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Win a free USHIO Aqualite Metal Halide bulb at Reef-A-Palooza

With Reef-A-Palooza right around the corner, we’re starting to get wind of all the good things happening. We just got word from USHIO about a contest they are running at their booth…

Coral Reef Spain opens up a fancy new marine livestock wholesale facility on the Iberian peninsula

Western Europeans rejoice, we’re looking at you Spain and Portugal, because the prolific Coral Reef Spain aquarium company that brought you their own salt and a handful of thoughtfully designed retail stores has now opened up a modern marine livestock…

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The Cyclops Shark is real, confirmed by expert examination and more photographs

Remember that one-eyed cyclops shark that was caught off the coast of Mexico a few months back? Well the unusual cyclops shark was examined by experts, X-rayed and thoroughly studied and a team of investigators has not only confirmed that…

Super rare Chaetodontoplus niger photographed in Oak Island, Japan

Chaetodontoplus niger is a fish so seldom seen and so little is known about, that the word rare is quite simply, an extreme understatement. It is possibly the rarest member of the Chaetodontoplus genus, along with C. ballinae. There have…

Spin Stream rotating return nozzle by Innovative Marine is available separately

When we first spotted the Spin Stream in Innovative Marine’s promotional video for their Nuvo Aquarium we had a hunch that this nifty little device would be sold separately, and now we have proof. On a recent to Denver-area LFS…

BridgeLux teams up with Molex to bring snap-in LED lights closer to reality

A little over a year ago we wrote about the BridgeLux Helieon fixture offering a snap-in, interchangeable LED light fixture and today we’ve gotten news that BridgeLux has teamed up with Molex to bring this interchangeable LED closer to market. Right…

Rhinecanthus cinereus: A closer look at one of the rarest aquarium triggerfish

One of the best parts about traveling to aquarium events like the House of Fins annual SPLASH event is to see rare, unusual or show size marine animals but in the case of their Mauritius triggerfish it was all three.…

CoraLed brings LED lights from across the pond

CoraLed is a relatively new company building LED aquarium light fixture in the UK that will build your lights to order in lengths up to 10 ft. Granted, most hobbyists won’t need that much span but its good to know…

Reef tank by Furious Fish captures the ethos of focused fish and coral aquariums

[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmuKRP2YUA4[/youtube] Mr. Furious Fish is an aquarist after our own reefing heart, as demonstrated in this simple reef aquarium which is more fish and coral than it is reef. With a bare minimum of live rock to support…