Acropora speciosa is a species of Acro that grows into an exotic bottle brush shape. Often overshadowed by Acropora echinata, A. speciosa rarely sports the super exotic colors that we see in the books, but that hardly matters now that…
Bicolor maxima clam from Reefkoi is a new color pattern to us
Aberrations in giant clams are not unheard of but they are few and far between. There is one extreme example of a bicolor maxima clam from Tamotu and Reefkoi has previously had a gold foil maxima clam but his latest…
7 fun aquarium apps for iPhone users
The following post is a contribution from Blake Sanders – he writes on tech issues at broadband comparison site Broadband Expert and specializes in high speed internet, cell phones, as well as all of the latest in wireless internet news…
Sea Dwelling Creatures scores with amelanistic flame angelfish and another piebald white & yellow tang
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy0HeLWjRns[/youtube] Sea Dwelling Creatures has had a hot streak of unusual fish lately, this week landing not one but two prized reef fishes: an amelanistic flame angelfish and one of those funky piebald white and yellow tangs. The…
Looks like Royal Exclusiv’s Red Dragon 3 Super Silence pump is ready to flow
The Red Dragon 3 4500 Super Silence is a high performance pump from Royal Exclusiv which has painstakingly sourced every part and material from Germany. Not to be confused with the Tunze Silence pump, the RD3 4500 Super Silence does…
Chrysiptera glaba, canary damselfish is completely at home in Long Beach Aquarium’s deep water reef exhibit
The canary damselfish, Chrysiptera galba is a beautiful yellow deep water damselfish from the Western pacific Ocean. In many ways the canary damselfish shares the same (relatively) mild disposition as the better known and closely related Starki damslefish, Chrysiptera starki.…
Watch a JBJ Unibody LED light being made in the womb of a CNC machine
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-aK7EhPtoo[/youtube] If you’re a fan of the show ‘How It’s Made’ and you like the solid machined construction of the JBJ Unibody LED then you are going to love this short clip showing how the Unibody LED is made. Starting with a…
Pinnatus batfish video shows what could be the red tail catfish of saltwater aquariums
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGcv-HEmSA[/youtube] There is something about the look of a juvenile pinnatus batfish which is both fascinating, unreal and irresistable. The bold orange stripe that encircles the perimeter of the juvenile batfish and bissects its symmetry is somewhat akin…
Finally get a good look at a colony of Turbinaria heronensis
Turbinaria heronensis is a very unusual Australian endemic coral which has been making it into the U.S. reef aquarium hobby for a little over a year now. Turbinaria heronensis is still so rare that many if not most of the…
Elos Evision controller struts its stuff on a MidiMarine aquarium using an Aquatop LED
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmkg-1ZUyo[/youtube] It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Evision aquarium controller from Elos but this new demo video clearly shows that development has been brisk. Since we first spent some time with the Elos Evision in…