There’s an unusual green birdnest that’s been growing over at Cris Cap’s AquaticArt that we’ve been looking at for years, but didn’t fully appreciate its uniqueness until this past weekend. The Photon Man Sanjay Joshi came on an aquarium tour…
The Mauritian Zebra Tang is so much more than a fancy convict
Acanthurus polyzona, aka the Zebra Tang from Mauritius and the Western Indian Ocean has been a book fish that we thought we would never see with our own eyes for so long, we had all but given up ever seeing one in…
Bluefin Reactors are a fancy union of acrylic and molded parts
By now we’ve seen so many different biopellet and media reactors made for aquarium use that we hesitate to tell you about new models unless they are truly standing out from the crowd, as in the new Bluefin Reactors from…
Best new products of MACNA 2013
We’ve just about wrapped up our coverage of everything MACNA this year and although it only took two weeks, there was an incredible diversity of new products announced, launched and releases at this year’s big event. If you need any…
MaxSpect Razor 200 coming soon with modified lens-reflector system
The Razor 200 LED slim light from MaxSpect is easily one of the best deals for intense reef-colored LED lighting for aquaria. The MaxSpect Razor was introduced with the 21″ Razor 120 and the 27″ Razor 160, then followed up…
ZooMed Aquasun modules may be the unlikely harbinger of our LED future
The ZooMed AquaSun LED HO replacement modules we spied this week took us by surprise and it signals a real sea-change in the way major manufacturers look at LED lighting. When it comes to aquarium LED lights for the masses, first…
Central Live enlists Southland and Sea Dwelling Creatures to ‘offer’ aquatic livestock
Central Live, a new program from Central Garden & Pet, is an interesting initiative that brings reputable livestock vendors a little bit closer to the dry-goods fold. Within the month, aquarium stores who are customers of Central Pet will begin…
Cobalt Aquatics ‘MoaFlow’ brings a new XL DC Pump design to aquariums
The MoaFLow is a pre-consideration product that Cobalt Aquatics had in their booth at MACNA this year. Since the majority of their whole slew of new products already launched earlier this year, Cobalt was really in South Florida to give…
Touring the inner workings of the Thrive Water Lab
The Thrive Water Lab is potentially one of the most revolutionary products to hit the marine aquarium hobby-industry but we’re still a little ways off from actual units being installed and operating in actual stores. Thankfully, Thrive Aquatics had one…
ORA’s black neon dottyback is so beautiful in the flesh
The Black Neon Dottyback may be ORA’s most exciting hybrid to date, especially in the intentional department. With a long history of remixing certain fish species and strains, the multitude of clownfish strains they’ve come up with, including accidental clownfish crosses. The hybrid…