Pictured above is a prototype dual chip indigo colored LED with not one but two light emitting diodes under the same primary optic. It’s pretty hot right? It’s really nice having at least one light in the reef aquarium LED…
The earmuff wrasse, Halichoeres xanti, is a species that shines with maturity
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qfr7zfdCY[/youtube] The Kuiter’s leopard wrasse we filmed in Dave Hayashi’s reef tank was not the only cool labrid we spotted in Chicago a couple weeks ago because this aquarium was also home to an exemplary specimen of the…
Sustainable Aquatics releases Dry Hatchery Diet in two pellet sizes
Sustainable Aquatics’ Dry Hatchery Diet is a new feed from the captive-bred marine fish producer which is designed to help fish grow fast and colorful. SA Dry Hatchery Diet is made with krill, fish and squid meal and specifically added…
Hydro Wizard medium now available for pre-order from Panta Rhei, shipping in December
If you’ve got a big league reef tank and you’ve been curious about the “smaller” Hydro Wizard we hope you’ve been saving up your coins cause you’re going to need a lot of them to get one of your own.…
Astreopora montiporina is a new species from West Papua that plates like a Montipora
The coral above is not a Montipora but a new species called Astreopora montiporina which is named after the common plating coral. Like A. cenderawasih and A. acroporina the new Astreopora montiporina was also discovered in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Indonesia and it…
Astreopora acroporina branches with a real axial corallite tip just like Acropora
The branching Astreopora from Cenderawasih Bay is not alone in its preference of growth form but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora acroporina. If you are a self-professed Acro junkie like ourselves you’ll flip when you see the big honkin’ axial…
First look at the Radion software includes easy graphical programming and dynamic spectral output
What is attractive to many potential buyers of the Radion LED light from Ecotech Marine is not only the quantity and quality of the light it produces, but also in its built in smarts in the form of wireless communication…
Astreopora cenderawasih is a new species of branching Acroporid from West Papua
We’ve seen some Astreopora species exhibit light tubular growth forms in aquariums but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora cenderawasih, a new species described from Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia. Astreopora cenderawasih described by Wallace et. al. exhibits an explicit…
This slingjaw wrasse tattoo is totally rad
We don’t know what’s awesom-er, how nice this tattoo of a sling-jaw wrasse is or that there is someone out there who is rad enough to get this awesome species permanently adorning the majority of their forearm. Of course what…
Creative use of EcoRay LED illustrates the limitation of using narrow angle lenses
The EcoRay LED light fixture from Underwater World is a light which is outfitted with very narrow angle LED lenses. Unless you’re trying to blanket your aquarium with LED fixtures the EcoRay LED is a tough light to implement in…