It’s no exaggeration to say that the new line of LED lights from AquaIllumination including the Hydra 64HD, Hydra 32HD and multitude of Prime 16HD variants are the company’s most powerful and feature rich to date. Aside from the completely…
Unusual ‘Raggedy Toadstool’ Leather from Southern Great Barrier Reef
Toadstool leather corals are a distinctive group of aquarium corals which have a lot of diversity at the generic level, but the species are more challenging to distinguish. Even in the wild a Sarcophyton toadstool may be hard to tell…
Tomiyamichthys emilyae, the Official Description of the Magnificent Fan Shrimp Goby
Tomiyamichthys emilyae is a new name for an old friend that we once saw a lot more of in the aquarium trade. It was almost exactly ten years ago that the ‘Magnificant Fan Shrimp’ goby was introduced to our early…
Keep Sponges OUT of Your Reef Tank!
Sponges are some of the most amazing, interesting and almost alien creatures found in many marine habitats but one place they don’t belong, is in a reef tank. This statement is not a popular viewpoint in the reef aquarium hobby…
Black Belt Yellow Tang is a Fun Remix of the Iconic Reef Fish
The Black Belt Yellow Tang is an interesting variant of Zebrasoma flavescens that was first brought to our attention from a specimen acquired by LiveAquaria two years ago. What makes the yellow tang so supremely iconic is its stark yellow…
Dobie Cleaning Pads now Available in 3 New Colors
We don’t know about ya’ll, but the Dobie ‘dish scrubber’ has been one of the most important aquarium tools in our aquarium life for nearly 15 years. If you haven’t been using the Dobie scouring pad to clean everything from…
Hydra 32 & Hydra 64 are Major Update to AquaIllumination’s Flagship LED Lights
The Hydra 64 and Hydra 32 are two new light fixtures from the aquarium hobby’s oldest manufacturer of LED lights, AquaIllumination. Very much like tech manufacturers tick-tock approach to releasing new phones, the Hydra 32 & 64 are a ‘supercycle’…
AI Prime 16HD Will Come in Four Versions: Reef, Sol, Fuge & Freshwater
The AI Prime 16HD is the new and improved version of AquaIllumination’s wildly popular LED spotlight fro small spaces and nano reef aquarium applications. Not only is the AI Prime 16HD getting a major refresh, but it is almost developing…
Opening Four Boxes of Cherry Picked, Australian Corals [Video]
If there’s one solid perk to the job of traveling the reefing world to seek out all the most important and interesting stories it’s getting to see a lot of corals. Whether it’s on the reef, at exporters, stores, and in…
Hockey Stick Tomato Clownfish Found in the Philippines
The ‘hockey stick’ tomato clownfish is an interesting new aberrant clownfish recently collected by RVS Fishworld in the Philippines. It’s been a good long while since the prolific seas of this area of the Coral Triangle has fished up a…