The Solomon Islands is one of the original birthplaces of ‘fancy coral’ strains and it was the first country in the world to mariculture corals in the ocean. It’s no coincidence that the Solomon Islands is one of the promised…
Pulzar G3 Tropic & Marin LED Striplight from Giesemann Aquaristic
The Pulzar G3 is the newest version of Giesemann Aquaristic’s LED striplight which will be available in both a freshwater ‘Tropic’ and a saltwater ‘Marin’ color spectrum. First introduced in 2014 the Giesemann Pulzar was the company’s first foray into…
Gold Torch Anemone is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen
If you’re anything like us, when your eyes first focused on the image above you instinctively thought this coral was one of many new strains of gold or holy grail style torch corals which are all the rage in the…
Red Sea ReefDose 2 & 4, Hands-On and Teardown
The Red Sea ReefDose has been a long time coming and after more than three years of waiting we’ve finally gotten our hands on this exciting new product. Coming in two models, the two channel ReefDose 2 and the four…
How Top Shelf Aquatics Grows Their Corals [Video]
The reef aquarium hobby has experienced explosive growth in the last couple of years with demand for new and unique strains of tank grown corals going through the roof. One company that has been riding this wave is Top Shelf…
Pectinochromis lubbocki is a Gorgeous Dottyback from the Red Sea
Dottybacks are some of the most beloved tropical marine fish for the small to the large saltwater and reef aquariums and today we learned about one more species that we had never heard of before. Pectinochromis lubbocki is one of…
This Yellow Scopas Koi is Turning Into a Dirty Bird
Rare fish fanciers will probably be well aware of the large aberrant Zebrasoma scopas that are frequently collected in the Maldives and in western Indonesia that are known as Koi Scopas tangs in the aquarium hobby. But it is less…
Bulk Reef Supply Acquires Marine Depot
Today the reef aquarium world woke up to some shocking news this morning when it was announced that one of America’s largest online retailers, Marine Depot, had been acquired by Bulk Reef Supply. While the announcement may have been of…
Red Sea Cabinet Slide Out Mounting Panel Coming in Two Sizes
The Red Sea Cabinet Slide Out Mounting Panel is a new accessory that has not yet been announced but which is clearly detailed on the packaging of their forthcoming ReefDose dosing pump system. In their promotional video for the ReefDose…
Update to Australian Coral Export Restrictions from Queensland
Last week we reported about some what was feared would be an interruption of live coral exports, from Queensland Australia specifically. The information at the time was that the harvest and export of live corals from Queensland’s reefs would be…