For decades Fluval has undoubtedly been one of the leaders in aquarium equipment manufacturing, with their canister filters being among the standard bearers for heavy duty freshwater aquarium filtration. Although practically no one uses canister filters for saltwater or reef…
Canon’s AutoFocus Animal Eye Tracking Even Works on Fish!
Making good photographs and videos of fast swimming fish is no easy task, and it takes a lot of practice, trial and error to know how to work a particular camera for the job. The challenges of focusing on fish…
Ukraine’s A&C Protein Skimmer is Packed With Innovation
The reef aquarium hobby is truly a global community and every major region has its own specialties in how they build reefs, and how they design reef aquarium gear. Eastern Europe is an insular hotspot with influence from both Europe…
‘Branching’ Blue Ridge Coral More Widespread than Previously Known
Blue ridge coral is one of our favorite species of oddball reef species, being more closely related to soft corals yet building a unique type of hard skeleton. For ages coral fanciers wondered if there were more than one species of Heliopora and…
Hydro Logic FlowMaster Meter is a Must-Have for Water Purification
Using pure water with zero to minimal impurities or contaminants is the foundation for mixing clean, life-giving seawater in a reef aquarium. For most reef builders the first step to having freshwater we can trust usually begins with a reverse…
Acanthoplesiops jessicae, an Attractive New Species of Spiny Basslet from PNG
Acanthoplesiops jessicae is a new species of spiny basslet from Papua New Guinea that is a far cry from the typical appearance of fish in this genus. The newly described basslet was discovered in the hotspot of endemism and biodiversity…
Seachem Made a Surprisingly Good ‘Dual’ Air Silencer
Besides the needle wheel impeller, the air silencer is one of the marvels of modern protein skimmer engineering. This simple device transforms out gurgling foam fractionating devices into a quasi silent saltwater filtration machine. Air silencers deserve a lot more…
Moving New Fish to Displays After a Thorough Quarantine
Quarantining new fish is a necessary protocol to ensure the health and safety of the displays they will eventually be living in. This delayed gratification might be less desirable than enjoying your new fish in their new home right away,…
MaxSpect Coral Gripper are Specially Designed Aquarium Tongs
The MaxSpect Coral Grippers are the newest addition to the company’s rapidly expanding catalog of aquarium accessories. The reef aquarium hobby is a very unique past time, necessitating and sometimes actually requiring very specific tools for accomplishing certain tasks. If…
AI Nero 3 Pump Review – The Sweet Spot for Nano Reef Water Flow
The AI Nero 3 pump is the new, smaller successor to one of the best water moving powerheads on the market today, the AI Nero 5. Priced at only $149 the new AI Nero 3 propeller pump from AquaIllumination is a…