Montipora danae is a name that has often been misapplied to a range of montis with bumps, including superman, rainbow, pokerstar and just about any wild montipora with a somewhat bumpy surface. But here we have a picture perfect Montipora danae…
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Orphek PR72 improves on the PAR56 LED spotlight
PAR 38 spotlights are hugely popular among the nano reef aquarium crowd, and they were probably some of the first LED fixtures people widely used. Now Orphek has decided to upsize the traditional PAR 38 spotlight with the creation of…
Tougher wildlife import restrictions proposed by US…again
Newly proposed federal legislation is taking aim at halting the importation and interstate trade of non-native livestock, including fish and aquatic organisms bred or collected for the aquarium trade. This isn’t the first time legislation like this was proposed and…
DerKroon FlowWolf water flow diverter takes the OceansMotions concept to 11
The FlowWolf from derKroon Mechanics is a digital flow diverter which functions redirect flow through its many outlets, wherever you need it. Like the OceansMotions of old, the derKroon FlowWolf has the drum, the motor and the multiple outlets pointing…
A recap of Cobalt Aquatics massive launch of aquarium products
Over the past couple weeks we’ve seen a myriad of aquarium goods from Cobalt, everything from filters to foods, water pumps and air pumps, and a host of new Ultraviolet devices for sterilizing small volumes of aquarium water. It’s unclear whether…
Canthigaster tyleri is the clown trigger of tobies
More and more, amazing species of tobies like this Canthigaster tyleri are coming to light giving us more reasons to love the colorful diversity of sharpnose puffers. Tyler’s toby is a deepwater reef fish from the Indian Ocean which clearly…
AI Upgrade Kit for Sol to Vega LED up for pre-order, shipping this month
AquaIllumination has formally announced a Vega Upgrade Kit to let all the Sol users out there get some next-gen LED action as well. Using the heatsink, fan and power supply of the AI Sol, the Upgrade Kit brings new lenses,…
Kessil Tuna Blue LED will soon play nice with Neptune Systems’ Apex controller
The Kessil Tuna Blue was the deserving winner of our 2012 LED Showdown, and since it was introduced a little under a year ago, the venerable A350 LED spotlight could be due for an update. This weekend at ReefStock we…
Razor Nano LED coming down the pipe from Maxspect
The Razor Nano LED is a concentration of Maxspect’s extremely slick Razor LED lighting range. Whereas the Razor previously came in a 20″ 120 watt version as well as a 27″ 160 watt version, the Maxspect Razor Nano LED is…
Cobalt Duofilter UV brings germicidal LEDs to aquariums
Cobalt Aquatics unveiled two new internal filters, the Duo-Filter UV 500 and 1000. As the name suggests, the Duofilter UV include a USB powered UV steriliser with germicidal grade LEDs. Four LEDs blast the pumps impeller chamber with 500mW of…