Pomacentrus maafu is a new species of damselfish which was described from almost 200 fish from Fiji and Tonga. Closely related to Pomacentrus moluccensis from the West Pacific Ocean, Pomacentrus maafu is almost identical in shape and merisitic counts, but it was differentiated…
LD Lighting Engine is a new type of light source from Toshiba
LD Lighting is a new type of light source from Toshiba which uses lasers to light up an emitter. Not to be confused with LED, LD Lighting stands for “Laser Diode” lighting so instead of using broad emission LED like…
Vermetid snails are bad for stony corals, coral crabs keep em in check
We always believed that vermetid snails were bad for corals in aquariums, but now there is real scientific evidence and observation to support the same conclusion about corals in the wild. In case you are not yet familiar with them, vermetid snails…
Red wagon wheel Fungia fralinae is a planetary alignment of perfect features
The red wagon wheel Fungia fralinae is a “new” coral strain which really caught us off guard, not only for its stunning beauty but also for its consistent appearance. The Fungia fralinae with the pattern like a red wagon wheel…
Aquasky LED revealed in stunning detail by ADA Thailand
The new Aquasky LED from Aqua Design Amano looks soooo good that if there existed a marine version with bue and white diodes, we’d already be planning a nano reef tank around its form factor. First announced back in May,…
Gorgeous up close video tour is like a safari of established aquarium corals
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPZzonDWCk[/youtube] Anyone can take videos of freshly collected corals but for us, there’s a distinct attraction that we hold towards corals that corals that are looking great, and appear to have been settled into captive life for a…
Video of Casper the white tang shows how startlingly awesome this fish is
Casper the white tang is an iconic all-white specimen of Zebrasoma flavescens which is the pride and joy of World Wide Corals in Orlando Florida. A couple years back when Casper was a greenhorn to aquarium life, we got a chance…
Dr. G’s Phytoplankton Max marine microalgae concentrate
Another day brings another new coral food to the marine aquarium hobby market. This time it’s Dr. G’s, maker of that medicated frozen reef fish food, with a phytoplankton product of its own. Phytoplankton Max from Dr. G.’s is a…
Seahorse Aquariums shares an evening with a Red Sea aquarist
In their “Evening with an Aquarist” series, progressive aquarium shop Seahorse Aquariums in Dublin Ireland brought Steve Halls to the west side of the British Isles to school 70 attendees on some very modern thinking about managing marine aquarium chemistry.…
Aquascapers launches Eco-Gorgs and a whole menagerie of Caribbean reef corals
Aquascapers is a renewed, re-imagined retail outlet from Coral Morphologic with a new vision for delivering the finest selection of Caribbean corals. Not to be confused with Aquascaperz, Aquascapers is where Coral Morphologic wants you to go from now on…