Not sure what is going on with this unusual looking colony of Galaxea, but we’re glad that Bruce Carlson took the time to film it. Unlike the typical Galaxea fascicularis that we see in the aquarium trade, this Galaxea colony has extremely long…
Aquarium Fish International subscribers, hope you like Dog Fancy
Subscribers to the soon-to-be-cancelled Aquarium Fish International (AFI) will be seeing the balances of their subscriptions automatically transferred to Dog Fancy. At least that’s what the card you’ll get in the mail says. Thankfully, some quick investigation revealed that there is a…
Fish in Space: The Aquatic Habitat is how you build an aquarium in space
Leave it to the Japanese to be responsible for sending up an aquarium into outer space with the Aquatic Habitat research mission. The Aquatic Habitat space aquarium sent to the International Space Station by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is…
Elos AquaStudio New York grand opening reveals a gorgeous, classy reef aquarium store
The Elos Aquastudio New York location has been teased for several months now and although the NY Aquastudio has been open since May, this weekend they had a grand opening to let the world know that the shop is ready…
New albino clownfish appear in a clutch of black ocellaris
The albino clownfish which were discovered in a clutch of black ocellaris clownfish may not be as light and ghostly as a typical pink and white albino fish, but those red eyes are definitely not standard issue on a clownfish.…
MaxSpect Mazarra controller goes truly wireless with dedicated power supply
The Mazarra Controller is a simple, easy to use remote for up to 16 different Mazarra modules which up until now, had to be wired into the setup for power. The wireless Mazarra remote controller was not so wireless, but…
Kessil A350 review, just about the best stand alone LED spotlight for aquarium corals
By almost any metric, the Kessil A350 and A350w are some of the best and most feature rich LED spotlights ever made for growing corals in aquariums. Following the widespread success of the Kessil A150w LED spotlights, the A350 and…
Yellow polyp orange cap – who knew that montipora came in this color?
We recently spotted an orange capricornis with yellow-green polyps at World Wide Corals which totally took us by surprise. As long as the aquarium hobby’s been keeping and growing plating Montipora corals and as many colored-polyp colonies that have been maricultured…
Innovative Marine SkimMate nano skimmer is as simple as needle wheel gets
The SkimMate protein skimmer from Innovative Marine, not to be confused with the Skimmate locker from Avast marine, is a little fractionator designed to fit in small all-in-on reef tanks. The SkimMate is a tiny one-cylinder tube of a protein skimmer…
You can add Skeletal Erosion Band to the list of known aquarium diseases
Ugh, as if we didn’t have enough coral diseases and parasites to worry about, now we can add Skeletal Erosion Band caused by the heterotricch ciliate Halofolliculina corallasia to the list. The tiny little creature is a cingle celled protozoan that…