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Reef Angel controller has first play date with Ecotech’s Radion XR30w LED

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GloAIzefGg[/youtube] You gotta give it up to Reef Angel founder Roberto Imai for the pace of progress he’s made getting his open source aquarium controller to communicate first with the…

Maxspect Mazarra P-Series Unboxing & Impressions

The Mazarra P Series LED light by MaxSpect showed up on my doorstep today, and I wanted to share the unboxing experience. Everything was efficiently packaged, and included plenty of extras, including 3 different optics. The finish on these P-series modules…

Saltwater Fish

Todd Gardner shatters Liopropoma event horizon – captive bred basslets are real

Todd Gardner’s breeding efforts at the Long Island Aquarium have had our collective attention for well over a year now. Late Thursday, Todd officially broke the news of his success raising Liopropoma reef basslets, showing a photograph of a now…

Aberrant diadema dottybacks are collected around the Indo-Pacific

We’re not sure what it is about Pictichromis diadema that lends itself to mutations and aberrations of its color pattern seemingly much more often than other species of Pictichromis and Pseudochromis. Is it possible that the unusually colored dottybacks are…

A nice comparison photograph shows the real difference between a sunburst and a rose bubble tip anemone

When we first heard about Sunburst anemones, the local Colorado strain of Entacmea quadricolor that is orange, we were skeptical as anyone that it was a trick of lighting causing the intense coloration, although back then there weren’t any LED…

Eden 901 automatic feeder keeps your fish fed and food dry

The new Eden 901 automatic fish food feeder is looking to keep your fish fed and the food dry. The food chamber is sealed to keep it dry and is controllable and adjustable to manage your feeding without overfeeding the…

EcoTech Radion XR30w gets video demo of basic mode

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LIRQsP8IS4[/youtube] We are quite fond of the new EcoTech Radion XR30w LED aquarium light and in case you haven’t had a chance to see one live and in person, EcoTech Marine has put together a nice video demonstration of the…

Coral bleaching video tells you everything there is to know about zukes (Zoox)

Here is a fun little animated video which tells the amusing story of how corals live and what happens when reef ecosystems suffer from coral bleaching. If you have kids who are always asking questions about your reef tank, now…

Rare Hybrid of Pyramid Butterflyfish is caught from Indonesian water

Hybrids reef fish are sometimes a puzzle for your head, especially with closely related species. Here is another less commonly seen butterflyfish hybrid between the Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) and Black Pyramid Butterflyfish (H. zoster). There is no official record…