Rolf C Hagen has further invested in its aquarium Ultra Violet Clarifier offering after dipping its toe in the water with the 3-watt Cold Cathode Inline Clarifier. The new, larger FX UVC In-Line Clarifier doubles its power to 6 watts…
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ReefMat 250 is the Newest and Smallest Roller Filter from Red Sea.
Red Sea has just announced the newest addition to the ReefMat Series of Smart roller filters, the ReefMat 250. Aimed at sump-based reef aquariums up to 250 liters or 65 gallons in volume, the ReefMat 250 is the latest, smaller…
Calling all Citizen Scientists: Help Researchers Listen for the Sounds of a Healthy Coral Reef
Researchers are calling for people to listen to underwater recordings to tell if there are healthy coral reefs present there, or not. Scientists have hundreds of hours of audio recordings taken from Marine Protected Areas around the world to monitor…
Have Your Say: Comment on Proposed United States Banggai Ban
In August, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule under section 4d of the Endangered Species Act that would criminalize the import and export of Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in the United States. While the applicable legal and regulatory…
Ranching – a Different Way to Collect Saltwater Fish for the Aquarium Industry
In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine Centre in the UK,…
Crazy Ludicrous Chalice in the wild!
Once in a while, you come across a coral during a dive, and you can’t not share it with everyone. This was the case during an exploration dive in the south of Sumba. Exposed, high swell, cold up-wellings, everyone was…
Has the Hobby Gotten Too Expensive?
Let’s face it, this hobby has never been an inexpensive one. Even during the early years of the hobby, it was expensive for a number of reasons. Corals and saltwater fish have always been more expensive than their freshwater counterparts.…
3D Printed Nozzles Bring Angle Adjustment to VorTech Pumps
3D printer 4D Aquatics has produced two third-party interchangeable nozzles for all three of EcoTech’s VorTech wavemakers. The MN Series push-on nozzles offer either straight, more focussed narrow flow, or wide flow more like that of the stock housing, but…
Flashers from down under! Australia’s Flasher Wrasses and the newest species from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
The eponymous flasher wrasses are so named for their dazzling courtship displays, in which males flash iridescent neon colours to attract females and to ward off rival males. This behaviour is best appreciated about an hour before sunset, or as…
Swiss Watches Feature Nudibranchs
I’m a big fan of all things fusion and this new collaboration between watchmakers Swatch and Blancpain is giving me sweet surges of serotonin and dopamine. For those of us who are embracing the aquarium lifestyle, the Swiss watch duo…