Convict chalice corals are specimens of Echinophyllia plating colonies with a very distinctive series of stripes running usually from the edge of the oral disc (mouth) to the colonie’s edges. The lines of convict chalice corals can be very dark, or…
Get ready for lots of exciting stories from the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition
We’re back from the Flores Sea with loads of exciting observations and documentation on the reefs of this part of Indonesia. With support from Fluval Sea and no less than nine months of planning, we succeeded in diving and surveying and…
Announcing the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition
We are proud to finally be able to share with you the announcement of the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition, a very special project that we’ve been planning for the better part of a year. Blogging from aquarium events, about happenings,…
Macro Aqua propeller pumps with oscillation built in
Macro Aqua has a new line of curious propeller water pumps with a an oscillating base built right in. The three sizes of the oscillating propeller pumps from Macro Aqua have an enlarged base-mount which serves both to fix the…
Fluval Sea Halo Performance LED uses chip-on-board technology
The Fluval Sea Halo Performance LED is a new revision to Hagen’s Fluval nano LED fixture with a radical departure from everything but the shape and housing. With an all new controllable chip-on-board (C.O.B.) LED, the new Halo Performance LED light…
Thrive Water lab is showing some promising refinements
Thrive Aquatics has been touring and promoting their new Thrive Water Lab water-testing kiosk all over the country for what seems like a really long time, but it’s actually been less than a year and a half since the Thrive…
Top 12 new reef aquarium products of InterZoo 2014
If one thing became clear walking the floor of InterZoo 2014 a couple of weeks ago, it’s that there an avalanche of innovation happening in every sector of the marine aquarium hobby and industry. The marine aquarium companies who displayed…
Chromis howsoni, a new golden damselfish species from Papua New Guinea
Chromis howsoni is a newly described species of damselfish from that factory of new species in Papua New Guinea called Milne Bay. The golden-brown colored Chromis howsoni is very closely related to Chromis ambionensis differing primarily in coloration and habitat selection. Chromis…
MaxSpect Ethereal LED innovates on several fronts
The MaxSpect Ethereal LED is a new flagship aquarium light fixture which reinforces MaxSpects strengths in design, engineering and innovation. It’s easy to give the Ethereal a cursory glance and lump it with the basic, square-designed LED lights, but there’s…
Macro Aqua Mind Reader pump makes some huge waves
The Macro Aqua Mind Reader pump is an interesting new device from the Chinese OEM which really grabbed our attention with a single pump making huge waves in a demo tank. Much like the Seio pumps of old, and the…