The CAD LED System is an affordable reef light which not only has a utilitarian design but it also has a remote control for independent adjustment of the two LED color channels. CAD Lights Aquariums is better known for building…
Mauritius Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus, is a picasso trigger you’ve probably never heard of
The Mauritius triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus, is one of seven species in the genus of Picasso triggerfish. Known only from the Western Indian Ocean, we’ve actually never seen the Mauritius triggerfish in person and the image above is the only one…
Metis LED from Pacific Sun is packing a serious LED package
The Metis LED is PacificSun’s newest solution for high performance LED reef aquarium lighting. Since PacificSun has been designing and manufacturing original LED lights for the aquarium hobby just about longer than anyone, their Metis is probably the first 4th…
Mauritius coral beauty angelfish has a beautiful “Tiger Tail”
The “Tiger-Tail” coral beauty is an interesting specimen of Centropyge bispinosa that was collected around Mauritius. Like the Paracheilinus piscilineatus we posted about yesterday, this West Indian Ocean reef fish was imported by Yadokariya of Japan. It is unclear whether…
Metis LED from PacificSun, a sneak peek at their new flagship light
PacificSun has a new LED light called the Metis and this one is aiming to be a real knockout LED fixture. In greek mythology, Metis is the god of Wisdom and Skill, which is a fitting name for Pacific Sun’s…
Coral Library: San Diego Marine Aquarium Society re-engineers the AIMS CoralSearch
AIMS CoralSearch has been the go-to website for finding out what name scientists are calling that coral. If you’ve ever used the CoralSearch you know that it is slow, finnicky, prone to downtimes and simply not user friendly. The Coral…
Paracheilinus piscilineatus, the Mauritius flasher wrasse pops up at Yadokariya
Paracheilinus piscilineatus, the Mauritius flasher wrasse, is an interesting species of wrasse which we’ve yet to ever see in person. Found only in the tiny biogeographic zone of Mauritius, P. piscilineatus is a regionally endemic wrasse species that was recently…
Large Overflow from Mame Design gets spied in Japan
We’d heard murmors that Mame Design may be working on a follow up to their unique hand-made glass Nano Overflow, but now we’ve got the first evidence of what this new glass overflow may look like. LSS Laboratory snuck in…
Chris Campbell’s fish tank is a welcome throwback to the days of pure fish keeping.
Once upon a time, fish keeping was the main event of the marine aquarium hobby and invertebrates and corals were barely even a fringe; had blogging been developed earlier this site would have been called ‘Fish Keepers’ or something like…
Ponape birdsnest coral now commercially available from ORA
The Ponape Birdsnest is a strain of Seriatopora which has been an iconic coral in the American reef aquarium hobby since 2003. Like the purple monster Acropora and the sunset Montipora, the Ponape Birdnest coral is one of those coral…