The Corona LED is a new light fixture from RapidLED with a familiar form factor, but a full suite of useful features. The Corona LED has roughly the same shape and cooling system of the classic AI Sol, and an…
Stunning Adult Tiger Angelfish Sighted On The Outskirts of Chicago
The Tiger Angelfish is one of the most striking and exotic species of marine angelfish. Last week while speaking at Reefwise on the outskirts of Chicago we had a new opportunity to visit a long term captive Apolemichthys kingi and this…
Eshopps Teases EID Skimmer With New Type of Bubble Diffuser
Eshopps has a new protein skimmer in the pipeline and it looks like it’ll have one interesting new feature. A teaser image was released a couple weeks ago and the majority of the protein skimmer is mostly blacked out in a…
Sirius XTC by Reef LED Lights Is The Best of DIY Aquarium Lighting
LED lights for our reef aquariums have gotten really, really good in recent years and we’ve seen many great offerings from a diversity of aquarium companies. While most of these fixtures have converged on a similar blueprint and design for…
Live Grouper Presents Itself For A Dental Checkup
Captive fish can do some wild and wacky things in an aquarium environment. Nowhere are we more shocked than when are fish become completely unafraid of their terrestrial caretakers, and almost become friendly. This video from the Port of Nagoya…
Skimz Macroalgae Reactor Looks Ready For Primetime
We’ve got a fresh new look at the Skimz macroalgae reactor, and boy has it come a long way from the prototype we spotted in Germany this summer. Gone is the fan-cooled mess that typified the original model, replaced now…
Saki-Hikari Marine Is The First Fish Food With Proven Probiotic Effect
Saki-Hikari is a new pellet food for marine fish from Japanese company Hikari. Although Saki-Hikari is being promoted with some familiar marketing buzzwords, it is probably the only one that has been tested and proven with years of research. Hikari makes…
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus, First Encounter With The Mythical Linespot Triggerfish
The linespot triggerfish, Xanthichthys lineopunctatus is a species of marine fish so rare, that we’d never seen one, until last week. While visiting Reefwise on the outskirts of Chicago, we finally got to see this nigh-mythical triggerfish in person for…
Sera Dives Into LED Lighting With Interesting Approach
The German aquarium product manufacturer Sera is diving head first into LED aquarium lighting with an interesting approach. The Sera LED lighting system consists of a few different colors of LED Xchange Tubes which can be used standalone, or combined…
Get Your Reach On With Tamsco’s Deep Blue Aquarium Tools
Tamsco USA was at the Aquatic Experience this past weekend in Chicago, and a few of their tools really got our attention. We’ve long been a fan of black oxidized steel for its durability and longevity, but for years Boston…