The Aquavitro Division skimmer is an exciting new product from Seachem that strives to provides an ideal balance of features for a surprising price. Right off the bat it’s clear that these new Division skimmers are not going to be…
Stigmatopora harastii, a New Species of Red Pipefish from Botany Bay, Australia
Stigmatopora harastii is a brand new species of pipefish with a bright red coloration to hide amongst a particular habitat of sponges and red algaes. It’s surprising that the discovery was made in Australia’s Botany Bay, right there in the harbor of…
Get Inspired by the Minimal Aquascapes Exhibit at the Sumida Aquarium
Part of the beauty of aquariums of all sorts is that they are open to interpretation and inspiration from any number of angles. We’ve seen Oliver Knott’s Hallelujah Mountains with floating aquascape elements, Wesley Vreeswijk meticulous coral arrangements, and nano…
Unboxing Fresh Frags from Worldwide Corals [Video]
Everyone loves new frags and last week we had the good fortune of visiting the Disneyland of aquarium frag culture, Worldwide Corals in Orlando Florida. As is tradition, we spent the majority of our time documenting as much as we…
Gyre Pro Unveiled by MaxSpect at CIPS 2020
The Gyre Pro is a new commercial size turbine-style water pump from Maxspect that has just been revealed at the CIPS conference in China. We’ve seen Maxspect put out some jumbo and extra large Gyre pumps in the past but…
PTC Smart Heater System from Innovative Marine
The PTC Smart Heater is a very new and different way to manage aquarium water temperature from Innovative Marine. When you first look at it, the combination of a centralized thermostat, metal heating element, and separate temperature sensor appears to…
Cycling the Australian Reef Tank with the First Fish & Coral
Once a reef tank gets fully running and salted, the first order of business is to kickstart the biological cycle. In a typical fish aquarium, fresh or salt, cycling pretty much only pertains to developing the bacterial, biological cycle but…
Cairns Marine Goldrim Chromis and Rainbow Thick Spine Acan
It’s been a while since they made waves but Cairns Marine is back in the spotlight with a fantastic coral, and even more amazing new abyssal reef fish. The very colorful thickspine Acan and the Goldrim Chromis are two very…
AEFW X is Fauna Marin’s New Hot Sauce for Acropora Flatworms
AEFW X is a new coral treatment from Fauna Marin that is designed to stop the spread of the dreaded Acropora Eating Flatworm (AEFW). This very simple life form has been wreaking havoc on aquarium Acropora for over 15 years…
Calculating Actual Tank Volume Using Pre-Measured Salt Mix
Over the years the reef aquarium hobby has become increasingly analytical about many aspects of our reef tanks. We measure light levels using micromols of photosynthetically active radiation, send off water samples for ultra precise chemistry measurements using ICP testing…