The 120 watt Cannon LED from Ecoxotic is not at all just a 120 watt version of the 100 watt Cannon LED spotlight. Whereas the 100 watt LED cannon is simply riding a big mass of aluminum heatsinking, the 120…
A small specimen of Xanthichthys kiritimati triggerfish shown off by LiveAquaria
Tentatively named ‘Xanthichthys kiritimati’, the Christmas Island triggerfish is characterized by a thin string of spots on the dorsal part of the body, and the same blue-face stripes and colorful tail margins. The new Triggerfish from Christmas Island has been…
Sexy blue spotted squamosa clam from Vietnam appears at Reefkoi
If you needed any indication that the reef aquarium season is ramping up, other than the plethora of livestock posts we’ve published recently, then this blue spotted squamosa clam from Reefkoi ought to be a good indicator. Reefkoi’s been tanking…
Funky new little ‘Mini Scolie’ now coming in from West Australia
One of the coolest new things spotted at MACNA this year was not necessarily the products, but a treasure trove of colorful “Mini Scolies” from West Australia. New fish species are discovered on an almost daily basis but it’s very…
Seachem’s Clarity was an unexpected hero for many coral vendors this weekend
Getting to MACNA early Saturday morning to take pictures is something of a ritual for us. By Saturday morning everyone has had all of their corals tanked for at least 24 hrs, all the parameters and lighting have been tweaked…
Coralvue dips its toes into making LEDs with three types of hybrid LED combinations
Coralvue may still be firmly entrenched in traditional lighting technologies, but it hasn’t stopped them from seeing that the future of aquarium lighting is quickly going towards more and more LEDs. To that end Coralvue has started developing a few…
Vertex Aquaristik is working on some swanky probe holders and nano magnet scrapers
Vertex Aquaristik is working on some new aquarium accessories to help you scrub smaller tanks and to keep probes in place. Since vertex already uses its fair share of titanium in various products, it makes sense that they would use…
Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w LED video
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/29002212[/vimeo] This Radion XR30w video is an intimate look at the hotly anticipated new LED light from Ecotech Marine. The video of the Radion XR30w demonstrates all of the major features of the Ecotech Marine LED light: 34…
New imports of Micromussa from Darwin Australia are completely new colors and patterns
It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen any new lords or micros but recent shipments of Micromussa amakusensis from Darwin Australia are a crop of micros unlike any the reef hobby has ever seen before. Apparently there are almost…
Vertex Aquaristik soon releasing affordable add-on skimmer neck cleaner
Not content to let Avast Marine’s Swabbie have all the skimmate cleaning fun, Vertex Aquaristik will soon be releasing a protein skimmer neck cleaner of their own called the Vectra. The Vertex Vectra skimmer neck cleaner is powered by a durable…