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Aldersladum is a new soft coral genus created for two unique (former) species of Efflatournaria

Aldersladum is a new genus of soft coral which was erected due to some very peculiar sclerites in one former species of Efflatournaria and another new species of soft coral. The two…

Win a Cobalt Aquatics MJ powerhead

Cobalt Aquatics has brought back the original Italian made MJ power head from many years ago. We thought it might be nice to give four of them away. To make this sweepstakes last longer, we will draw a total of…

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November 22 – November 28th $1 Mame Nano Skimmer clone is a ghetto-fabulous DIY deal Shikorosango’s giant reef tank is still way bigger than yours Orange frogspawn coral from Vietnam is jaw-dropping and stunning Cyber Monday aquarium deals extend the…

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The race to hurdle the larval hump of Heniochus butterflyfish

Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich and I were emailing last week, pre-Thanksgiving, when he dropped a “Booyah” on me. The rest of the day, he had me cursing him in the way only friends can do. Once again, I say “I’m…

Male yellow pygmy angelfish from Cebu exhibits a handsome splash of black

For some reason anytime we see a picture of a ‘blackened’ yellow angelfish it is always the fuzziest, out of focus or mediocre looking specimen but new pics from Jimmy Ma are a complete exception. This large showy male Centropyge…

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ReefStock happening March 10th, 2012 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium

It’s hard to believe it’s been nine months since the last ReefStock and it’s already time to start working on the next one. When the first ReefStock was produced back in 2008 we could hardly think past an annual legacy of events…

Shikorosango’s giant reef tank is still way bigger than yours

We first shared pictures of Shikorosango’s 3700 gallon reef tank about a year ago. In that time his massive Turbinaria colonies have become gargantuan in size and now the whole reef aquarium looks like a slice of a real reef. You know…

Cyber Monday aquarium deals extend the shopping madness for one more day

Traditionally Black Friday is all about attacking people for $2 waffle irons, spraying pepper spray at other shoppers and oh yeah, saving money on deals in store. Although many stores make their sales available online and , Cyber Monday has…

Assessor randalli is a seldom seen, virtually unknown member of the genus

Somewhere along our reefing lives we’ve probably thought about keeping the upside down-swimming Assessors – either the Blue Assessor (A. macneilli), or its yellow counterpart, the Yellow Assessor (A. flavissimus). If the thought of keeping either one has never crossed…