Underwater crop circles are no different from above-ground crop circles – they’re both beautiful, captivating and they both have perfectly good rational explanations for their origins. Whereas the traditional crop circles observed in fields of crops are produced by nefarious…
SeaBones Calcium Reactor from Avast marine arrives just in time for Pirate Day
The SeaBones calcium reactor is a new finely crafted acrylic reef aquarium device from Avast Marines, the acrylicsmiths with an affinity for all thing pirate. How fitting then, that on this Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day Avast would introduce their latest calcium reactor…
Raccoon X Panda butterflyfish cross makes for one dreamy looking hybrid
Raccoon butterflyfish are one of the commonest species of Chaetodon in aquariums, while Panda butterflfyfish, Chaetodon adiergastos are very seldom kept in captive aquariums. You can gather how exciting then, it was to discover this stunning cross of raccoon and…
Libra doser’s stoichiometry skills and easy navigation featured in new video from Vertex
It’s no secret that we’ve been smitten with the sophisticated chemistry controls first promised by the Libra doser from Vertex Aquaristik. We’ve yet to see any Libra dosers in the wild since their announcement two years ago and first look last fall,…
Bluestripe pipefish are super gorgeous and great fish for reef tanks
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/49536991[/vimeo] This video of the blueline Honshu Pipefish shows male and female Dorhyrhamphus japonicus dancing around each other as well as a pregant male carrying a full clutch of eggs on his vent. Pipefish are such cool animals, yet they hardly get the attention they deserve.…
AquaLEDs.DE circular lid-light elevates the form and function of LED lighting
Forget the specs, the features the dimming and the lightning – just take a look at this awesome LED light built by AquaLEDs.DE. This stunning cylinder aquarium displayed at InterZoo 2012 looked every bit like a giant vase of showy…
Euphyllia baliensis is a new large polyp stony coral with extremely thin branches
We all had a good look at the new Euphyllia baliensis with the huge announcement from Conservation International in Spring of 2011 but now the new coral has a name, and a whole lot more details on what makes this coral special.…
Liopropoma emanueli is a stunning pink and yellow basslet from Africa
Liopropoma emanueli is the latest new species of the popular basslet genus to be described, and along with it comes news of two other unknown species of Liopropoma sighted in the Atlantic Ocean. The description of the new colorful and large Liopropoma emanueli is…
Unbelievable rainbow Lobophyllia spotted at LSS Laboratory
We’ve seen some awesome colors in Lobophyllia before, even some which deserved to be called “Rainbow” but none more so than the Lobo recently flaunted by LSS. With its neon green base coloration and splashes of orange, pink and bluish…
RLSS DB10i skimmer saves space and contact time with novel integrated volute
The DB10i from RLSS is a hot new skimmer with a novel space saving design – the internally mounted pump uses the skimmer itself as the volute. Instead of having a big face plate feeding and plumbed into a diffuser…