News

Echinophyllia tarae, a new species of chalice coral discovered off the beaten path

Seems like we are treated to new species of reef fish on a regular basis but new descriptions of stony and soft corals are much fewer and far between. The latest of these coral discoveries is Echinophyllia tarae, a new species…

Top 5 stories from Aquarama 2013

We are hitting prime aquarium show season here with SuperZoo wrapping last week, MACNA right around the corner, and followed by Reefapalooza in October. We figured it was prime time to do a quick recap of the top 5 stories…

Bali Aquarich floors us with captive-bred cleaner wrasses

Hobbyist have been chipping away at attempting to successfully breed the cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, for years, with many well-documented captive spawns in Germany and the United States, yet nothing more came from those spawns. Then a 53-day success was reported in…

MACNA 2013 Update: Are you ready?

This year’s MACNA (Marine Conference of North America” will ‘WOW!’ and excite many with it’s location and line up.  This years event will by far be the most expensive event in the history of MACNA.  The Florida Marine Aquarium Society (FMAS)…

Feds aren’t messing around when it comes to coral smuggling

For coral vendors looking to sneak one past the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service you might want to think again. The Federal Courts have sentenced one person to a year in prison along with a $500,000 for smuggling corals over a…

Rare fish alert: The original hybrid Paracentropyge, and BlueHarbor unleashes teaser clips

It has been just less than a month ago when we broadcasted about the newest Paracentropyge hybrid to hit the scenes. Well we hope that’s still fresh in your minds, as BlueHarbor has just uploaded a video of the “original”…

CEAB booth at Zoomark 2013, Italian company dedicated to lighting

Our path inside Zoomark, after leaving the Sicce booth, continues with CEAB booth, a well established italian company dedicated to lighting fixtures. The passion for lighting has remained as much as Interzoo, and so we were able to resume the…

Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado hosting ‘Reef Ed’ this weekend

The Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado is hosting a Reef Ed event with two speakers and plenty of vendors to get your reefing fix this weekend. On Saturday, June 22, join the MASC team welcome both Scott Fellman and our…

Elos partners with CoralVue as sole North American distributor

Score another victory for CoralVue. Elos has just announced the transfer of North American distribution and customer support for Elos products to CoralVue effective June 1, 2013. The news comes at a time where Elos USA has had a minimal…

Sicce’s booth at Zoomark 2013 featured lots of goodies for the future

We started our tour inside the italian pet show Zoomark starting from Sicce stand in Hall 19. With this article we are here to tell you about it. After the last few years we have been accustomed to seeing Sicce together…