The oarfish, Trachipterus trachypterus, is a mysterious creature of the open ocean which has been the root of many a fisherman’s tale over the span of human history. There are four described species of oarfish with one species growing up…
Hands on with the Quazar LED striplight from Giesemann
Giesemann’s Quazar LED is possibly one of the most attractive aquarium LED striplights tha we have yet seen. We had a chance to manhandle one of their Giesemann’s first couple prototype Quazar LED lights at InterZoo several weeks back and…
So you want to know what is in Rowa Crystal?
If you’ve been wondering what ROWA Crystal could be made from since we posted about it a few weeks ago, then you’re not alone. At the time we supposed that ROWA Crystal was probably along the lines of Lanthanum Chloride,…
Fauna Marin LPS pellet coral food quickly eaten by a Scolymia australis
The LPS Pellet coral food by Fauna Marin sure seems to elicit a strong feeding response in this Scolymia australis. As you can see in the video above by our sponsor Cherry Corals, within less than 90 seconds of sprinkling…
Stratus Water Pump from Vertex is a high RPM brushless DC machine
The Stratus water pump made by Vertex Aquaristik is an exciting new Ferrari of Flow which carries the pedigree of the ground breaking Red Dragon water pumps from Vertex partner, Royal Exclusiv. Like it’s kin, the variable speed Red Dragon…
Aqualife LED lit nano tank from Eheim released in three sizes
The Aqualife Nano from Eheim is a new line of small aquariums with included LED lighting and internal filtration. The Eheim Aqualife Nano aquariums will be available in three sizes, 4, 6 & 9 gallons (16, 24, 35 liters) which…
Poll: Can you tell the difference between AquaRoche ceramic and live rock?
We know that AquaRoche has been working to increase the porosity of their ceramic structures but it is uncertain how recent this degree of porosity and heterogeneity was developed and whether you’ll find these live rock impostors already sitting over…
Tunze Nano Stream 6045 Flow Control with mechanically adjusted nozzle
The Tunze Nano Stream 6045 Flow Control is the latest iteration of Tunze’s strongest of the smallest. The Nano Stream 6045 has a maximum flowrate just shy of 1200 gallons per hour and as such, was never really suitable for…
Red Sea’s Nitrate Pro, Phosphate Pro and Algae Control test kits
Nitrate pro, Phosphate Pro and Algae Control are new test kits from Red Sea which are aiming to spice up your aquarium chemistry set. Nitrate Pro does 100 test in the range of 0.06 to 15 ppm with an accuracy…
Black Ice Semi Snowflake Clownfish is ORA’s freak of the week
Lookout Dominoes and Black Photons because there’s a new clownfish cross in town and it’s called the Black Ice Semi Snowflake. Apparently ORA tried to rub a black ocellaris clownfish together with a snowflake clownfish, hoping to get a black…