Not more than a week after we first got our hands on the few and diminutive Nano Evo Koralias do we receive another special delivery from Hydor. We’ve got a few of these new Evo Koralias chugging away on various…
Nanoprop 5000 is a new slim water pump from AquaMedic
The Nanoprop 5000 is a new small propeller water pump from AquaMedic with a greatly reduced form factor. Instead of going really small with the entire body as in the new nano evo koralias, the new Nanoprop had it’s proportions…
‘Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes’ goes above and beyond the typical field guide
A couple of months ago we found ourselves discussing Ball’s Pyramid of Lord Howe Island with John Hoover, the author of the Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes. Right about the time we figured out that John is a real…
Huge weekend video roundup with lots of Old School goodness
For some reason this weekend we happened to stumble onto a handful of videos that all have an old school slant to them. The first video of Ganzel’s Reef embeded above definitely has a new school cinematic approach but we…
Exclusive first photos of the Phobos LED + T5 hybrid light from Pacific Sun
If these new images of the Phobos LED light aren’t the definition of teaser shots then we don’t know what is. Earlier this month we first told you about the all new pie-in-the-sky LED light fixtures from Pacific Sun called…
Nest of rare chain cat shark eggs fished up from over 800ft deep
Justin Perlow is a rare fish enthusiast who previously shared with us his yellow anthias and orange-margin butterflyfish. This time J-dog is back with an awesome story of how he came to own possibly one of the coolest, aquarium-suitable sharks…
Cherry Corals scores a handful of highly coveted Arcohelia rediviva
We first fell in love with Arcohelia rediviva back in May 2009 when we saw for the first time the amazing color and shape of a specimen which quickly sold from LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den. For a few months not a…
Nano Evo Koralias are here and they are pretty darn small
The Nano Koralia Evolution water pumps have arrived and we are pleased with the success Hydor has had in developing a tiny prop pump that is both functional and discreet. As you can see from the image above, the Nano…
Biopellet reactor in the works by Aquarium Specialty and NextReef
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Fauna Marin Zeo-Matic 2 Reactor we come to learn that Aquarium Specialty is working with NextReef to develop of fluidized Biopellet Reactor. It only makes sense that the North American distributor of…
Piebald zebrasoma tang swimming around a crazy ‘quarantine’ reef tank
The piebald Zebrasoma tang featured in this video has some of the most unusual color patterning we’ve seen in this genus. Leave it to Chingchai, creator of the 1200 gallon DSPS reef tank, to have what appears to be a…