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Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w LED now available and shipping to retailers

The Radion XR30w LED from Ecotech Marine was first unveiled a couple months ago and the wait is now over because Ecotech has started shipping their new flagship LED aquarium light to…

SunBrite almost ready to realease dimmable Gen3 LED tubes

The Gen 3 LED tubes we first saw from SunBrite at ReefStock are almost ready for prime time, sporting fancy new Cree XP LEDs and matching secondary optics. If you are a fan of the directable SunBrite LED tubes and…

Three eyed fish caught near a nuclear power plant in Argentina

Three eyed fish are about as rare as one eyed-fish but since we’ve already born witness to the cyclops shark we may as well embrace this three-eyed wolf fish. This Tri-clops wolf fish was captured near the waters of a…

Vivid Aquariums is currently offering an incredible motherlode of diverse Acropora

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZjPArl5fE[/youtube] We’ve visited Vivid Aquariums many times before but we were absolutely floored by the incredible diversity of Acropora that Vivid is currently offering for sale. Now we’ve seen quite a few stores get loaded up on maricultured…

Slightly used monster RK2 300PE protein skimmer looking for a new home

Oculus Aquatics is looking to unload one beast of a skimmer at a great price. They are currently in the process of re-engineering some of the coral systems out in the warehouse and are unloading an RK2-300-PE skimmer that is…

Super clear videos of Genicanthus semicinctus filmed in the wild

Genicanthus semicinctus is certainly no stranger to the most enthusiastic of Angelfish fans. Endemic to the Kermadec Islands and Lord Howe region, the half banded is obviously out of reach to anyone who might even dare dream of owning one.…

JBJ Unibody LED light is as solid as it is versatile and stylish

There are a ton of LED lights vying for your reef aquarium dollar right now but the JBJ Unibody LED light stands alone in its approach. We had the good fortune to be able to use one on out little…

Overgrown annularis angelfish borders on grotesque and awesome

The jumbo blue ring angelfish above is by far the largest specimen of Pomacanthus annularis that we have ever seen, in person or in photos. Without another fish in the frame you may not be able to get a sense…

Diode lasers for lighting looks promising, still a ways away

Recent research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown the human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular LEDs. Why is this significant? While laser diodes may be farther from…

Orange beaded Discosoma mushroom anemone is much nicer than a Ricordea impersonator

The awesome ornage-beaded Discosoma mushroom anemone we spotted at Route 66 Marine this weekend is in the same league as that awesome rainbow Discosoma from Vietnam. However, this super sweet orange-beaded Discosoma was imported from Australia, on the base of…