Hoplolatilus oreni is an interesting, beautiful and colorful species of tilefish that we had never even heard of before fall of last year. Before that fateful photo was taken in South Africa, the deepwater Hoplolatilus oreni was only known from…
The Best Tour of LiveAquaria You’ll Ever See
Over the last decade LiveAquaria has cemented its place among the elite aquarium businesses that have helped to shaped the saltwater aquarium hobby. Both in America and across the world, legions of saltwater aquarists have waited with baited breath for…
The Power Squeegee Works Better Than it has a Right to!
It was about a year ago while touring White Corals in Germany that we got our first look at an invention that seems like a good idea in theory, but would be questionable in real life. The Karcher Power Squeegee…
Fuschia-Pink Lava Coals Diaseris Coming Soon to the Diver’s Den
The disc corals of the Fungia and Cycloseris genera have always been unique in the aquarium world for being great inhabitants of small and large tanks alike. The small, colorful, free living disc corals also have the potential to make great propagation material,…
Take a Dive on a Solomon Island Sloping Reef Habitat
Now more than ever when an inordinate amount of our corals are coming from Australia, it’s quite refreshing to get a reminder of corals from the Solomon Islands, one of the corners of the infamous coral triangle. Visiting this part…
Our Best Look at the Captive Bred Purple Tangs
The purple tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum, is a celebrated marine aquarium fish and one of the most iconic endemic species in the Red Sea. Just a few short years after Rising Tide’s first breakthroughs with the related yellow tang, Bali Aquarich announced their…
Zetlight Lancia 2 Review: Useful Color & Control in a Versatile Striplight
The Zetlight Lancia 2 series of LED striplights are in a unique place in the LED lighting market for aquariums. There’s plenty of decent striplights with built-in onboard controls, and there’s lots of fully wireless controllable LED aquarium lights, but…
Thorough Walkthrough of the World Wide Corals Farm
World Wide Corals has not only established themselves as a leader in online live coral sales and especially frags, but they are among one of the first and biggest companies that has really invested in aquaculture. Like most stores and…
Venustus Angelfish Successfully Captive Bred by Bali Aquarich
Bali Aquarich is firing on all cylinders with the second announcement of a new captive breeding breakthrough in about as many weeks. Fresh off the heels of the world’s first captive bred purple tangs – only the second Zebrasoma to…
Mobius, Ecotech Marine’s New Control Platform Goes into Beta Testing
Mobius is a brand new control platform that Ecotech Marine has been hard at work building for several years, and now it’s in the final phases of testing. Ecotech has been using very capable microchips in its smart Vortech pumps,…