Following in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed ReefStock event, The Southern Colorado Marine Aquarist Society (SCMAS) FragStock will take place on October 10th 2009 at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado. This event will feature Marine Livestock (no Fish)…
New aspirator “venturi” valve from MyReef Creations really sucks
The MRC aspirator valve from My Reef Creations is a finely crafted air and water mixing device. This aspirator valve is designed to suck in air for large needle wheel protein skimmer pumps. Unlike the more typical venturi valves which…
Long Island’s Country Critters as seen through a pictorial of really cool fish
If you want to see a diverse selection of really oddball fish, Long Island’s Country Critters is the bee’s knees and it was a great pleasure to pass through their facility last week. You might recall a video that we…
Wyoming White Ocellaris clownfish video from Ocean Gallery II’s MACNA booth
The Wyoming White clownfish from C-quest were one of the most exciting new reef animals on display at MACNA in Atlantic City. Ocean Gallery II invited C-quest to share their booth and display over two dozen WyoWhites which all displayed…
Seachem’s Salinity salt comes in a high end bucket and lid system
You’d think that as much time as we spend dealing with buckets and lids, someone would have brought a higher end bucket to market long before now. Granted, almost of our buckets come from the sea salt mixes we buy…
Blue Harbor shows off why Attenuatus flasher wrasses are HOT!
Holy Wow, would you take a look at that fish. It’s amazing how in one week we’ve seen multiple specimens of the fabled diamond tail flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus attenuatus. It’s no wonder then that Old Town Aquarium and Greenwich Aquaria…
Heteropsammia cochlea, “Walking Dendro” coral is imported for the first time by Sea Dwelling Creatures
Heteropsammia is a coral which has never been seen alive in the aquarium trade. It’s not everyday that a truly unique coral is imported for the first time but thanks to the efforts of Sea Dwelling Creatures, the US hobby…
LED Floodlight from Reefbrite is a novel LED spotlight form factor
Just as everyone was packing up their MACNA booths, we squeezed in just a little face time with a new LED floodlight from Reefbrite Illumination. This solidly built fixture features all metal construction with the power supply and drivers incorporated…
Plectranthias sagamiensis, Sagami perchlet appears at Blue Harbor
The Sagami perchlet, Plectranthias sagamiensis is another very seldom seen reef basslet which has recently made it’s way to the Japanese rare fish Mecca, Blue Harbor. These two pictures show the same specimen of Sagami perchlet displaying two color phases:…
Paracheilinus attenuatus, the diamond tail flasher wrasse shows up at Old Town Aquarium
The diamond tail flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus attenuatus, is one of the rarest and most highly sought after flasher wrasses. The species was long synonymized with P. mccoskeri but John Randall described and split off the species from specimens collected in…