How crazy would it be, if sometime in the near future we are no longer using super glue to propagate our corals but instead, using a compound derived from shellfish? If researchers at Purdue university have their way, that’s exactly…
Gold X Lightning Maroon Clownfish From ORA Is Full Of Surprises
The Gold X Lightning Maroon Clownfish has finally been fully revealed, and no one could have imagine that it'd be such a variable fish. We did however foresee that the Gold X Lightning Maroon would be very different from the 'common'…
Alkalinity Monitor Coming Soon to Pacific Sun & Kore 5th Doser Ecosystem
If you needed any indication that alkalinity monitors are all the rage, here’s another company throwing their hat into the ring of this burgeoning segment of the reef aquarium market. Pacific Sun, a creative designer and manufacturer of interesting aquarium…
Helcogramma atauroensis, A Gorgeous New Species Of Triplefin
Helcogramma atauroensis is a new species of triplefin from Timor Leste, in the far eastern Indian Ocean. Triplefins are distantly related to the more common blennies with an elongated body and propensity to perch on rocks and the reef. The…
Redesigned Mindstream Housing Hints At Progress Towards Launch
The Mindstream has been a long time coming, and questions of its continued existence seem to arise every couple of months. There is a reasonable amount of doubt that the Mindstream could possibly do all that it claims, but in all…
Waterbox Aquariums Launching New Platinum Series AIO Next Week
Waterbox Aquariums is a new company making its debut next week at Global Pet Expo with the launch of their Platinum Series of all in one aquariums. The Waterbox Platinum AIO Aquarium is a fully modern and turnkey aquarium system…
Captive Raised Hawaiian Yellow Anthias Are Quite The Stunners
Karen Brittain has been quietly breeding some very exciting fish in Hawaii for the last few years. She brought us a big batch of captive bred personatus angelfish, a batch of bandit angelfish yielded some novel ‘ghost bandit’ angels, and…
Crazy Self-Fragging Azoox LPS Has TWO Life Stages!
The marine aquarium hobby and especially the practice of keeping and growing corals is all but dominated by photosynthetic corals, but corals of the dark have some really cool surprises. Take Truncatoflabellum for example, a deepwater and turbid environment coral that basically…
What Is One Coral Reef Worth? It Takes A Shipwreck To Find Out
It is well known that coral reefs are a valuable resource; these productive ecosystems are responsible for growing so much of our seafood, they are an important source of tourism for diving and fishing, and they also help protect coastlines…
Neptune Systems Releases Native iOS Application for Apex Fusion
The Apex controller from Neptune Systems is one of the most internet-dependent devices in the aquarium hobby. The main portal to the Apex Fusion software that manages the Apex controller has always been a web-based application but finally Neptune Systems…