The fluorescent green axolotl is just about the last thing we expected to see at a marine aquarium conference. We interrupt our MACNA 2015 product posting spree to bring you a curious aside about the most unlikely “product” to be…
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Aqueon Optibright LED striplight looks like entry-level goodness
The Optibright is Aqueon’s newest foray into solid state LED lighting with a form factor that is much more conventional by modern standards. Aqueon’s and its parent company’s previous LED efforts have included the modular LED tubes, modular LED spotlights.…
COTSbot seeks and destroys invasive Crown of Thorn starfish
The Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS) has been a destructive force on reefs for years. They eat coral and reproduce like mad. Humans have been fighting this creature and now have a new robotic “terminator” helping with the cause. Researchers…
New video demonstrates a highlight feature of the Vectra pump, calibration
The Vectra starts shipping this week and this new controllable DC pump from Ecotech Marine is already garnering a lot of attention. It’s not just the hardware of the Vectra M1 & L1 pumps that make them such great water…
Fathom announces new affordable underwater drone
The Fathom Drone is an exciting new device that unlocks the secrets of deep waters without ever having to get wet. What makes the fathom drone unique is that it has a single turbine engine and it was built with…
Channel design of Eshopps Advance sumps explained on video
The reef aquarium hobby is enjoying quite the renaissance of reef aquarium sumps, and Eshopps is going all in with their radically designed ADV sumps with ECD. If you haven’t seen one of Eshopps new channeled reef aquarium sump filters…
An insight into documentary film making with Richard Fitzpatrick
The best things in life often come unscripted and unplanned, brought upon by sweet serendipitous moments that take you by surprise. While visiting Cairns Marine earlier this month, we were treated to an enchanting encounter with one of documentary filmmaking’s…
Brian Greene, Richard Pyle and Sonia Rowley teases with a surfeit of undescribed species from Pohnpei
To the uninitiated, the mesophotic coral reefs would seem like an unlikely place to find vibrant fish life. Antonymous to the ebullient habitat of shallow water coral gardens, the mesophotic zone is a gloomy contrast of seemingly endless dread and forlorn landscapes. Except not…
IceCap Gyre Interface Module now shipping for $99
The IceCap Gyre Interface Module is an interesting new device from CoralVue which proves that the aquarium hobby is stronger through collaboration. Made by CoralVue under the IceCap brand, the IceCap Gyre Interface Module connects the Gyre Pump made by…
So, you glow in the dark? That don’t impress me much
Coral fluorescence is a magical phenomenon that is well documented, studied, and exploited by all who enjoy it. Fluorescence is an emission of light at a different wavelength from which was absorbed, and this causes a visible glow. Excitation however dies…