The Nero 5 is an all new water pump from Aqua Illumination, the company best known as one of the pioneers of aquarium LED lights such as the AI Sol, AI Prime and Hydra. The Nero 5 is Aqua Illumination’s…
There’s a Swarm of Raffle Prizes Headed to ReefStock Australia
If you know whats good, then surely by now you know that we’re taking our ten year old ReefStock conference to Sydney next week for Australia’s first full-on, modern reef aquarium conference. Australia is well known in the aquarium world…
Hippocampus japapigu, the Japanese Pygmy Seahorse officially Described
Hippocampus japapigu is a precious new species of seahorse that was recently described from Japan. Despite its recent description, this very tiny seahorse has been documented for over a decade in the waters of Japan and was previously believed to…
Kessil’s Unique Photoredox Lights are not Specifically for Aquariums
The Kessil Photoredox are a specialized LED spotlight which was designed with a very specific purpose and it’s not growing corals. As the name implies, the Kessil Photoredox lights are for driving chemical reactions that are catalyzed with strong light, especially…
Resplendent Fireball Angelfish Hybrid from St. Helena Island
The ‘Resplendent Fireball’ angelfish is a naturally occurring hybrid of the semi-precious brazilian flameback angelfish (aka fireball), Centropyge aurantonotus, and the ‘unobtainium’ resplendent angelfish C. resplendens. So how does a fish from Brazil come to hybridize with a fish that lives…
New Your Choice Aquatics Chillers Start at $399
Your Choice Aquatics is a new line of aquarium chillers which are coming in at mightily affordable prices. The C Series Chillers are available in one eighth (1/8) and one quarter horse power while the L Series maxes out at…
ApexEL Entry Level Controller Launched by Neptune Systems
Apex El is a new lower cost, lower featured version of the new Apex aquarium controller launched by Neptune Systems a couple years ago. The just-announced ApexEL comes in at three hundred dollars less than its fully fledged brother with a…
Rare White Albino Stingray Spotted in Victoria, Australia
A very rare albino stingray with a nearly all white color has been spotted off the southern coast of Australia. As far as aberrant ‘fish’ go, albino marine fish, let alone elasmobranchs including sharks and rays, are about as close…
Juvenile Yellowmouth Moray is Irresistibly Cute
I’ve always had a thing for the yellowmouth moray, Gymnothorax nudivomer, as it’s one of the few species of marine fish that you can easily identify based on the color of the inside of its mouth. Despite having a fairly drab…
Aqua Excel’s Surprisingly Attractive New Skimmer Design
Aqua Excel is a Chinese aquarium product manufacturer best known for making affordable protein skimmers and similar devices. Their skimmer designs fall mostly under the realm of ‘pragmatic’ and functional but a recent model has surfaced which is surprisingly curvy…