The Hydor Koralia SmartWave pump controller is a sharp looking device that just oozes with good aesthetic design. As the name implies, the SmartWave is designed to be a simple pump timer, alternating the current between two channels, or driving…
Orange spot filefish is not impossible yet still very challenging to keep in captivity
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHgBMRzsdks[/youtube] The orange-spot filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a very enigmatic reef fish which has been the envy of fishkeepers for decades. Once thought to be ‘impossible’ to keep, the orange-spot filefish now joins the growing list of marine…
1000 gallon French reef tank has a lot of room to grow
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dt5M17VqA[/youtube] This extra large reef tank belonging to Sébastien Ginguené is an excellent display of a balanced fish and coral reef aquarium. Sébastien who goes by the handle ‘SebNantes’ on the forums has a well documented history with…
H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions
H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions are a dry follow-up to the H2Ocean Reef Paste for fish and corals. The H2Ocean Pro foods include special dry and moist formulas for feeding a range of reef aquarium animals including SPS…
Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus described from deepwater trawls of Taiwan
Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus are two new species of deepwater reef fish which have just been described by Wu, Randall and Chen in the journal Zoological Studies. The two new species of Plectranthias were described based on single specimens…
Awesome dancing nano reef is a masterpiece of common reef life
The dancing 25 gallon nano reef has a lot going for it; a vortech pump, LED lighting, great looking common marine animals, moderate use of live rock and an overall look which is greater than the sum of its parts.…
Hydrologic Flowmaster keeps track of your R.O.’s production
Isn’t it a pain to try to keep mental tabs of how much water the Reverse Osmosis has produced? Instead of counting up how many times you’ve filled and emptied a particular vat, you could try something a wee bit…
Invasive Banggai cardinalfish crowd out native fish from Diadema and anemone habitats
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAblRkS5J-0[/youtube] Banggai cardinalfish are so cute, what’s the worst that could happen if we set them loose in a non-native habitat? So far we’ve only been hearing about the details of the introduction, and we’ve debated what it…
Odontanthias katayamai, the yellow spotted anthias is another rarity to hit Blue Harbor first
Odontanthias katayamai is yet another big story from the rare reef fish genus formerly known as Holanthias. A couple weeks ago we learned of a completely new deepwater anthias from Puerto Rico which is believed to belong to Odontanthias, and…
Video update on the tiny personatus angelfish
Late last summer a tiny masked angelfish, Genicanthus personatus, was captured in Hawaii by Rufus Kimura. We heavily covered this tiny specimen of the demi-god masked angelfish, first with an on-site video of the tiny masked angelfish, and later on…