Our winner for the ReefKeeper Lite contest is Geoff Martin. For the rest of you, don’t worry we have boxes full of new stuff to get away. Be on the look out for new contests.
2,000 coral colonies reattached by Honolulu
Back in February 5 of this year a 9,600 ton cruiser name the USS Port Royal damaged coral colonies when it ran aground. It was freed four days later but not after destroying and displacing coral colonies which some were…
More deets about Deltec’s new skimmers 2060, 3070
The original spy photos we caught of one of Deltec’s new skimmers appears to be the single chamber TC2560. However, another model referenced are TC2060, and SC2060 which seem to be the little brother to the TC & SC 2560…
Advanced Aquarist is now online
The may Issue of Advanced Aquarist has made its way online via the ever popular thing called the “internet”. One of the biggest topics discussed in the May 2009 issue is Dana Riddle’s article which states: “Some reef aquaria ‘experts’…
Deltec’s new SC2560 protein skimmer hits UK
The wizards over at Deltec have certainly created a interesting new skimmer that we can’t wait to get our hands on. The skimmer model SC 2560, the SC stands for “single chamber”. This skimmer has been designed to replaced the…
Bob Fenner may be taking Anthony Calfo to court
A recent entry over at Wet Web Media has us thinking that the relationship between Bob Fenner and Anthony Calfo might have turned sour. The point of contention seems to be revolving around a 4th edition of Reef Invertebrates, a…
Vertex Alpha Cone Skimmer 170, 200 specifications
While we knew about the Alpha 200 and Alpha 170 cone skimmers we didn’t have anything in the specifications department. Thankfully, information about these skimmers has surfaced. We had thought that the Alpha 170 would be much smaller than quoted…
ATB’s new Mini Airstar with Large pinwheel+mesh seen
ATB had been rumored to be testing a new Mini Airstar pump that would be paired with smaller skimmers with the ATB name on them. André snapped these pictures of what appears is a New Jet 3000 with the large…
Royal Exclusiv Bubble King 650 EXT seen in the wild
Sure, we have seen pictures of the Bubble King 650 over in Europe but this is the first time we have seen the gigantic skimmer stateside. Premium Aquatics had a customer who ordered this skimmer and well, the crate says…
Extensive genetic resource for reef-building coral created
Scientists from Austin, Texas along with help from Indiana University in Bloomington and James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Have assembled a nearly complete collection of genes for a species of reef building coral. “One of the most important questions…