There’s something so comforting and familiar about seeing a nice patch of colorful mushroom anemones, especially red & purple Discosomas and green Rhodactis. It reminds of us of the early days of reef keeping and many of the first successful reef…
Illumagic Blaze X LEDs now available from Champion Lighting
Illumagic is one of the most popular LED lights in Australia and now this brand is available in the America from Champion Lighting & Supply. With compelling strip lights and fixtures like the Blaze X, Blaze Mini and Style LED,…
Two Stunning New Species of Pencil Wrasses: Pseudojuloides polynesica & P. splendens
The pencil wrasse genus Pseudojuloides just increased by two more new species, the splendid pencil wrasse, Pseudojuloides splendens and the Polynesian Pencil Wrasse, Pseudojuloides polynesica. Both of these two new pencil wrasses are similar in appearance to the colorful smalltail pencil…
Ocean Optics WaveGo is the First Affordable, Professional Grade Light Meter
The WaveGo is an exciting new spectrometer from Ocean Optics which finally makes a research-grade light meter at a price that professional aquarists can consider. Ocean Optics is a company we don’t expect many of you have heard of because…
E-Life Makes The Ultimate Smart Power Strip
E-Life is a Taiwanese company that makes one of the most interesting smart power strips we have ever come across, the E-Chamberlain. Like many others it has built-in wifi to enable control of the different outlets but under the hood…
Taiwan Aquarium Stores Are LOADED With Products!!
I usually love to visit the local stores anytime I’m visiting a foreign country, mostly for the aim of seeing what they’re generally like, and what their customers are buying. Of course many of our regular readers are major gear-heads,…
New Reef Pulse Coral Food From Ocean Nutrition
Reef Pulse is a new complete coral food from Ocean Nutrition, one of the oldest makers of marine life diets. Rather than being aimed at any particular kind of coral, Reef Pulse includes a wide range of particle sizes to…
Anacropora Can Get Flatworms Too!
Anacropora is one of the lesser known small polyp stony coral species which are closely related to Acros and Montis. Montipora is known to be infested by pesky white nudibranch, Acropora has its issues with Amakusaplana (Acro Eating Flatworms) and…
AquaDancing is a Laboratory of Crazy Clownfish Strains
The aquarium hobby loves its funky, fancy clownfish strains but do we really know how these fish are produced? While traveling through southern Taiwan we got the chance to visit a clownfish farm that specializes in domestic strains of ocellaris…
My Favorite Corals: Blueberry Shortcake Acropora nasuta
Usually when I salivate at a fancy coral it’s a strain, colony or species that I want to put in my own reef tank. But this ‘Blueberry Shortcake’ Acropora nasuta is one that I get to enjoy at home and…