Some unusual elkhorn coral colonies of Acropora have been found growing at Arno Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Only about 200 of these huge, mega colonies were found growing on a small stretch where they greatly resemble the legendary but…
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Summer Doldrums at the Local Fish Store
It’s early August; the 4th of July was a month ago and Labor Day is still a month away which means that the aquarium industry is experiencing the full onset of the summer doldrums. Whether you are a brick n’…
Corals are cool, mistakes happen, planning for the worst is awesome
In an effort to make Jake’s head explode, I like to write about all the mistakes I make with my home reef system. Even though they may seem embarrassing, everyone makes bone head mistakes, and I think we all learn…
Amphiprion pacificus, a new species of clownfish discovered
Amphiprion pacificus is a new species of anemonefish discovered by Gerald R. Allen, Joshua Drew and Douglas Fenner described in the latest issue of the Aqua, the International Journal of Ichthyology. The researchers discovered A. pacificus in the Wallis Island and Tonga in…
one week left to enter the giveaway for the high performance Io LED pendant
This is just a friendly reminder that we’re still running an awesome giveaway for a very valuable reef light. The Io LED pendant includes 75 watts of Cree XP LEDs, full controlability built in display and bluetooth wireless connectivity and…
Liopropoma africanum basslet lands at SAreefkeeping in South Africa
Liopropoma africanum is arguably one of the worlds rarest reef basslets in the marine aquarium hobby but one lucky shop n South Africa has just come into possession of only the third specimen we’ve heard of. rare fish fanciers will…
IMAC West not to happen until 2011
IMAC West, which is the spin off of the Original IMAC that was hosted for years in Chicago has been postponed until 2011. This was most likely due to the economy as well as other competing shows across the nation…
Pacific Sun Io LED Pendant Photo Contest: show us your best coral or fish to win an awesome LED reef light
If you’ve been looking for reasons to be inspired with your reef aquarium this summer, how about 27 of them? 27 of Cree’s top of the line, high powered XP series LEDs all hanging out in one of the most…
Sustainable Collection vs. Captive Breeding – Is There Room For Both?
You’re seeing it everywhere. “Sustainability”. You’re going to see this buzzword-of-the-decade coming up more and more as we debate a more responsible marine aquarium trade for the future, such as Ret Talbot’s hot-off-the-presses article on PNG’s Seasmart Program in this…
Waterproof power strip from wet circuits could save your aquarium, allows for new levels of carelessness
The waterproof power strip is one of those quotidian products designed for everyday use which may as well have been specially designed for aquarium use. Using some special voodoo circuitry, the wet circuits waterproof power strip manages the output of…