DaStaCo’s calcium reactors are a unique application of using acidified seawater to continuously dissolve calcium carbonate media to supply minerals to fast growing SPS corals. Where all other calcium reactor designs use a solenoid valve that is controlled through the…
Two new species of azoox zoanthids, Palythoa mizigama & P. umbrosa
Two new species of zoanthids, Palythoa mizigama & Palythoa umbrosa were described earlier this year but we’re just now getting a good look at the appearance of these novel zoanthids. What makes the two new Palythoa species really interesting is not…
Marine Aquarium Conference of Europe announced for Summer 2016
The Marine Aquarium Conference of Europe (MACE) is a new full featured event that has just been announced for summer of 2016. MACE (pronounced Mac-ee) is a production of Pets Italy with cooperation from many different local organizations and will…
Unseen corals: Plerogyra discus, the lovechild of fox and bubble corals
Plerogyra discus is a very unusual ‘species’ of coral which could be entirely real, or it could be the figment of one coral taxonomist’s imagination. If you don’t know already, fox corals (Nemenzophyllia) and bubbles corals (Plerogyra) are closely related and…
Captive bred yellow tangs inching closer to reality
Captive bred yellow tangs seems to always be just one or two years away, even though the Oceanic Institute has been hard at work to crack the code for about ten years now. Spawning surgeonfish in captivity is relatively simple but…
Abyzz working on new needle wheel and propeller pumps
Abyzz makes hands-down one of the most sophisticated, highest performing and greatly performing aquarium water pumps reef keepers have ever seen. With Abyzz making a more dedicated push into North American reefing markets with Abyzz America, reefers can expect to…
Water-cut fish art from Elite Waterjet
With all the hot corals and new products running around Reefapalooza, it was hard to get event-goers to pay attention to anything else. However one booth by Sandbar Pet Shop from Mission Viejo CA had an impressive display of aluminum…
Cryptocentrus epakros & Tomiyamichthys zonatus, two new goby species
It’s been a short while since we’ve had some new species of gobies being described and Cryptocentrus epakros and Tomiyamichthys zonatus are here to fill that gap. The two new species of sand dwelling gobies are both associated with Alpheid shrimp partners and…
Unseen Corals: The square fossils of Goniophyllum
Ever since our visit to the vast coral collections at the Smithsonian Institution, we’ve had our mind on all the “unseen coral” species out there, living and fossil. We think we know a lot about coral but really, the aquarium hobby…
Bubble Magus QQ1 hang on nano skimmer
Seaside Aquatics had a lot of Bubble Magus to show off at Reefapalooza last weekend, and one device we’re glad we got to see is the cute little QQ1 hang on protein skimmer. The Bubble Magus QQ1 is more of…