Tuamotu Maxima Clams are easily one of the most exciting things to happen to Tridacnids for the home aquarium in a really long time. We were stunned to report that these clams would be a regular part of the giant…
Manhattan Reefs Fall Frag Swap this Sunday 12/6 at PACE University
The Manhattan Reefs Fall Frag Swap will be taking place Sunday December 6th at PACE University in downtown Manhattan. The bi-annual MR Frag Swap is a huge deal in the New York area that draws the hobby-industry’s finest manufacturers and…
Catching up: ESV B-Ionic Seawater and Biopellets available, MCU Research gets new firmware and PAR 38 lamp gets new lens options
ESV B-Ionic Seawater System is an exciting new liquid salt formula that we reported on a couple of months ago. After a thorough round of testing, new mixing isntructions and some fancy new labeling, the B-Ionic Seawater is ready for…
DIY aquarium LED kits from Rapid LED are flexible and affordable
DIY kits for LED aquarium lighting are now easier than ever with the infinitely customizable packages from Rapid LED. Whether you want all white, all blue, or your own selectable blend of both colors, Rapid LED has the kits for…
“True” Australian Acropora echinata being imported in reasonable numbers, fair prices
Australian Acropora echinata has to be one of the most iconic Acro and SPS corals of all time. Every die hard small polyp stony coral junky at one time or another has caught the site of one of these corals…
Rainbow Cycloseris, Juvenile Leather Bass and Breeder Maxima clams featured in Eye Candy Overload video
While editing through half a terabyte of our video collection we stumbled across these three gems from the video archives: the Rainbow Cycloseris, a Juvenile Leather bass and some breeder Maxima clams. The Rainbow Cyclo is the same orange anf…
PAR 38 LED spotlight bears its guts in this uncensored teardown
The PAR 38 lamp is rapidly becoming a gateway product for many newcomers to LED aquarium lighting. We’ve been fortunate to have a few of these lamps to try out for several weeks now and after this period we’ve seen…
Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi found living in a South African pond
The tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi is a species so rare that it is very seldomly seen outside of it’s South African home. Although the tiger angelfish might cost many thousands of dollars if it ever was sold in the US,…
Cree XP-G LED equipped Aqua Illumination light finally set to start shipping december 15
AquaIllumination is finally getting their Cree XP-G equipped light fixture ready for shipping to consumers. The next generation AI light features a slew of new upgrades like the use of the the very efficient XP-G series LEDs and a new…
Double dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi arrives at Crownfish
The double-dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi is a cool water endemic of South African marine habitats. Chaetodon marleyi is a very rarely collected species and for this the tiny specimen above was quickly sold by Crownfish for just under 100,000 yen,…