Today Pacific Sun LED announced their forthcoming Metis XM LED light which will use white LEDs that are brighter and more efficient than anything before. The Cree XM LED was announced about ten months ago but we have heard very…
Cycling through the color modes of the Slimline LED reef light
The Slimline LED from Sunbrite is a an attractive LED reef light, which is controllable using the included remote. We’ve had a chance to mount a Slimline LED on an EcoMini 28 gallon to evaluate the color and spread which…
Coral Husbandry book now available to buy, also free to download
Advances in Coral Husbandry in Public Aquariums is a different kind of coral reefing book. Instead of being produced by an aquarium hobbyist author, this new Coral Husbandry book was put together by some of the best public aquarists in…
ReefStock 2011 speakers will be Sharon Ram, Matt Wandell and Julian Sprung
ReefStock is a fun aquarium conference held in Denver Colorado, at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. One month from today, on March 12th, the 4th annual ReefStock will go down once again, featuring some of the best livestock, hottest new products,…
Slimline LED from Sunbrite first handson pictures with this eye-catching reef light
The Slimline LED reef light was an unexpected and very pleasant surprise from Sunbrite LED. The Slimline is quite a looker on the right tank, especially the trimless kind up to the 24″ cube neighborhood. The bracing bracket on the…
Atlanta Reef Club’s annual February Frag Meeting this Saturday, Feb 12
The Atlanta Reef Club may have already had its turn to host the MACNA conference, but that doesn’t stop them from being able to hold some sizable club events at the same World Congress Center where MACNA XX went down.…
Planarians move up in the tree of life, no longer such a lowly life form
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/11416114[/vimeo] Convolutriloba retrogemma, the dreaded red planaria flatworm, is a loathed aquarium pest which just moved up in the world. Although once grouped with the Platyhelminthes, the true flatworms, the Planaria which include the familiar pest have recently…
Navigobius dewa, a new firefish genus and species
Navigobius dewa is a sensational new species and genus of dartfish with some very firefish-like qualities. Described in 2009 from specimen collected in Kagoshima Bay, Japan, Navigobius dewa is so unique that it was placed into a genus all it’s…
Oliver Knott’s Nature Aquarium remix of “Hallelujah Mountains”
The aquarium in the video above is an aquascape created by Oliver Knott which was inspired by the blockbuster movie Avatar. This aquascape was modeled after a setting of the movie called the Hallelujah Mountains, which float in mid-air, covered…
We didn’t realize Maze Angelfish could even get this nice
The Maze Angelfish is an unusual, enigmatic “species” which may represent the frequent crossing and back-crossing with a syngameon of related Chaetodontoplus species. The Blue spot angelfish, blue line angelfish and grey poma angelfish are thought to provide some of…