I love aquariums so much, it doesn’t matter what kind of tank it is, as long as someone’s put some Love into it, it shows. As hard as we work and fiddle with and try to perfect our reef aquariums,…
Pacific Acropora hybrid intentionally crossed and a wild colony identified
Acropora prolifera is a confirmed ‘hybrid species’ of stony coral living in the Caribbean which is a direct F1 hybrid between the actual species, A. cervicornis and A. palmata. This precedent for Acropora hybridization where two species occur has led scientists to…
The two year progress video of Schwing’s Reef
There’s something about progression videos and pictures that we really love. It’s easy for any armchair blogger to say device X does such and such, but there’s nothing, there’s no replacement for actual, great documentation of coral growth and reef…
Apex Gold System bundles all the best and most important accessories
Neptune System is shipping a new assemblage of its best wares into a complete kit called the Apex Gold System. For the Apex Gold System, Neptune Systems took the best stuff (lab ORP, lab ph, salinity module and lab salinity probe)…
Double unboxing of the AI Director and Hydra 52
The reef scene is currently being graced by the best, brightest, and most sophisticated aquarium LED lights that we’ve ever seen. Leading the pack of this advanced lighting future is the rich family of LED lights from Aqua Illumination, with…
Behind the scenes look at Cortez Tropical Marine’s clarion collection
Tangerine orange coloured clarion angelfishes are one the most well known of Holacanthus, and are becoming a common sight out of Baja imports. Everyone’s familiar with their fiery beauty, and the juveniles that are adorned with metallic blue striations. But…
Breaking down the Radion G3 LED and third generation Radion Pro
The third generation Radion G3 LED and its higher end Pro counterpart have a seriously cool new design and more revisions than previous incarnations. We reached out to Ecotech Marine about the new Radion G3 LED and learned that there’s…
Favites monticularis is a spikey new species of stony coral
The moon brain corals of the family Faviidae have yielded some interesting new species lately, but the newly described Favites monticularis will stand out in your mind, literally. Favia camranensis was certainly neat with its shingle-like corallites but the spiny corallite walls…
Seachem Reef Glue
Super Glue; we all know what it is, we use it on our reef tanks all the time, and now Seachem is a new source for cyanoacrylate with their new Reef Glue. As with many other products that Seachem has…
Big Bertha, the Queen of the Sunburst Anthias
Since Lemon spotlighted the Sunburst Anthias this morning with beautiful pictures of a new aquarium specimen, we thought this would be a good time to show you what Sunburst Anthias really look like when they approach adulthood. This ginormous Sunburst…