Bleeding apples, warpaint reds, spirograph scolies, FrankenScolies, IncrediScolies, Mini Scolies, Orange Scolymia and tye dye super mega ultra Scolymia australis are the creme-de-la-creme of solitary LPS corals which couldn’t be any more ostentatious if they had been painted by an artist’s…
‘Fishes: East Pacific’ is a free iPhone app from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Fishes: East Pacific is a free iPhone app from the Smithsonian which is a guide to the shore fishes of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. This fish identification guide was put together by Ross Robertson and Gerald Allen, two of…
Tuna Blue A350 LED light teased on the Kessil website
The Tuna Blue A350 LED light from Kessil is a larger version of the A150w LED aquarium spotlight which probably builds on the foundations of the h350 LED grow light. Following on the wide success of the Kessil A150w LED,…
PO4x4 phosphate testimonial from John & Cam’s Bali Reef, a 2500 gallon UK reef aquarium
PO4X4 is one of the newer phosphate removers on the aquarium market which has the added bonus of being able to be regenerated and reused. Sometimes it can take a while for home reefers to notice the relative performance of…
Madagascar coral reefs of the Barren Isles are swarming with fish and reef life
Madagascar corals and fish don’t get a lot of airtime compared to their Indo-Pacific counterparts but at the Barren Isles Madagascar reef life is clearly thriving. Madagascar is home to innumerable endemic species of terrestrial plants and animals but the local waters…
Australia now has a domestic supplier of square frag plugs and tiles
Aquatic Culture is an Australian company making frag plugs that at least has themselves a kiln and some molds to make square frag plugs and square tiles. The smooth white ceramic frag plugs are the first of their kind to…
Queen Angelfish from Curacao shows wild aberrant juvenile color pattern
This juvenile queen angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris, from Curacao shows more than a minor amount of aberration to the patterning of its juvenile stripes. Unusual specimens of Holacanthus angelfish are few and far between but just because we see them less than other angelfish, especially…
White cap clownfish pair survives nine day journey from New Jersey to Florida
The white cap clownfish, Amphirpion leucokranos, is a very rare, naturally occurring hybrid clownfish “species” which is seldom seen in the aquarium trade. You can imagine ORA’s delight when Brian Griffin offered them a spawning pair of white cap clownfish…
Oculus Aquatics presents Ret Talbot at ReefStock 2012 in Denver Colorado
We are pleased to announce our third speaker for the ReefStock 2012 marine conference in Denver Colorado will be Ret Talbot, presented by Oculus Aquatics. Ret Talbot will be joining our other illustrious speakers, Tony Vargas author of the Coral Reef Aquarium and Colin…
Marineland’s countdown timer hints at new products to be unveiled at Global Pet Expo
Beginning earlier this week, visitors to the Marineland homepage have been greeted by a glaring red countdown timer with two weeks left on the clock. The time remaining on Marineland’s timer corresponds with the beginning of the Global Pet Expo in Orlando,…