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Friday fun: smartest goldfish EVER, loud shrimp and ocean rythyms

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”383″]http://vimeo.com/17023529[/vimeo] We have a few fun posts to get your weekend started right. Leading off is one of the best advertisements we’ve seen in a long time. Meet “Mr. Memory” the worlds smartest goldfish in the ads for Drench…

Desktop Jellyfish Tank from Jellyfish Art is stylish and changes color with RGB LEDs

  The new Desktop Jellyfish Tank from Jellyfish Art is a great way to jump into keeping awe-inspiring jellyfish. This plug-and-play system comes with everything you need to get started — including a voucher for three moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)…

AquaSun Aquarium Controller by Zoo Med looking to power up your tank

Timed power strips are not anything new but Zoo Med is looking to bring their success is the reptile market deeper into the aquarium side with the new AquaSun Aquarium Controller. An analog timer combined with four timed and four constantly…

Metacube is a modular way to separate or introduce fish

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdH8zvD_TBk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Metacube is an interesting way to acclimate or separate fish within your system. Using a modular docking technique that reminds us of the International Space Station or a Habitrail, the Metacube allows you to connect these together…

Sex on the beach was invented by fish

Every spring along California’s beaches tiny fish walk up the beach to spawn. This is the annual march of the beach-spawning grunion, also know as Leuresthes tenuis, and as their spawning habitat declines they need a little help in order…

Reef Octopus Water JET a novel way to produce subsurface laminar water flow

Reef Octopus appears to be in development of a novel and mysterious water moving device. The Reef Octopus Water JET was spied at LSS Laboratory and it appears to move a blade of water through a long, narrow vent. As…

Oceanic latest legacy brand axed by Central Pet (Updated)

Central Garden & Pet has eliminated another legacy brand shuttering Oceanic. Other notable brands eliminated by Central Garden & Pet has been All-Glass Aquariums and Kent (but not Kent Marine). Apparently Oceanic will no longer be manufacturing any products and…

ReefBrite Halide Hybrid lighting getting dual color XHO LED supplement

ReefBrite is beefing up its Halide Hybrid upgrading the LED panels to the new ReefBrite XHO LED striplights. The upgraded ReefBrite Halide Hybrid uses the same standard metal halide pendant with the highly-polished aluminum reflector and ability to use anywhere…

Buoy harnesses ocean waves to create energy

  Ocean Power Technology (OPT) recently finished construction of the company’s largest device to harness the power of ocean waves to deliver up to 150 kW of energy just from the natural movement of the seas. The PB150 PowerBuoy was…

Ecoxotic pumps up the jam with 100W LED Cannons

We got a sneak peak at MACNA but have come to find out the Ecoxotic 100W LED Cannons are starting to ship very soon. These photon monsters are actually dimmable with a custom 10×10 Edison Opto multichip LED in either…