It’s been a long time coming but the unibody reef aquarium lights are gonna be ready to roll off the NanoCustoms assembly line in 2011. First unveiled at ReefStock 2010, the LED + T5 hybrid light was the first Unibody…
ULEDO- Unidentified LED Object spied on video
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/18227300[/vimeo] There’s very little we love more than an LED light so stylish that you want to set up a tank just to use that light. This sneaker video was sent to us of an undescribed, unidentified LED…
Giant tube anemone, Cerianthus filiformis, is way bigger than we’re comfortable with
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICnk1mtSwI[/youtube] Tube anemones of the Cerianthus genus have never been that popular in average reef tanks but with the recent surge in interest towards low-light reef tanks, reefers are looking towards all kinds of non-photosynthetic animals to fill…
Luminance LED desklamp could share some design cues with LED reef lights
The Luminance LED desklamp from Lumisource may be built more for reading words at great speed than for growing corals really fast, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be inspired by it’s unctuous curves. The Luminance LED appears to be…
ReefStock 2011 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, March 12
Mark your calendars because the fourth annual ReefStock conference is happening at the Denver Downtown Aquarium once again next year. As usual we’ll have great speakers, great vendors and live corals, an amazing raffle of great reef aquarium gear, and…
First Anampses lennardi wrasse from LiveAquaria goes up for sale tonight
Anampses lennardi. Lennard’s tamarin wrasse. The first one from LiveAquaria goes up for sale tonight and it’ll be close to seven hundred dollars, US. It won’t will be the one in the picture above, and the species looks great at…
GhostBot robot mimics the movements of black ghost knifefish
The Black Ghost knifefish is an elongated freshwater fish that swims around by unudlating it’s long anal fin, much in the same way that some eels and brotulas do. Researchers from Northwestern University studying the motion of Black Ghost knifefish…
Hybrid Unibody LED + T5 light and a Zero Edge tank turned into a striking display by AquaticArt
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZL72WknKjQ[/youtube] ZeroEdge aquariums often get an undeserved bad rap, but there’s no denying that they can make for an exceptionally striking reef aquarium display. Case in point is this fantastic 20-ish gallon ZeroEdge set up by Cris Capp…
Hydor’s Slim Skim Nano performer protein skimmer action video
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQAuCKGzlc[/youtube] The Slim Skim performer nano protein skimmer from Hydor is an internal model with a fresh new design. The Slim Skim Nano produces a froth of extremely tiny air bubbles and it also looks good while sitting…
Julian Sprung’s “Refugium” is an oasis of coral and reef life
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYN705Qu6_U[/youtube] If our previous video of Julian Sprung’s peninsular reef tank wasn’t evidence enough that he is an aquarist who reefs to his own wave, then this second video of his refugium coral tank ought to reinforce that…