The list of cute little coral-shrimp seems like it is endless. Another very discrete crustacean that we came across during our Fluval sea Flores Expedition earlier this year is Vir euphyllius that is exclusively associated with LPS corals of the Euphyllidae…
Kessil A160WE brings increased brightness and controls to a very popular spotlight
The Kessil A160WE is the new version of the A150 LED spotlight which first thrust Kessil onto the reef aquarium scene as a bonafide light manufacturer. With this new release, Kessil gifts a new light the size of the A150…
Seachem releasing new thicker version of Reef Glue
Seachem took its sweet time releasing a coral fragging glue, Reef Glue, to the general aquarium market but now they are on the ball with a new an improved version. This weekend at MACNA in Denver Seachem will unveil a…
Piscine Energetics takes great care in how its shrimp is harvested
Piscine Energetics had harvested its mysis shrimp using traditional trawling methods over 13 years ago, but the company realized in order to be sustainable and catch the shrimp when they are actively feeding at night, a better method was needed to minimize bycatch…
New Transformer Sump enables larger skimmers with low stand clearance
One common problem of reef aquarists trying to size up equipment for a new or existing reef tank is getting gear that will not only fit in the sump, but can also be added or removed from where sump resides inside the…
Goldfish have been hacked to battle in Street Fighter
There’s a lot of cool things you can do with aquarium fish, you can teach them to play soccer, they can be trained to drive a remote controlled car, but playing video games has been beyond our fishy friends, until…
CNC Reef is making a unibody Vega LED retrofit kit
CNC Reef is a company that’s been milling various LED heatsinks for different applications and recently it’s turned its attention at rehoming the leftover guts of some great lights that still work very well. The first light to get the…
Who knew Chris Turnier is so talented at painting and carving aquarium fish?
The aquarium hobby is blessed with talented painters like Kaitlyn Cameron and Nate Wilson but the big surprise today is that one of our pioneering aquarists is also gifted with the brush, and the chisel. Chris Turnier who has paid his…
The new InterZoo products we expect to see at MACNA
Writing about the release of the Radion Mounting System got us to thinking about all the new products we reported on at InterZoo which American reefers will see for the first time at MACNA. While it may be four months…
Radion Mounting System now shipping
The Radion Mounting System is the first placement solution from Ecotech Marine which attaches directly to the aquarium. The first option Ecotech released for mounting the Radion LED light was the rail hanging kit but the Radion Mounting System (RMS)…