The aquarium hobby really got its start with light emitting diode lighting through the use of PAR 38 LED spotlights. This form factor of LEDs was our first three or four LED lights and of all the brands we ever…
Fritz’s Great Reason to Make Just One Type of Salt
The market for reef aquarium salt has exploded in recent years with more new brands throwing their hat into the ring than ever before. It is not unusual for these companies to offer two or sometimes even three types of…
Ultum Nature Systems Give Top Shelf Tanks a New Edge
Ultum Nature Systems is a new aquarium manufacturer which could be ramping up to make some of the nicest small tanks we’ve ever seen. There’s countless options for high quality small and nano aquariums but Ultum Nature Systems aquariums could have…
Aqua Medic Adds DC Runner 9.1 to Their Controllable Pump Lineup
Aqua Medic has been busily modernizing their fleet of reef aquarium gear with the latest product line to get the refresh is their DC Runner centrifugal pumps. Earlier last year the DC Runners were upgraded with point-one designation that featured…
Who is AquaForest and What is Their Reef Aquarium Philosophy?
AquaForest is a new aquarium company out of Poland which is taking the reef world by storm. Going from a little known outfit a couple years ago to being on the shelves of fish stores all over the world, there’s…
Synchiropus sycorax Is The New Official Name of the Ruby Red Dragonet
Synchiropus sycorax is the newest species of dragonet to get an official name, brought to you by Yi-Kai Tea, better known as Lemon in the Reef World, and his advisor Dr. Anthony Gill. The Ruby Red Dragonet, which the aquarium…
Who Knew that a Cortez Angelfish Could Be This Attractive
The Cortez Angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus, is a little appreciated large species from the East Pacific Ocean. While this fish has a gorgeous juvenile coloration consisting of a dark body punctuated by a few bold yellow and blue stripes, this is a…
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 2: One of The Best Skimmers Ever
The Tunze DOC DC 9410 Skimmer is one of the veteran company’s first ever controllable protein skimmer models. We’ve been using this model on a 60 gallon reef tank for half a year and we couldn’t be happier with the…
Biota’s Bristletail Filefish are TRAINED to Eat Aiptasia!
Bristletail filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus, is a well known reef fish that has a strong potential to eat Aiptasia and Majano pest anemones. Despite their long record, I’d actually never personally employed one for this purpose, opting instead for peppermint shrimp and/or copperband…
PE Flake Food Coming in 2017 From Piscine Energetics
We just recently found out that Piscine Energetics had developed their own process for making pellet food with fresh mysis shrimp and now we learn they’re working on doing the same thing in a flake food. PE Flake, as the name…