If you live in America and you do not know what ReefAPalooza is by now, we do not know what you have been doing with your reefing life. This time of year like so many before it, the Southern California…
Rare marine fish aplenty at House of Fins SPLASH 2012
If House of Fins hadn’t already made their mark on the marine aquarium world with their annual SPLAS anniversary sale, this year’s event proved to be quite the fertile place for spotting (and buying) exotic reef fish. Whereas previous years…
Klein butterflyfish hybrid could grow into a fantastic clownish pattern
If hybrid butterflfyfish have shown us anything it’s that the recombination of different Chaetodon species can take on many forms. Case in point is this super unusual hybrid Klein’s butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleini crossed with a very rare species for the region. Wayne’s…
LED Thermometer from Lifeguard Aquatics is readable from a distance
Lifeguard Aquatics’ LED Thermometer is the first submersible device of its kind in a hobby where the LEDs are currently getting all the attention for lighting. We’ve seen submersible LCD thermometers, but this is the first time we are going…
New form of aberrant coral beauty angelfish looks truly weird
Just when we thought we’d seen just about every iteration, aberration and permutations of the way that coral beauty angelfish can get funky, one comes along with a while new swag. Whereas many of the aberrant coral beauty angelfish look…
GHL Mitras LX 6100 hands-on: diverse LED color in a sleek German crafted package
The GHL Mitras LED light is the first aquarium light fixture from the experienced designers and manufacturers of aquarium electronics, most notably the GHL Profilux controller. We had to go all the way to Germany to get our first look at the…
Leptoseris troglodyta is an azooxanthellate coral adapted to live in caves!
Leptoseris troglodyta is a new species of stony coral which was discovered living in caves of Cebu, Palau and Indonesia. The new Leptoseris troglodyta gets its name from the term ‘troglodyte’ which refers to cave dwelling creatures and it is the…
Illumin8 LED striplights from CoralVue offer basic solid state efficiency
Illumin8 is a new line of LED striplights from CoraLVue which will come in three basic colors. These simple, efficient Illumin8 LED strips are powered by one watt blue or white SMT LEDs made by Epistar in either a 460nm…
If only more LFS people were like Velveeta’s ‘Aquarium Store Guy’
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv2colP35qk[/youtube] He may be fictitious but we already love the character that is featured in the new commercial for Velveeta Mac’n Cheese. Their aquarium store guy won’t sell you a labradoodle and he won’t let you have just any…
AcroPower is a new amino acid supplement to turbocharge stony coral growth
AcroPower is a new amino acid supplement from Two Little Fishes which is designed to juice coral colors and growth. Stony corals seem to derive special benefit from the addition of various amino acids which are quickly incorporated into the…