Glare on glass is never fun and if Nippon Electric Glass has anything to do with things, light glare off of glass will be just about non-existent with the company’s new “invisible glass.” According to reports across the web that…
Shedd Aquarium hosting Seahorse Symposium this week
Over 20 million seahorses are taken from the wild each year for medicinal or commercial use, coupled with overfishing and damage to their natural habitat — seahorse populations are in trouble. Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is looking to address these issues…
AVAST Marine CS1 cone skimmer kits now available in smokey black, gets recirc option
The AVAST Marine Works CS1 cone skimmer kit was already one nifty, affordable option for a skimmer and now its available in the stealthy “black pearl” cone design as well. We saw this option at Reef Stock in March but…
Prototype Blau Lumina LED aquarium light spotted
Our contacts abroad shared some images of a prototype Blau LED aquarium light that looks strikingly similar to the Blau Lumina LED and T5 hybrid we spotted at InterZoo earlier. Carrying the same basic form it appears Blau replaced the…
Diode lasers for lighting looks promising, still a ways away
Recent research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown the human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular LEDs. Why is this significant? While laser diodes may be farther from…
Industry pioneer Rolf Hagen passes away
Pet industry pioneer Rolf Hagen passed away in his home in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, October 22. Born in 1932, Hagen started the idea of the company in 1955 when he began exporting bird seeds from the Canadian prairies and…
More specs and images of Arcadia Eco-Aqua 30W spotlight
Thanks to our great friends in Spain at Acuaristica we have received some more information and hands-on images of the new Arcadia Eco-Aqua 30W spotlight they were willing to share with us. They were able to get their hands on…
Giant amoeba discovered in Mariana Trench
The creatures from the deep sounds like a haunting Halloween movie plot but it is the reality scientists discovered. Using custom-built cameras, researchers recently found four-inch-long, gigantic amoebas in the Mariana Trench — the deepest part of the ocean.
LifeProof case turns your iPhone into waterproof camera
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDerD9F3sQ[/youtube] We love being able to use our everyday technology in the fish room, around our tanks and even take it to the beach so we were pleased to learn about the LifeProof cases that turns your iPhone into a…
Algae linked to chemical warfare vs. coral reefs
The growing list of things damaging coral reefs just got longer as a new study in Fiji has found some seaweeds actually produce chemicals that cause coral bleaching and suppresses photosynthesis. This could lead to more discoveries of similar seaweed…