The AI Hydra LED light is a surprise from left field by AquaIllumination which is going to be available quite soon. It’s been great having AquaIllumination cranking out new product releases including the AI Vega, New Controller, EXT Rail, Powerpucks,…
Hybrid swallowtail angelfish has great potential for unexpected mature coloration
Another day and we have another hybrid angelfish to report. This particular specimen is a cross between swallowtail angelfish, Genicanthus lamarcki and G. melanospilos. Currently this hybrid swallowtail angelfish is of muted appearance, a nothing more than a curiosity to…
Reef Angel now selling and working with the controllable Jebao wp-40 prop pump
The Jebao WP-40 controllable propeller pump which is gunning for the top dogs of water movement has its first play date with the Reef Angel. The small Tunze-stream lookalike Jebao WP-40 is said to move 3400 gallons per hour but…
Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
The Red Sea leopard wrasse has long been considered a subspecies of the common and widespread splendid leopard wrasse, Macropharyngodon bipartitus. A recent analysis by the fish man himself John Randall revealed that these two fishes are different enough to…
New face of PIJAC simplifies keeping up with laws that affect pet owners
A few weeks back we introduced a swath of you to PIJAC, a very important group of people that are fighting for our rights as pet owners and professionals in the pet & aquarium trade. The things that we hold…
Underwater time lapse video shows the growth of a reef over 18 months
The Australian Institute of Marine Science has released a time lapse video of Davies Reef in Australia which shows this little patch of the GBR over a period of 18 months. The image quality used to compose the time lapse is not…
Blue Maine Lobster of incredible rarity hopefully destined for display
The blue Maine lobster just caught in Nova Scotia is so incredibly rare that it may continue to beat the odds for its species. Said to occur in about one in two million individuals, not only is this Maine lobster one of…
Corals of the World Online gets a beautiful and speedy website refresh
Corals of the World Online which replaced the indispensable CoralSearch a couple of years ago has already received a facelift of its own. The new cleaner layout has mostly familiar elements but the one thing that is greatly noticeable right…
Mitras 6200 LED gives GHL a bluer light offering
The Mitras 6200 LED is GHL’s latest flavor of their fairly young Mitras LX LED platform. Where the Mitras LX 6100 has excelled at reproducing colors that are in line with European tastes for lighting that replicates T5 lighting, the…
Hybrid seahorse raised and thoroughly documented by Florida Tech
A clutch of hybrid seahorses has been raised by Florida Institute of Technology researchers resulting in a nice herd of lined and longsnout seahorse crosses. The hybridization began when aquarists at Vero Beach Marine Lab noticed courtship and mating between a female Hippocampus…