Aquarium Specialty’s BioTek Marine is launching two new sump models at Reefapalooza Orlando this weekend, the BioSump and TekSump. Each of these new external aquarium filtering chambers offer a bevy of features that aquarists have come to demand in a…
Delectable colony of red Leptoseris sitting pretty at Unique Corals
You’ve seen orange Leptoseris, you’ve probably seen green Leptoseris, and there’s no way you’ve missed the green-eyed orange Jack-O-Lantern Leptoseris. However this delectable colony of RED Leptoseris is in a league of its own, with the most graceful colony shape and a perfect arc of light…
Top 5 recent captive raised marine fish stories
There’s been such a flurry of captive bred marine fish stories lately, that it may have been hard to get a handle on how much is going on. Once upon a time, like ten to fifteen years ago, the announcements…
Bluefish Mini is a drop-in controller for LED lights including the MaxSpect RazR
There’s a whole crop of great and controllable LED lights that create a really sweet and suitable color spectrum for our reef tank and corals, but the only thing holding them back is even more functionality, and especially the fun…
Calanus copepods to replace Cyclopeeze in PE Mysis twin packs
For over a decade Cyclop-Eeze has been the staple food for feeding small reef fish and certain types of corals in this specific particle size range. However in recent years the harvest of Cyclop-Eeze from the Arctic lake in which…
Cool Tonga giant clams coming through Pacific Aqua Farms
After years of shipping out some really neat corals, the Kingdom of Tonga has finally moved forwards with permits for the export of wild, giant clams. Tonga is in the heart of giant clam biodiversity with at least eight of…
Triton Detox is an innovative way to remove trace heavy metals
Let’s face it, heavy metals are never a good thing and until recently we could only mitigate the ways that these unwanted elements made their way into our tanks. However, with the rise in ultra-precise aquarium water testing using ICP…
Mini Cube LED is packed with power and versatility
There’s an awesome and cute little LED light currently under development that just screams success from across the LFS. We sighted the affable little cubes of LED lighting power in New York recently and absent a specific product name, we…
Aquavitro Phosfiltrum by Seachem dials phosphate removal up to 11
Phosfiltrum is a new phosphate removing filter media by Seachem which is part of their high performance Aquavitro line. After years of offering only their Aluminum Oxide phosphate remover Phosguard, Seachem has gone all in with three different types of…
Cycloseris disc corals can exhibit full-on Chimeras
If there’s one thing we love about corals the most, it’s that they don’t play by the same rules as other animals. Corals are able to exhibit a whole array of seemingly impossible biological phenomenon, including the ability to be…