Earler today, Todd Gardner (the man to first breed Liopropoma basslets) announced a new breeding success at the Long Island Aquarium where two damselfish species were specifically mentioned. Neoglyphidodon melas, the Bowtie Damsel, was reared from larvae collected in the…
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Let these Electric Imps into your house
There has been a ton of talk over the years about home automation, with various companies making big claims about how simple it will be to implement, including massive heavyweights light Google. We haven’t seen much evidence on any of…
Inaugural AquariumExpo happening in South Africa next month
The inaugural AquariumExpo is being held in South Africa next month bringing some of the latest freshwater and marine aquarium products and livestock from a variety of exhibitors over the three-day conference. AquariumExpo 2012 is taking a unique approach. Not only is…
Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first captive strain of this iconic reef fish
The Panda Banggai Cardinalfish is an exciting new strain of Pterapogon kauderni which is a huge achievement for a fish which has captivated the hearts and minds of so many fish lovers. Hailing from a huge operation of banggai cardinalfish…
BlueHarbor releases new pictures and videos of Cirrhilabrus claire along with the other deepwater rarities
BlueHarbor released new pictures and videos of their latest haul and here’s a better look at the insanely rare Cirrhilabrus claire. As we’ve mentioned previously, C. claire has never had its live picture featured anywhere before and this pair marks…
Bridgelux enters partnership with Toshiba
Many of you are familiar with the name Bridgelux for a variety of reasons, including their awesome multi-chip arrays, as well as the use of their chips in many Asian LEDs. Well, you may become more familiar with that name…
2012 MACNA keynote speaker announced – Jean-Michel Cousteau
Announced in the overnight hours on ReefAddicts, the Dallas Fort Worth MACNA team revealed Jean-Michel Cousteau as the keynote speaker for the Saturday night banquet at this year’s Marine Aquarium Conference of North America. Jean-Michel Cousteau is the son of…
Cirrhilabrus claire – First ever live pictures of what could be the world’s rarest fairy wrasse
Cirrhilabrus claire is quite possibly the world’s rarest and least known fairy wrasse and holy grail is all but a plastic cup to this species. Since its discovery in 2001, there has only been two dead holotype pictures and absolutely zero…
Razor LED light by MaxSpect will be officially announced at InterZoo 2012
The Razor LED from MaxSpect is an impossibly thin LED light fixture with brand name LEDs, some degree of controllability and a specially designed passive cooling heatsink which helps the Razor LED maintain its figure. Details of the MaxSpect Razor LED are…
AI Vega Color goes way beyond RGB with 8 colors and 20 channels of control (updated)
See the end of this post for AquaIllumination’s reply to our request for more information about the AI Vega Color Hold on to your polyps folks because the full spectrum AI Vega Color is ready to set some benchmarks. Why…