The CO2 scrubber from MCU Research is such a simple concept that it is destined to be a valuable addition to all SPS and mixed reef aquaria. With all the research on the effects of ocean acidifcation being released on…
Coral Morphologic builds an artsy aquarium exhibit for the Collabo Show
We spend a lot of time covering the latest and greatest in the aquarium hobby and industry; usually it’s products, news or excellent livestock but we are always on the lookout for stories which break away from the norm. The…
Eheim Compact Plus Needle Wheel water pump sports a unique impeller design
The Eheim Compact Plus needle wheel water pump is a new water pump from Eheim with a performance motor block and a truly unique upside-down/inside-out impeller design. Although the pump is not made by Eheim (it is actually OEM’d in…
SECORE is in full swing blogging about the Curacao coral spawning
Another summer season is nearing a close and in the Northern Hemisphere, that means that stony corals are getting horny; elkhorn and staghorn that is. For the last several years, the pre-eminent authority on capturing and rearing coral larvae, SECORE,…
Anagonbe’s Japanese Reef presented in High Definition Video
High definition video is the only way to really do justice to this amazine Japanese style reef aquarium by the one they call Anagonbe. This SPS dominated aquarium features very keenly arranged Acropora colonies which are grouped together based on…
Blue Planet Reef Farms specializes in captive reared fish
Blue Planet Reef Farms is a new venture from Vermont which is setting it’s sights on making post-larval fish aquaculture (captive-reared fish) fashionable again. Although post-larval reef fish aquaculture (PLA) is a fairly mature techonology, in the US the process…
Rock Beauty angelfish may now be available as captive reared fish
Somewhere, someone is offering either captive bred or captive reared Rock Beauty angelfish, Holacanthus tricolor, and French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru. We’ve contacted all the usual suspects to track down the source of this exciting new availability but so far we’ve…
Sea Dwelling Creatures shows off stigmata blenny and personifer angelfish
Here’s some gratuitous eye candy for the weekend. Above we have the elusive stigmata blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus, a rarity which is infrequently exported out of Vanuatu. Below, we have a profile pic of a super studly male ‘personifer’ angelfish, Chaetodontoplus…
LiveAquaria’s Acropora and SPS coral display tank
The deluge of Australian LPS corals which have flooded the US aquarium market may have all but overwhelmed the SPS subculture of the reefing community but now that many of us have had our fill of lords, hillaes, moseleyas and…
Wyoming white clownfish from C-quest are an ocellaris
Wyoming White clownfish from C-quest may look a whole lot like the platinum clownfish from ORA but the Wyoming Whites are ocellaris and the Platinums are percula. Although individuals of both strains will likely develop darkened fins with age, comparing…