It’s no secret that male reef fish usually have much brighter colors and in some cases gaudy coloration compared to their female counterparts. This feature of sexual dichromatism is particularly pronounced in wrasses, anthias and to lesser degree in the…
Pictichromis dinar, a new bicolor dottyback species from Sulawesi
Pictichromis dinar is a new species of Pseudochromis discovered in the Western Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although we’ve seen Pictichromis dinar in person on a couple occasions over the last 18 months, the species was only recently described by…
ULNS is a load of detritus: an Ultra Low Nutrient ‘System’ is a desert
Ultra Low Nutrient System or ULNS is a load of crap made up by people who don’t understand the words “Ultra” and “System”. The ULNS moniker was pulled from the ether with no understanding of how a reef ecosystem works.…
DSPS 1200 gallon reef gets Hi-Def video update, shows some exquisite aquascaping
The DSPS tank by Chingchai Uekrongtham is a 1200 gallon reef aquarium which is a spotlight on many of the most modern features that are available to aquarists today. Not only does Chingchai’s aquarium employ the cutting edge in technology,…
Compact 6 Protein Skimmer from Grey Seas Aquatics balances performance and value
The Compact 6 protein skimmer from Grey Seas Aquatics is a surprising balancing act of quality and value, performance and ease of servcing. The Compact 6 protein skimmer does all this while still delivering an American made product with an…
Amphiprion tricinctus, mature adult three striped clownfish pair featured in video
Amphiprion tricinctus is a unique large clownfish that naturally occurs in the Marshall Islands and neighboring central Pacific regions. Also known as the three striped clownfish, since it belongs in the clarki complex of clownfish, juveniles may closely resemble related…
Aqua System miniature HID spot lights from Wavepoint Lighting
Aqua System is a new miniature HID spot lighting system from Wavepoint Lighting. These diminutive lamps look like a single bulb LED lamp but at 35 watts each, the Aqua System HID spot light is packing a lot more light…
Todd LaJeunesse video lecture on Competition in coral-algae symbiosis
Dr. Todd LaJeunesse is one of the leading authorities in the research of Symbiodinium and he was one of the crucial developeres of the molecular techniques necessary to be able to recognize sub-clade level Symbiodinium types. This 50 minute video…
Aquarium Stimulus Program: completely arbitrary giveaway of a 250 watt 10K/20K TwinArc lamp from Reefbrite
So you know how normally when we have a giveaway the winner is chosen by randomly selecting from the comments? This aquarium Stimulus Program is not going down like that. We have in our posession a spankin new 250 watt…
More pictures from the Reefapalooza
So far we’ve been covering Reefapalooza mentionables one by one but here is a lode of pictures from this weekend’s very successful Southern California reef aquarium show. Perhaps Mr. Carroll can chime in with some statistics about Reefapalooza 09?