Disclaimer! The following article is intended for entertainment purposes only. Any attempt to repeat this uber delicate surgical procedure could result in death, serious physical harm, electrocution, blindness, fire, death, impotence, sea sickness, drowning, death and perhaps qualify you for…
Pygmy Angelfishes can get really dark under intense lighting
Pygmy angelfish of the genus Centropyge can change color and appearance dramatically from juvenile to adulthood. Like most marine fish, their adult coloration can also change quite a bit depending on their captive aquarium environment. In the past when aquarium…
Phobos and Deimos LED lights from Pacific Sun raise the bar for hybrid T5 + LED fixtures
The Phobos and Deimos LED + T5 hybrid light fixtures from Pacific Sun are the new top shelf offerings from the Polish lighting manufacturer. The 35″ Phobos and 60″ Deimos lights both include a handful of cooling fans, all metal…
Ricordea shrimp featured in super macro HD video by Coral Morphologic
No sooner does Coral Morphologic get bumped off the front page with their video of Periclemenes pedersoni than they post up another HD macro video. This time CoreMore has gone ahead and cataloged a really micro-commensal shrimp that lives only…
This is what 200 watts of LED actinic light looks like
A couple weeks ago I was part of an installation of 8 actinic LED striplights over the famous 1200 gallon reef tank in Evergreen Colorado. The reason these lamps had to be “installed” is because the only fixture to which…
ORA Purple Stylo starting to be released in limited numbers
The purple stylo from ORA is a strain of Stylophora that we have lusted after for over 5 years since we first saw a specimen of this startling color strain in the 2000 gallon reef aquarium of French reef aquarist…
The biggest marine and reef aquarium stories of 2009
2009 was a very big year for reef aquarists around the world and it was our pleasure to bring the news to reefers during the last completion of Earth’s solar orbit. We have hand selected some stories which are shoed-in…
Reader’s Choice Awards: Vote on the best Cycloseris of the year
2009 was a very good year for aquarium Cyclos. Imports from Australia and Malaysia really helped to bring some mind blowing colorful Fungiids this year but the Cycloseris were some of the best represented. What strikes us is that the…
Aqua Medic USA getting reborn with fresh German blood
Beginning January 1st 2010, AquaMedic USA will begin operating in a new warehouse, under new management and new ownership. After years of steady decline of the once-acclaimed German aquarium product brand in the U.S. aquarium industry, Aqua Medic USA is…
Pederson’s cleaner shrimp doing it’s thing on fluorescent ricordea
As we approach the new year, the artful reefers at CoralMorphologic have just released another visually stimulating video. The diminutive Pederson’s cleaner shrimp, Periclemenes pedersoni, is a gorgeous little crustacean that is nearly see-through save for a few subtle and…