AquaConnect has released their new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums. The lamp features a modern glass shade that can be easily hung above your aquarium and will give you high light output and “long lamp life.” The lamp…
Lightning maroon clownfish from Blue Zoo Aquatics will be entrusted to an accomplished fishbreeder
The Lightning Maroon Clownfish from Papua New Guinea is the newest feather in the cap of the Seasmart Program and thanks to decisions being made at Blue Zoo Aquatics, the lightning maroon clownfish may eventually become a shining example of…
Giveaway: World Atlas of Marine Fishes, one book to rule them all
This is a repost of a story we first did back in fall 2008. Marine Depot would like for us to giveaway one copy of this book to remind you that they still sell this book for cheap and it…
Nahacky’s wrasse appears in the Industry, thanks to Fiji
For the record, Fiji is my favorite country in the world. I’d love to live there someday, and having a nicknamed NaHacky’s wrasse in the area is all the more reason to. The NaHacky’s wrasse has passed through marine wholesaler…
DD H20 Salinity refractometer measures seawater
DD The aquarium solution has updated their refractometer so that it will measure pure seawater. As their marketing lingo states: “Almost all, if not all, of the refractometers currently available to the aquarium hobby are designed for measuring saltwater (sodium…
The Lynx Nudibranch (Phidiana lynceus) chilling in HD
Last weeks video of the Oyster leaves room for another animal that was living close by. “This short video depicts one example of just how tightly woven the ecosystem of the coral reef really is. Even in just a few…
Lightning maroon clownfish from Papua New Guinea appears at Blue Zoo Aquatics
We can count the times we’ve seen the Lightning Maroon Clownfish with one hand. This new guy was recently shipped via Papua New Guinea’s SEASMART program. The SEASMART program benefits us, the aquarists, and the village fisherman who collected the…
Think outside the box with 115 gallon reef bowls
Hi! My name is Dave Lackland and I was raised and educated as an artist. I have 30 years experience creating and maintaining marine aquaria so when it came time for a show case system in my own living room, it had to…
Invertebrates the feature of Discovery Channel’s LIFE: Creatures of the Deep
The Discovery Channel’s exciting new series LIFE is featuring invertebrates in the upcoming episode LIFE: Creatures of the Deep airing on Sunday, April 4 (9 p.m. EDT/PDT). The series is getting rave reviews and gotta love the Oprah narration. To…
Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide in the aquarium: Algae Removal
I would like to introduce a tool that I have found extremely useful in my years of aquaculturing coral. Hydrogen peroxide has been a time saver, and a life saver (as well as harbinger of near total death and destruction). For…
