The Neotherm heaters from Cobalt Aquatics are arguably some of the best aquarium heaters to be introduced to the market in years. However, up until now the hot Neotherms were only available in up to a 200w model, but aquarists…
PNG’s Pictichromis aurifrons from Milne Bay show a gradient of color patterns
Dottybacks are some of the quintessential reef fish; they are small, hardy, come in a myriad of colors and they are both readily available and affordable to aquarists. The other feature of dottybacks is how amenable they have been to captive…
Rich Ross focuses on Phosphate in the last MACNA 2014 speaker video
“Phosphate does not mean what you think it means” is probably one of the most profound things any speaker has said about this much maligned nutrient in our reef tanks. While PO4 gets a bad rap in our tanks, nothing,…
Dr. Tim’s introduces Bene-Fish-Al, a DIY frozen fish food
No one can ever accuse Dr. Tim’s of not being original with his latest product entry into the aquarium market being a DIY frozen fish food. Bene-Fish-Al might be hard to say, but it seems really easy to use with some…
Stunning new species of Trimma dwarf gobies described from Papua New Guinea
There’s a fresh new crop of newly described species of Trimma dwarf gobies from Papua New Guinea and several of them are quite the lookers. The four new species described by Gerald Allen include Trimma abyssum, T. nauagium, T. chledophilum and T. multiclitellum. As you…
Devil Clam with psychedelic mantle pattern collected in Tonga
It’s been a very productive year for giant clam news with two new species recently described, and no sooner do we get to share the first good aquarium look at the devil giant clam, Tridacna mbalavuana, now we have another series of another…
Half white ‘Panda’ bicolor angelfish collected by Walt Smith Fiji
A very curiously colored bicolor angelfish was recently revealed to have been found, a specimen with a complete lack of yellow coloration. On some reefs bicolor angelfish are so common that they may as well be part of the damselfish…
Ocean Swipe 360 glass cleaning robot can polish acrylic too
The Ocean Swipe 360 took the reef and aquarium world by surprise when it was revealed that someone had designed and built the mother of all aquarium glass cleaning robots. With a very sophisticated glass cleanbing system that can even…
Fisheye view of my saltwater fish only aquarium
Ask anyone in this hobby about me, and nearly all will tell you that I range from an insatiable coral junkie to a laid back coral connoisseur. One little known secret is that while I hardly keep any fish in my…
What are phytoplankton and zooplankton, really?
In the saltwater aquarium and reef tank hobby, we talk about feeding our corals and small fish with phytoplankton and zooplankton quite often. However, we discuss these various types of creatures as little more than food items, but the phytoplankton…