You usually think of Acropora as being a delicate coral group, ready to die at a moment’s notice but would you believe that there are acropora growing inside Miami Florida? We’re not talking about Acros in reef tanks, we’re talking…
More details on the large Skkye LED tablet lights from Innovative Marine
The tablet-shaped Skkye LED aquarium lights we spotted last week have just received a round of fresh new details including features, power and price. The Skkye tablet LED lights will come in two colored exteriors which relate to the color…
A new peppermint angelfish video just went live
A spankin new video of the holy peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei, was just uploaded to the interwebz yesterday. This is the very same and still the only live peppermint angelfish alive in captivity, which has been in the care of…
One year anniversary of the Tunze Nanostream + All-in-one nano reef modification
Exactly one year ago we shared with you an interesting modification to use a Tunze Nanostream as the primary filter and flow pump for an Ecosystem Aquarium EcoMini 28. As in the image above, when we look down into our…
Blue Pelagic Porcupine puffer, Diodon eydouxii, shows up at Absolutely Fish
The striking blue juvenile pelagic porcupinefish above was recently acquired by Absolutely Fish in a shipment from Bali. The pelagic porcupine fish is not a an aquarium fish you hear about everyday, precisely because they are more ocean going than…
Pair of Mazarra LEDs light up an SPS reef tank
[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUtVsLZxlg[/youtube] The Mazarra LED reef light is just starting to arrive at aquarium stores in the US, Japan and Australia and already B-Box Aquarium is first out of the gate to get one up over an SPS reef…
JBJ looking to license and mass produce Sapphire nano skimmers
The Sapphire Aquatics nano protein skimmer was one of the most popular micro skimmers widely used in a range of mini reefs and all-in-one nano reef tanks. Sapphire Aquatics may have shut down operations over a year and a half…
Maldives snorkeling video at Ari Atoll is a field of corals growing at a very high density
[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXxjRxrXDE0[/youtube] We’ve seen our share of average snorkeling videos from coral reefs but none featured such a high density of stony corals at such a shallow depth. This video made by vivaldi at Ari Atoll in the Maldives…
Diablo cone skimmer coming in October from Reef Octopus
The Diablo Cone Skimmer from Reef Octopus is a new protein remover with that familiar tapering cone shape that has come to dominate many new skimmer designs. We first spied an completely different version of the Diablo cone skimmer back…
Panorama Pro LED: testing out Ecoxotic’s second generation LED striplight
Ecoxotic’s second generation Panorama Pro LED is packing more power, better color, a lower profile and it comes in a little bit cheaper than their initial offering. The Panorama Pro has the same overall form factor as the original Panorama…