The beauty of having a modular LED light like the Vertex Illumina is that the LED pads can be upgraded to bring cutting edge components to an exisiting LED platform. To this end Vertex Aquaristik is bringing the Cree XTE…
Pristigenys meyeri is perhaps one of the deepest living fish to ever make it to an aquarium
Up until a week ago, Pristigenys meyeri was an unknown fish in the aquarium trade, that is because the only living pictures of this species of deepwater popeye catalufa were taken by submersible at 740 meters, that’s 2400 feet deep! Recently,…
Sunlight Supply’s Maristar 2 is coming at ya with a trifecta of metal halide, T5 and LED lighting
The Maristar 2 first shown off by Sunlight Supply at Reefapalooza 2010 is finally being made and close to availability for reefers needing copious amount of light for their aquarium.Sunlight Supply’s Maristar 2 includes all of the metal halide, high…
‘Reef in the Sky’ takes Zeovit’s DTOQ honors for reef aquarium excellence inside and out
Reef in the Sky is a wonderful SPS reef aquarium built by Zeovit forum user ‘V1…rotate’ which was just nominated by his low-nutrient-system-loving peers as the latest Dream Tank of the Quarter. Located in Hong Kong, Reef in the Sky…
Trimma matsunoi, T. fasciatum and Gobiodon winterbottomi join a long list of cool new nano gobies
The new description of Trimma fasciatum, Trimma matsunoi and Gobiodon winterbottomi show that although the summer doldrums may be in full swing for the marine aquarium hobby, the ichthyologists are still busy classifying reef fishes.Especially with the nano reef gobies like Eviota and Trimma, these tiny substrate…
Real Oceanic Eggs (R.O.E.) from Reef Nutrition goes live
Real Oceanic Eggs (R.O.E) is a new food for marine aquariums made from real oceanic eggs of fish. Freshwater and marine aquarists have been using real oceanic eggs from various sources for eons but Reef Nutrition’s R.O.E. is the first time…
AI Director control platform and myAI teased and promised for MACNA 2012
AI Director is a new software product from AquaIllumination which appears to be apps for iPhone, iPad & Android for programming AquaIllumination LED lights. Through these tablet and smartphone apps as well as an online component called “myAI”, AquaIllumination is…
New wireless AI Controller for Sol, Nano and Vega is a completely different animal
With the pre-orders for AI Vega going live and its release looking imminent, you didn’t think that Aqua Illumination would let it loose without a revamped controller didja? The new 2012 AI controller is all kinds of wireless with a…
Red Sea Reef Spec whittles down reef aquarium T5 lamps to three colors
Reef Spec by Red Sea is a trio of T5 fluorescent lamps for marine and reef aquarium which has figured out that three good color combinations is almost everything to make reef fish and corals look slammin’. Red Sea will soon…
Pseudanthias micah, candy striper clingfish and other new species pictured
Reef Fishes of the East Indies brought with it 25 new species of previously unknown reef fish, several of which have had their mugshots released by Conservation International. Anthias, clingfish, butterflyfish, gobies and a cornucopia of other new piscine reef…