Cirrhilabrus africanus and C. rubeus are the two newest species of fairy wrasses that have been added to this quickly growing genus of reef fish. Descriptions of fairy wrasse species have been fairly frequent the last couple years, but today…
Rainbow Acanthophyllia Makes its Way to America
We’ve just sighted another Rainbow Acanthophyllia and it’s quite a doozy! We see a decent number of pseudo-rainbow colored meat corals but only a few of them have the color and pattern to really take the motif all the way. Earlier…
Captive Bred Blue Tangs Coming to the Hobby Later This Year
Earlier this year, Rising Tide Conservation and the University of Florida announced the first captive spawning of the one and only regal blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus. This breakthrough was the result of many years of hard work, research, and trial…
Old Woman X Koran Angelfish Hybrid Found in South Africa
The Old Woman Angelfish, Pomacanthus rhomboides is clearly the odd duck in the entire family of angelfish species. Its curious behavior with divers somewhat makes up for its drab coloration but it’s well behind the Cortez Angelfish on the attractiveness scale.…
Neptune Systems PMUP Now Comes With A Power Supply
The PMUP from Neptune Systems is an interesting water pump with a curious form factor. Despite bilge-style pumps having been around for many years, the PMUP is the first of its kind marketed to reef aquarists but it’s about time…
A Collection of Smoking Hot Reef Tanks From South Australia
Seeing a spread of reef tanks like these from one region of the world is actually quite eye-opening. You can see a certain of reef culture cross-pollination between these reef aquarium displays; there’s certain strains of soft corals and Montipora that…
Hands-on with Piscine Energetics PE Flakes & PE Pellets
PE Pellets and PE Flakes from Piscine Energetics are probably the biggest thing to happen to Mysis relicta in the aquarium hobby since the advent of frozen fish food. We still remember where we were when we first learned about ‘freshwater’ mysis…
Five Great Large Colorado Reef Tanks We’ve Featured This Year
We spend so much time reporting on the new products of aquarium products, new species of reef fish, and everything in between, sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of what this hobby is all about: fully loaded, mature reef tanks.…
TMC Reef Pump Gives Tropical Marine Centre a Controllable DC Pump
The TMC Reef Pump is a new DC-controllable water pump from England-based Tropical Marine Centre. Not to be confused with their TMC Reef Flow Pump, a Jebao-esque DC propeller pump, the TMC Reef Pump is a powerful and efficient controllable pumps the likes…
LupyLED TheOne .46 Is The Cheapest Way to ‘Paint With Light’
TheONE by LupyLED is one of the most exciting new led aquarium lights introduced in recent years. The stainless steel construction and blanket of multicolored LEDs is completely original in the aquarium hobby, but the price of the larger sized…