RLSS Skimmers are one of the few to be powered by adjustable DC pumps, in this case the Waveline DC-5000, yet they are loaded with great features at a price that doesn’t make them status symbols. Coming in a few sizes…
Stand up next to a mountain
And chop it down with the edge of my branching Favites complanata.
Close up photos depict the unique features of the Resplendent Cherubfish
It’s been a little while since we’ve mentioned the captive bred Resplendent Cherubfish Centropyge hybrid from RCT Hawaii, but a whole crop of new images from LiveAquaria shows this aquarium gem in supreme detail. This particular Resplendent Cherubfish is the same…
Unique video shows the clear difference between clarki and true sebae clownfish
The true sebae clownfish, Amphiprion sebae, is a very unique anemonefish that looks significantly different from the clarki clownfish which often borrows its name. We love true sebae clownfish and we’ve been in love with the perfect specimen on display at the…
Zanclea hydroid is an Acropora and stony coral parasite you’ve probably never heard of
Zanclea is a genus of small hydroids that specializes at living on other marine creatures like corals, anemones, sponges and bryozoans. About five years ago we visited a healthy stony coral reef aquarium Seattle that had some staghorn coral colonies…
New details from Giesemann highlights the differences between the Teszla and Quazar LED
The Teszla LED will soon be released as Giesemann’s first full function LED light fixture but what about the Quazar? The Quazar LED striplight from Giesemann that we first spied two years ago at InterZoo is all-LED as well, but…
Build your own Avast Marine Swabbie and save $50
The Swabbie self cleaning head for protein skimmers is the latest Avast Marine product to get the do it yourself treatment. As if the cost of entry for the $159 Swabbie wasn’t low enough, now you can save $50 when…
Robojelly is a robotic jellyfish that is conveniently powered by water
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2OSJQhHQp8[/youtube] If you needed any more convincing to look to nature for engineering inspiration, the Robojelly is just the latest in a long line of robots taking a page from oceanic and aquatic creatures. Like robotic fish, robotic snails and…
Floating corallites: larvae of some stony corals take a while to settle down
A new previously unknown life-stage of stony coral larvae has been published describing how a small percentage of lab-grown coral planula can float through metamorphosis. That was not a euphimism, as some stony coral larvae have been documented secreting a…
Coral Nail from Lss Laboratory is a new frag plug specialized for soft, branching and encrusting corals
The Coral Nail is a novel new type fo frag plug that Lss Laboratory is showing off which has three separate mounts for different types of corals. Coral Nail A is optimized for mounting soft corals with a nice barbed…