Acropora insignis is an interesting staghorn Acro which was one of the must-have stony corals back in the day when the selection was much more limited. Acro Insignis has been obscured by more showy species in the recent past but ORA…
CAD Lights BR-2 biopellet reactor is made of a huge upside-down cone
CAD Lights made quite the impression with the release of the BR-1 conic bioreactor and they’re at it again with a jumbo biopellet mixer with the BR-2 reactor. Latching on to the cone skimmer trend and putting it literally on…
Suezichthys rosenblatti – a new wrasse from isolated Chilean islands
Suezichthys is a genus of wrasses which now enjoys another species with the description of Suezichthys rosenblatti. Discovered living around miniscule oceanic islands off the coast of Chile, Suezichthys rosenblatti is currently only known from the type specimens collected around Isla…
CoralVue temperature controller plays with heater or chiller for cheap
Aquarium temperature control is about to get another notch on its belt with the release of a new device from CoralVue. The CoralVue heater temperature controller is an electronic thermostat rated up to 10 amps which can control a single…
Help defend the aquarium hobby by joining & supporting PIJAC
PIJAC, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council is an important group doing very valuable work for the pet and aquarium industry. Whether you are a fish store owner, aquarium maintenance tech, and no matter if your “involvement” in the aquarium…
Ruby red dragonet make simultaneous worldwide splash
A stunning ruby red dragonet of the genus Synchiropus has made a big splash in aquariums around the world. Starting in South Africa, then on to Singapore, Japan and Los Angeles, the brilliant red dragonet has been spotted in shipments of…
Paper nautilus video could be the first of an argonaut in an aquarium
Maybe you can’t put it in a reef tank but this alien paper nautilus, or argonaut, is the kind of freaky marine life you’d hope to see at a public aquarium. With a compressed, paper-thin shell, the Argonaut is a…
Tigerpyge trio are holding colors in aquarium life
It’s been far too long since we’ve featured a real nice hybrid angelfish morph so we thought to revisit the Tigerpyge living in Hong Kong. Three of them to be exact, living happily together in the aquarium of frequent contributor…
LAQUAtwin probes by Horiba Scientific are mighty interesting
LAQUAtwin probes are a suite of water testing devices by Horiba Scientific which offer incredible potential. Using Ion Specific Eletrodes, the LAQUAtwin probes are fine tuned to test a myriad of water parameters, many of which are critical to reef…
Creatures of Indonesia’s deep sea are more diverse than you could ever imagine
As much as we think we know about the deep sea, having taken oodles of courses in marine science, ecology and biology, it’s still hard for us to imagine and picture the sheer diversity of creatures living down there. Once…