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Finally get a good look at a colony of Turbinaria heronensis

Turbinaria heronensis is a very unusual Australian endemic coral which has been making it into the U.S. reef aquarium hobby for a little over a year now. Turbinaria heronensis is still so…

Elos Evision controller struts its stuff on a MidiMarine aquarium using an Aquatop LED

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmkg-1ZUyo[/youtube] It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Evision aquarium controller from Elos but this new demo video clearly shows that development has been brisk. Since we first spent some time with the Elos Evision in…

Dual chip indigo LED soon to have its 410 and 420 nm rays tested over corals

Pictured above is a prototype dual chip indigo colored LED with not one but two light emitting diodes under the same primary optic. It’s pretty hot right? It’s really nice having at least one light in the reef aquarium LED…

CAD Lights Euro Pico Aquarium gets sweet unboxing review

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdA1LdMhuhM[/youtube] We love unboxing new gadgets and when you get an sweet unboxing on video, it’s even better! Someone at Aloha Everyone! posted the unboxing of the CAD Lights Euro Pico aquarium and we have to say — we are…

LiveAquaria offered for sale a beautiful and unique Chaetodon miliaris X C. multicinctus butterflyfish hybrid

LiveAquaria just released a nice and very rare hybrid butterflyfish between Chaetodon miliaris and C. multicinctus. The lovely fish from Hawaii may not be as colorful as the other rare hybrid butterflyfishes that we’ve posted here before, but the fish is…

Reefer Tees pitching for Reef Builders love — message heard

We couldn’t help but tease upstart t-shirt vendor Reef Tees after their plea via a blog post to get some coverage on Reef Builders via a blog post (see yesterday’s t-shirt inspired post) but we figured we’d give this guy…

The earmuff wrasse, Halichoeres xanti, is a species that shines with maturity

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qfr7zfdCY[/youtube] The Kuiter’s leopard wrasse we filmed in Dave Hayashi’s reef tank was not the only cool labrid we spotted in Chicago a couple weeks ago because this aquarium was also home to an exemplary specimen of the…

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More witty and fun hobby t-shirts are desperately needed

We all love going to the next reef club meeting, frag swap or fish shopping in a cool looking, saltwater-inspired t-shirt but sometimes there just aren’t many great designs to chose from. Every so often you get a cool shirt…

Sustainable Aquatics releases Dry Hatchery Diet in two pellet sizes

Sustainable Aquatics’ Dry Hatchery Diet is a new feed from the captive-bred marine fish producer which is designed to help fish grow fast and colorful. SA Dry Hatchery Diet is made with krill, fish and squid meal and specifically added…

Opistognathus albicaudatus, a brand new species of Jawfish from the Andaman islands

Ospitognathus albicaudatus is a brand new species of jawfish described from two specimens caught in the Andaman Sea. The aptly named White-tailed Jawfish is apparently endemic to the Fusilier Straits of the Andaman Islands and is closely related to O.…