[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/29987934[/vimeo] It is intuitive and obvious that an animal as large as a whale would be important to marine ecosystems when they are alive, requiring tons of food per day to stay alive, but the body of a…
New Fluval EDGE 46L aquarium is twice as tall and double the volume
The Fluval EDGE 46L is the first addition to the line of six-sided aquariums from Hagen. The original six gallon, 23 liter EDGE has been widely praised for its unique design which has been used to build innumerable stylish little…
Captive bred flame angelfish spotted in a nano cube at Backer in Chicago
Captive bred flame angelfish are so real they’re already being flaunted for sale at the Backer trade show in Chicago of all places. Who would have thought that we would see evidence for successfully raised pygmy angelfishes not once, but…
Fluval EDGE getting a new LED replacement for the halogen spotlight
With the announcement of the Fluval EDGE LED replacement lamp Hagen’s highly acclaimed nano aquarium light finally joins the two thousand tens. That crummy little halogen lamp that originally comes with the Fluval EDGE aquarium is barely bright enough to…
Coral Reef Spain opens up a fancy new marine livestock wholesale facility on the Iberian peninsula
Western Europeans rejoice, we’re looking at you Spain and Portugal, because the prolific Coral Reef Spain aquarium company that brought you their own salt and a handful of thoughtfully designed retail stores has now opened up a modern marine livestock…
The Cyclops Shark is real, confirmed by expert examination and more photographs
Remember that one-eyed cyclops shark that was caught off the coast of Mexico a few months back? Well the unusual cyclops shark was examined by experts, X-rayed and thoroughly studied and a team of investigators has not only confirmed that…
Spin Stream rotating return nozzle by Innovative Marine is available separately
When we first spotted the Spin Stream in Innovative Marine’s promotional video for their Nuvo Aquarium we had a hunch that this nifty little device would be sold separately, and now we have proof. On a recent to Denver-area LFS…
Rhinecanthus cinereus: A closer look at one of the rarest aquarium triggerfish
One of the best parts about traveling to aquarium events like the House of Fins annual SPLASH event is to see rare, unusual or show size marine animals but in the case of their Mauritius triggerfish it was all three.…
Reef tank by Furious Fish captures the ethos of focused fish and coral aquariums
[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmuKRP2YUA4[/youtube] Mr. Furious Fish is an aquarist after our own reefing heart, as demonstrated in this simple reef aquarium which is more fish and coral than it is reef. With a bare minimum of live rock to support…
Bizarre broken-stripe ocellaris clownfish collected in Palawan, Philipines
It would be easy to overlook the broken stripe clownfish above in a tank full of domestic strains of picasso and snowflake clownfish, but this big girl was collected in the wild. C. V. Neptune Marine collected the broken stripe…