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SMD Aquaristik Transformer LED is a customizable and stylish German light fixture

The Transformer LED from SMD Aquaristik is a fixture that is externally completely constumizable to your taste. SMD Aquaristik is a German LED light manufacturer, and probably was one of the first manufacturers to use RGB multichip LED in its lights. It’s…

Peter’s Reef is a 1350 gallon Canadian coral aquarium

This 1350 gallon reef aquarium owned by Peter Hyne is a beautiful system and well designed jumbo reef aquarium. Calling the system the “tank of the four masters” is a bit presumptuous, but in the end it doesn’t really matter.…

Red Cycloseris shows up at Happy Coral

Red disc corals are hot, and red Cycloseris are even hotter. It’s been a while since we saw a good killer red Cycloseris so you can imagine our reaction when we heard that not one, but two red Cycloseris showed up at…

StarkLED Blunova offers a wide range of features in a small LED package

The BlueNova from StarkLED is an interesting new LED light with built wireless capability and control. StarkLED is a company completely new to the LED game, but feature wise they’ve seem to have hit the nail right on the head.…

Micro-Reef releasing an out-of-the-box coldwater pico reef solution.

Micro-Reef is an acrylic aquarium manufacturer that up until recently only offered high quality custom nano aquariums. Now they are releasing an out of the box pico reefsysem. With a coldwater livestock retailer just opened up, they couldn’t have picked…

TEDed: The Secret Life of Plankton

We all know that there is more to our oceans than what we can see with the naked eye, with strange  zooplankton, phytoplankton and other bizarre creatures dominate the microscopic world. Yet footage of these animals still doesn’t cease to…

Striped blue and orange tube anemone shows up on Divers Den

Tube anemones are absolutely stunning non-photosynthetic animals, and striped ones are even cooler. Add two colors into the mix and you end up with the beauty currently up on Live Aquaria’s Diver’s Den. This specimen has been the third “rainbow”…

200 Gallon Cold Water Reef from New Zealand is a Beauty

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rnlh6AK9Ig[/youtube] When most of us think of New Zealand, rolling hills and eucalyptus trees come to mind. It turns out the sea life in New Zealand is actually also quite impressive. This 200 gallon Coldwater Reef from New Zealand is…

Coldwater Marine Aquatics launches first Oregon coldwater retail operation

Cold water aquariums are just plain awesome, and have always captured our hearts in the past. Steve Weast’s 400 gallon cold water reef is just simply spectacular, and the Scandinavian reefs we covered were stunning as well. Now Coldwater Marine…

Blue Life Clear Fx Pro combines Carbon and GFO

BlueLife Marine  has been working on their Clear Fx Pro, and they have released it at Reefstock. The Blue Life Clear Pro is a mixture of both premium Carbon and Premium keeping Phosphates and organic waste in check. The 450ml…