Today, ORA announced the successful breeding of the Red Sea Mimic Blenny, Ecsenius gravieri, and with it, the impenetrable blenny-barrier has been broken. For years if not decades, it has seemed that the successful captive breeding of the combtooth Blennies from…
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New Morse Code PNG Maroon Clownfish from Sea & Reef
Sea & Reef Aquaculture announced the release of their new PNG-lineage “Morse Code” Maroon Clownfish, Premnas biaculeatus. Lovers of the Lightning Maroon Clownfish, or for that matter any of the unusual Maroon Clownfish that came out of Papua New Guinea…
New Giesemann Futura-S LED gets performance boost
The new Giesemann Futura-S is getting a performance upgrade thanks to incorporating CREE X-series LEDs into the fixture. The updated light was designed with a modular approach each using 20 5W CREE X-series on each board without the need for secondary…
Aberrant Koran angelfish from Cairns Marine shows off a wicked cobalt mask
The Koran angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) may not be the prettiest Pomacanthid in the reefs, but they are by no means any less ubiquitous in the trade. This species forms many hybrids in nature with related members of its genus, but…
Jaguar Gobies are ORA’s latest Captive-Bred Introduction
ORA appears to have claimed the first “species first” for 2014, announcing today their accomplishments breeding the Jaguar Goby, Gobiopsis quinquecincta. That said, based on the timing and details, ORA has been sitting quietly on this success for several months, at…
Apex Fusion enables enhanced functionality in Vortech water pumps
The forthcoming Apex Fusion is inching ever closer to release and with it, a suite of tantalizing new features. In addition to the new streamlined interfaces and mobile centric design, the thing we are most looking forward to leveraging is…
Frozen Auto Feeder from Avast Marine confirmed in demo video
Those of you who are big fans of fish tanks and giving them as much of the best frozen food possible will really like this. Avast Marine, purveyor of many of the hobby’s most innovative marine aquarium accessories, is apparently…
Rossmont Mover pumps being evaluated by Seaside Aquatics
SeaSide Aquatics has been blazing a trail in the marine aquarium hobby lately, a trail paved with the latest and greatest reef gear, most recent of which is the exciting Rossmont Mover pumps. Designed in isolation from a completely new…
Ecotech Elements Frag Plugs show up in Ecotech Store
The Ecotech Store started out as a halfway house of spare parts for Ecotech Marine parts but if you haven’t seen it lately, it’s packing quite a stock. The most notable new additions to the Ecotech Store include the Ecotech Elements…
Kore 5th – Pacific Sun LED diversifies with an Intelligent Doser System
The Kore 5th is an interesting name for an interesting new dosing pump system from Pacific Sun LED. The Polish aquarium light maker Pacific Sun LED is better known for making exquisitely crafted lighting designs, using higher grade materials which…