If you were dying to know how shallow water octopus migrated to the deep sea, wonder no more. A group of researchers travelling around the world to record and investigate new life a-la-Darwin have discovered a whole new menagery of…
AquaticLife brings style and innovation to it’s electronic aquarium monitors
In addition to lights, pumps and R.O. units AquaticLife is also offering 5 different models of aquarium water pH and Orp controllers. There are two models which simply control pH or Orp and 3 models which control one parameter and…
Pelletized frozen food turns out to be new version of Ocean Nutrition classics
That new frozen fish food which we reported on almost two months ago turns out to be a redesign of classic frozen foods from Ocean Nutrition. The new food is a pelletized version of Formula 1 and Formula 2 which…
New details emerge about the formation of deep sea coral reefs
The relatively recent discovery of deep sea coral reefs a few years ago has stimulated a rush of interest and research in recent years. The big question everyone wants to know is how these reefs are formed and what these…
Gratuitous Eyecandy: Japanese Style Reefscape in Southern California
We are pleased to present to you this fabulous reef aquarium created by Ali Atapour of Amazing Aquariums and Reefs in Orange CA. The aquarium incorporates many visually pleasing and aesthetic features such as trimless starphire glass tank, open top,…
AquaticLife brings new metal halide standard to U.S. reefers
We weren’t kidding when we told you that AquaticLife was bringing its A-game to the reef aquarium party. Not only does their new flagship light fixture include T5, LED, and a halide, but the format of their G12 socket HID…
AquaticLife builds an R.O. unit with a radical departure from conventional models
Just when were thinking there was only one way to build an (ugly) R.O. unit, along comes AquaticLife to show us how sexy an R.O. unit can be. The units will come in a Deluxe and Power flavor, both of…
AquaticLife introduces new products at Reefapalooza
The infant aquarium product manufacturer AquaticLife made an appearance at this year’s Reefapalooza. In Southern California the company introduced water pumps, electronic controllers, a fancy R.O. unit, a hybrid light fixture and a range of other minor accessories for marine…
IceCap ditches the ballast heat sink
Hot on the heels of the announcement of their new El Presidente, IceCap has released a PDF which takes a whole page to describe why the classic IceCap ballast heat sink is no longer needed and that it will no…
One of a kind Fisher x Potters pigmy angelfish hybrid
Hawaiian fish collector William Crook gets our kudos for collecting this beautiful pigmy angelfish hybrid of two Hawaiian endemics. The fish in the image above is very likely a naturally occuring and very rare cross of Centropyge fisheri and Centropyge…