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This is what Saltwater Aquarists do

This instant classic, priceless gem of marine aquarium culture to us from David Revhtree of Reef2Reef. We were really beginning to tire of this ‘thinks I do’ internet meme until David knocked…

Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique way to store and grow your frags

The Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique and efficient way to store and display your coral frags. Building on the design concept of the Thrive Aquatics Coral Frag plug Tree, the The Frag Tree 360 holds up to 27 frag…

Resplendent Cherubfish is a new captive bred hybrid pygmy angelfish from Reef Culture Technologies

The Resplendent Cherubfish is a naturally impossible hybrid crossing of the mid-Atlantic resplendent angelfish, Centropyge resplendens, and the Caribbean cherub or pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi. This new captive breeding handywork belongs to none other than the Xyphipops experts at Reef Culture…

Inter-subgeneric hybrids of Roaps butterflies are rare and amazing

Roaps butterflyfishes can form hybrids with other unrelated members of the butterflyfish group although very rarely, to form inter-subgeneric hybrids. Fishes and other animals generally hybridize with other species that are highly similar, usually in the same genus, or within the…

Southeast Asian Sea Life—Identification Chart

The mimic octopus ( Thaumoctopus mimicus) is one such species that has an uncanny ability to mimic other ocean creatures. Popular cartoon comic XKCD decided this was perfect for their next cartoon series. While the chart above is quite funny,…

Vertex Sensor Mag moonlights as an attractive support for a gyre frag tank divider

The Vertex Sensor Mag magnetic probe holder is attractive acrylic, neodymium and titanium and there is no doubt that it can hold up a few probes, but what else can it do? Well in the time that we’ve been using…

Vital-Wave from Eco-Lamps is a new line of LED spotlights with exotic color spectrum

The Vital-Wave LED spotlights by Eco-Lamps are just what the reef doctor ordered if you have a hankering for ‘rare’ LED color spectrum like Cyan, Indigo and Ultraviolet. Eco-Lamps, better known in the US as AcanLighting, has released the Vital-Wave…

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Eguchipsammia at Extreme Corals DE is the first Micro Dendro we’ve seen in a couple years

Eguchipsammia, or Micro Dendro Coral as it is more commonly known is a really cool coral that seemingly no one talks about. Eguchipsammia started showing up in the trade about four years ago where it was widely distributed as Micro…

This simple two-bommie aquascape exudes subtle beauty

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PQr6Y1tMaY[/youtube] When it comes to different school of reef aquarium aesthetics, our penchant definitely lies on the side of less is more. Case in point is this beautiful simple reef aquarium featuring two bommies of rock, a few…