed as unimportant to the world. The primary concern of the world is NOT putting fish in people’s aquariums, but instead, putting fish into people’s stomachs. When…
My Reef 2.0 from Digital Aquatics
It’s been a long wait for My Reef, the digital management system from Digital Aquatics controllers and it looks like it was well worth the wait. Digital Aquatics announced over the weekend that their My Reef 2.0 was in the…
Decorator Crab decorated with zoanthid polyps
A red decorator crab (Leptopsia setirostris) is being spied upon on this video. He is living upon, and decorated with, “zoanthid polyps (Zoanthus sociatus), close cousins to both sea anemones and corals. Zoanthus in Latin literally means ‘animal flower’. The…
Sneak peek at AquaticLife DE 150 MH pendant
AquaticLife has a new 150w double ended metal halide pendant they are showcasing here that will be available at the end of June. Available in 10,000K, 14,000K and 20,000K flavors, the pendant is passively cooled with electronic remote ballast and…
Seachem in the house showcasing Salinity and Fusion 1 & 2
Our friends at Seachem are always great to see out at the industry events and there are out here in California promoting their lines of reefing products. At the center stage of the display are the AquaVitro Salinity salt and…
Digital Aquatics showcasing firmware 2.0 and myReef 2.0 alphas
Digital Aquatics is showing up some great things here at MAX. The long anticipated firmware and myReef upgrades are closer to reality and should be releasing in the coming weeks. On the software side, myReef 2.0 looks loaded with great…
Updates from Ecoxotic’s comfy couch at MAX
Well the internet BLOWS here at MAX but thanks to our friends Ecoxotic who have shared their Sprint connection, we have a few updates from MAX. The afternoon traffic is picking up a little bit and there are plenty of…
Marine Aquarium Expo: Fun for the whole family
The Marine Aquarium Expo (MAX) is coming up this Saturday and Sunday (April 10-11) at the Orange County Fairground and will be packed full of goodness for the whole family. Besides the typical array of really cool reefing gadgets and…
Stop Shark Finning Campaign
Some of you might have seen me at shows wearing the above shirt. It supports the movement that is “No Shark Fining”. If you aren’t aware it is a big problem and sharks fins are used in Shark Fin soup.…
Your chance to voice your opinion to oppose the endangered listing of stony corals is running out!
We been bringing you all the details about the 80 stony coral targeted for listing as endangered from the proposal by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and how it could impact the hobby from erroneous listings of such broad species classifications. Well its…
