An extremely rare albino stingray was found and caught in the Caribbean the channel islands near the UK and thankfully, the albino elasmobranch made its way to a local public aquarium where it can be viewed by the public. Following…
Rocky Mountain Reef Conference & Frag Swap this weekend in Denver
If you are in the Denver area and looking for a something to do, the Rocky Mountain Reef Conference & Frag Swap is being held this Saturday giving you a great opportunity to hear speakers, attend workshops, see vendors and…
Picasso Clarkii clownfish likely originating from Bali Aquarich
The Picasso Clarki clownfish is a strain that has been a long time coming, considering we’ve had picasso, snowflake, platinum and wyoming white clownfish for years as well as misbarred maroons and spotcinctus clownfish. We first spied a picture of…
This French aquarium is a half gallon of custom made LED lit pico reef
One of the things we absolutely love about nano reefers is their passion to build it themselves, and to DIY something unique and creative. Take this pico reef measuring in at half a gallon, or just under two liters, which…
RGB LED striplight from Sunshine Systems is 16 feet of remote controlled color
The color changing RGB LED strip light from Sunshine Systems might seem like an unlikely addition to an aquarium but for the price, it’s definitely worth consideration as mood lighting. The 16 foot, 25 watt color controllable roll can tune…
Eviota ancora and E. rubriguttata gobies formerly known as Eviota sp. 7 and E. sp. 15
Eviota ancora and Eviota rubriguttata are the latest new species of nano gobies to be formally described and given a proper scientific name. The nano gobies formerly known as Eviota sp. 7 and Eviota sp. 15 were described from specimens…
Albino bamboo cat sharks spotted at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
There are two albino sharks swimming leisurely in a large shore bird exhibit at the Denver Downtown Aquarium Albinism is extremely rare in marine life and one of the last animals we’d expect to lose the melanistic gene is an…
Chrysiptera traceyi damselfish
We really like the weirdo damselfish and Chrysiptera traceyi is the latest new species of Pomacentridae to be imported to the aquarium trade. We reported a couple weeks back that Chrysiptera traceyi had been in imported from the Marshall Islands…
Ecotech Coral Glue is more than just fancy packaging, also very sticky and holds really fast
Ecotech Coral Glue, the first product in the Ecotech Elements line is not an April Fool’s prank and it isn’t just a big bottle of glue with a fancy sticker and a hefty price tag. Last week we took the…
Live fish keyring, tattooed fish and preserved fish ‘art’ are really, really tacky
We don’t even know where to start with all the disrespect and cruelty we see being inflicted on live fish everywhere. China is selling live fish in sealed keyrings, fish are being tattooed more and more and one Japanese man…