For the low low price of $7500 you can purchase your very own coral related business. What began as a captive breeding operation way back in 2000 has now morphed into a jack of all trades, master of none clearinghouse…
New Belgium Brewery aims to make fish food from Fat Tire beer
Leave it to the hippies of Colorado’s New Belgium Brewery to think of making fish food from the brewing by-products of classic beers like Fat Tire and Sunshine Wheat. Nowadays, most of the fish food which is used in commercial…
HLLE: New observations and suggestions for treatment
New information gathered from the public aquarium community aims to shed new light on the age old problem Head and Lateral Line Erosion, HLLE. Hole-in-the-head, as it it is also known, occurs most frequently in deep bodied marine and freshwater…
Pico Reefers Rejoice, New Glassbox set from Aqua Design Amano
Step aside silicone and glass panes, this new glassbox set from Aqua Design Amano is just what pico reefers need to flex their reef design muscle. These diminutive glassboxes are made under ADA’s Do!aqua product line as ‘Plant Glass’ and…
Google Ocean: Google Earth now with 71% more Ocean
This week, the groundbreaking mapping software Google Earth has been updated with features which now describe the other 71% of the planet’s surface area. The update is being dubbed Google Ocean and it includes much more detailed bathymetry, geotags of…
LiveAquaria uploads rare fish hall of fame gallery to facebook
For those of you who missed some of the extremely rare fish that LiveAquaria has peddled in the last few months, LiveAquaria has just uploaded a rare fish hall of fame gallery to their facebook account. The notable entries include…
The smallest of the small, newly discovered pigmy seahorses
Thanks to Rich for pointing this one out, National Geographic just posted a gallery of five new Indonesian pigmy seahorses. Three of the species were described by talented fish photographer Rudie Kuiter (original description). The pony above is Satoni’s seahorse…
Spotcinctus Clownfish: ORA produces another clownfish mutant
Is there no end to how cracked out we can make our clownfish? ORA has just released another batch of a designer clownfish, a spotted variant of the Bicinctus clownfish. Hot on the heels of the all white ocellaris, the…
Debelius Pigmy angelfish being targeted for collection
With so many rare fish floating around in the aquarium industry lately, what new species could garner our attention before it is even caught? Enter the diminutive Centropyge debelius. This beautiful rarity can only be found in the Mauritius, Reunion…
More details emerge as the LED patent storm rages on
The story which we posted two days ago about Orbitec suing PFO is just a small glimpse of the dramatic saga that will affect the future of LEDs in the marine aquarium trade for a long time to come. Following…