Over the last 25 years MACNA has been a bastion of new ideas and cutting edge directions in the marine aquarium hobby; in the early years some presentations were filmed and available to purchase on VHS at the end of…
Longfin Clownfish video shows the true nature of this new strain
MACNA 2014 saw the first public unveiling of the Longfin Clownfish strain developed by Sustainable Aquatics. We’re not sure what we expected when we conjured up a future where domesticated clownfish became “enhanced” with long finnage, perhaps something like a…
Navigobius dartfish discovered in the Philippines!
Pictured above is an incredible sample of Navigobius found in the Philippines which extends the range of this eye-popping genus by more than a thousand miles. The Navigobius genus was just created less than five years ago to describe the first and only…
Fluval Stinger One and Stinger Two LEDs are strip lights with mass appeal
Fluval’s been on a tear introducing new and original product over the last couple of years and their new Solar Stinger LEDs could have been the most overlooked product line at MACNA. The Fluval Stinger One and Stinger Two are…
A trio of interesting yellow angelfish have been collected in the Philippines
Unique angelfish are one of our favorite topics to write on and today we’re lucky enough to bring to your attention three unique Centropyge pygmy angelfish. While sometimes it seems like we’ve seen it all, collections in the Philippines by RVS Fishworld continue to…
New endangered coral ruling threatens your right to grow corals
In 2012, the NOAA made it known that they were considering listing 66 stony coral species as threatened. After receiving extensive public comments to the tune of 42,000 letters and emails along with another 32,000 emails after extending the comments…
Panta Rhei’s HydroWizard ECM42 gets near final specs and release date
Panta Rhei made it’s first public appearance at MACNA 2014 this past weekend in Denver, COlorado and with it, the first public display of their forthcoming HydroWizard Small which will henceforth be referred to as the ECM42. As a German…
A quick look at Neptune Systems’ forthcoming WAV pump
The Neptune Systems WAV pump is an incredibly unique new pump for use with the Apex aquarium controller. While the DOS dosing and fluid metering dosing pump and containers may have gotten the lion’s share of the press and attention…
ORA shows off their first captive bred leucokranos clownfish
Amphiprion leucokranos is a coveted hybrid-species of clownfish which is only very rarely available, usually from the Solomon Islands. But if you made it to MACNA 2014 this weekend you could have seen a display with half a dozen of…
Teco Tank TK150 Nano chiller has a body made of its heat exchanger
The Teco Tank TK150 Nano chiller is the sort of engineering marvel that illustrates clearly why Teco is one the most esteemed designers and manufacturers of high quality aquarium chillers. The new Teco SeaChill Tank series of chillers includes many…