The Rx-Z zeolith reactor is one more feather in the cap of Vertex Aquaristik and its goal to (probably) make every kind of device that reef aquarists could ever want. Coming in two sizes, the Vertex Aquaristik zeolith reactor will…
Forcipiger wanai is a new longnose butterflyfish species from Cenderawasih Bay
Forcipiger wanai is a new species of longnose butterflyfish which was very recently described in the seminal, three-volume book Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Twenty five new species of reef fish were described in this book including dottybacks, dartfish…
Would you set up a tank full of sea pigs?
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFxjmr5mW8[/youtube] We’ve seen some alien-looking critters in our reef tanks before but the cold water sea pigs are way up there in terms marine life oddities. Closely related to sea cucumbers, the sea pigs are a group of…
Zetlight Mini and Nano LED aquarium lights are worth a second look
Zetlight is a new aquarium lighting company with more than a few lights to meet a wide range of application. At first glance the Zetlight Mini and Nano LED appear to be another me too LED aquarium fixture from some mysterious…
Hybrid Chaetodon tinkeri x Chaetodon miliaris filmed in the wild
Hybrid butterflyfish may be often overlooked by their angelfish counterparts, but we’re still seeing lots and lots of them in the wild and in the aquarium. Tinker’s butteflyfish is frequently observed crossing with closely related species, and less often we…
TMC Reefskim takes Tropical Marine Centre Iberia into full size protein skimming (updated: for Iberia only)
The TMC Reefskim is a needle wheel powered protein skimmer from Tropical Marine Centre which finally takes the European aquarium powerhouse into the market of full sized protein skimmers. For years now TMC has had the V2Skim as a kind of toy entry-level…
Sweet coral eye candy video from Ocean Blue Aquarium
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBA92kUb9U[/youtube] Nearly two years ago when MACNA was held in beautiful Orlando Florida, we had the good fortune to visit a gorgeous aquarium store called Ocean Blue Aquarium. The newly renovated store feature an impeccable layout of fish, corals and…
Scott’s fairy wrasse from Cook Islands is the quintessential Cirrhilabrus scottorum
Once upon a time, Scott’s fairy wrasses from the Cook Islands was THE wrasse to have; it was the bee’s knees of fairy wrasses and it was pretty much the only form of Cirrhilarbus scottorum that you could get in the…
Eviota kermadecensis and Paracaesio brevidentata two new species of reef fish
Paracaesio brevidentata and Eviota kermadecensis are two recently described species of reef fish which may not get the reef aquarists clammoring for them, but at least it’s good to know that the Ichthyologists aren’t resting on their laurels. Paracaesio brevidentata is a…
Tridacna tevoroa (T. mbalavuana) revealed up close in never before seen detail
Tridacna tevoroa is a very little known species of giant clam with a limited distribution centered around the Tonga Islands. The living specimens of the “Devil Clam” was described as Tridacna tevoroa but it was originally described as Tridacna mbalavuana from just…