Anampses femininus is one of the most highly sought after wrasses in the aquarium trade and for all their popularity there exists almost no really good pictures of the make of the species. This morning Quality Marine shared a stunning…
Recirculating biopellet reactor is a novel design from Reef Dynamics
The recirculating biopellet reactor was bound to happen sooner or later, but Reef Dynamics (formerly Euro Reef) is the first one out the gate with a working model for an adjustable, self propelled biopellet reactor. Just like a calcium reactor…
From Japan with love: Japanese angelfish, Randall’s assessor and crescent-tail fairy wrasse
Route 66 Marine is well known for being a balling coral supplier but as of late they’ve been getting more and more into the rare and unusual marinelife. First it was the true personifer angelfish, Chaetodontoplus personifer, then the Lennard’s…
Nice video demo of the PacificSun Hyperion R2 LED colors over a reef tank
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/33273385[/vimeo] As promised, here is the video of the PacificSun Hyperion R2 LED light dancing its color tune over some real live corals. You’ll have to excuse the slightly ostentatious over-the-top video production, especially at the beginning but…
Beautiful colony of Caribbean Rose Sponge finds a home at Aquarium Outfitters, Athens GA
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaa88KUARE[/youtube] A beautiful specimen of Caribbean rose sponge has appeared at Aquarium Outfitters in Athens GA and it’s so cool and neat it makes you wonder why we don’t see more of them in the average reef tank.…
History of protein skimmers featured as one of the first posts on the new Tunze blog
The only way to be a true reef aquarium futurist is to also be a keen marine and reef aquarium historian. Along those lines there’s nothing we love more than super cool and neat high tech aquarium products than super old,…
John Randall working on Fishes of the Red Sea, a new book with 1500 images
Fishes of the Red Sea is a new forthcoming book by Jack Randall which will become the ultimate guide to all fishes found living between the shores of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Fishes of the Red Sea is part of…
Full rundown of PacificSun’s big bet on high LED diversity in the Hyperion R2
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a war going on in the aquarium LED reef light market for more diversity of LEDs and more and more control of separate channels. You can see a trend in mainstream aquarium products meeting…
Small multibar angelfish from Marshall Islands is the cutest pomacanthid we’ve ever seen
If there’s any reef fish cuter than a tiny multibar angelfish then we haven’t seen it. Paracentropyge multifasciata is a fish with which we’ve been smitten since beginning in the hobby not only for its own bold color pattern but…
Alexander Semenov’s ‘Another World’ photo collection is a close look at freaky cold water marine life
If yesterday’s post about the best nature photos included a broad range of aquatic images and photography style, today’s nature gallery of the day is razor-sharp in focus. Alexander Semenov is a diving photographer from Russia who has honed his…