[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPY4riMEPgE[/youtube] This might be a promotional video for Kessil’s A350 range of LED spotlights but all we can see is the reef shop in focus. Neptune Aquatics is a banging aquarium store that not only sports a large,…
MACNA 2013 goes to Miami by the sea for the 25 year anniversary
MACNA 2013 will be hosted next year by the Florida Marine Aquarium Society, essentially the club of the greater Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and south florida reefing sector. Scheduled to take place from August 30th to September 1, 2013, we find…
Prisma Canvas ‘Chambered Nautilus’ and ‘Harlequin Shrimp’ original artworks will premier at MACNA
Kaitlyn Cameron’s Prisma Canvas is no stranger to producing amazingly inspired hand drawings of amazing reef life, like the ‘Yin-Yang Mandarin‘ and scores of other great subjects. As her follow-up Kaitlyn has been hard at work on two more stunning…
Safety Stop from BlueLife USA is the first dip for reef fish providing ‘instant quarantine’
Safety Stop is a new product from Blue Life USA which is billed as “instant fish quarantine”. The veterinarian-formulated Safety Stop is the first commercial product to offer the benefits of dipping fish in a solution which helps to knock…
Starfish digestion video proves these slow moving inverts are not so innocent
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/45154593[/vimeo] The only thing potentially better than living comfortably between two shells, happy as a clam, is living in a tight cluster as a mussel. That is until your defenses are turned against you. The slow moving Pisaster…
Sabine’s visit to Bali coral farm feels exceptionally personal
Sabine Penisson has been picturing the photographs of Reef Builders, articles and many other publications in Europe with some fine marine life and marine aquarium photography for quite some time now. As impressive as her imagery has been, Sabine’s latest round…
Plectranthias pelicieri is still one of the most stunning fish in the sea
We don’t see Plectranthias pelicieri pop up in the aquarium trade too often but when it does, we take notice. Looks like B-Box Aquarium recently had the privilege of adding a Pelicier’s Plectranthias to their stable of rare aquarium fish, likely having…
Radion Pro LED spectrum shows HUGE spike in UV, royal blue and small bump in yellow wavelength
The Radion XR30w Pro LED reef aquarium light fixture just announced last week was said to be packing a lot of firepower in the deep blue and UV end of the light spectrum and man Ecotech Marine wasn’t kidding. A…
Soleichthys maculosus flounder mimics toxic flatworms to an incredible degree
As much as we eat soles, halibut and flounders, it’s a pity that we almost never seen any representatives of this broad group of fishes in aquaria. One fish which would make a fascinating aquarium subject is the juveniles of…
CDU Goldrush is an intriguing new Montipora from Corals Down Under
The CDU Goldrush is a new Monti strain that takes its name after the Australian collectors who discovered this unusual Montipora. Sharing some similar traits with favorite aquarium Montis like the Jedi Mind Trick and Sunset Montipora, the CDU Goldrush…