Two years ago we wrote about the intriguing work Sunset Marine Labs is doing around the jellyfish industry and were excited to see the company launch its retail operations over the weekend unveiling their virtual storefront “Moon Jellyfish” at MoonJellyfish.com.…
Friday Smorgasbord: Tank cleaning octopus, way too many koi, AquaCool demo and revenge of the sea star
The staff at the Loch Lomond Sea Life aquarium in Scotland is getting a helping hand — or tentacle — when Jock, one of its octopuses on display, began helping clean the aquarium glass. Known to be pretty intelligent creatures, this Giant…
World Wide Corals fifth anniversary sale this weekend in Orlando, Florida
To celebrate five years in business, World Wide Corals is throwing a two-day event this weekend to celebrate that includes great speakers like Michael Paletta, Julian Sprung, Chris Turnier, Rogger Castells and that Jake Adams guy. The event will take…
Elos PrimaLine Marine additives just announced
Elos PrimaLine Marine additives are the latest products from the Italian manufacturer. The PrimaLine Marine menu is a complete line of additives for the aquarium from dealing with alkalinity, calcium, carbonates, trace elements, magnesium and potassium. With these being so…
New GHL Mitras LX 6100 LED pendant coming in September, preorder discounts available
GHL’s new Mitras LX 6100 LED pendant was one of the bright spots (no pun intended) of InterZoo 2012 and the company has released the full details and plenty of spectral images along with tentative pricing and a release date. The…
RoboSnail one step closer to being released
The RoboSnail automated aquarium cleaner by AquaGenesis is one step closer to being released as the units have moved out of beta and into final production mode. To highlight this big event, AquaGenesis unveiled its website along with pricing and…
New Tunze products get tentative US release dates, begin appearing late summer
If you recall we covered a gaggle of new Tunze products released at InterZoo and for all of you looking to get your hands on the new goods here in the US, Tunze has your back publicizing a tentative release…
Friday Smorgasbord: Underwater art, resort get scrapped, library won’t get ‘Tanked,’ staycations, and finding NEEMO
It’s Friday and we have a slew of fun, interesting and unusual posts for our Friday Smorgasbord. In this week’s edition we have underwater art, a library that won’t be getting ‘Tanked,’ an interesting take on staycations and we’ll be…
Poll shows two-thirds of Hawaiians oppose commercial reef harvests
We’ve seen the argument for banning the commercial collection of reef fish for the aquarium trade hit a stride in the last few years. While legislative recourse to ban collection has simmered down for the moment, many organizations are still…
Hear all about InterZoo 2012 at SCMAS tomorrow
If you are in Orange County tomorrow, you might want to stop by for the Southern California Marine Aquarium meeting and hear all about InterZoo 2012 from our very own Jake Adams. We covered quite a bit of the event…