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Breathtaking Raccoon butterflyfish hybrid is discovered

Hybrid butterflyfishes sightings seem to very frequent these days. Not too long ago, we published some photographs featuring stunning hybrids of C. xanthurus and C. auriga, which were both some of the…

Maxspect Mazarra LED branches out into the S and P series

The highly anticipated third generation LED light from Maxspect, the Mazarra LED, will be available in two separate types of fixtures, the Mazarra S Series and the Mazarra P Series. We first got a look at the Maxspect Mazarra at…

Giesemann debuts Megachrome Crystal metal halide bulbs

The new Giesemann MEGACHROME crystal metal halide bulbs should be a good sign for metal halide lighting fans that the technology isn’t quite going away and there is still innovation in bulb design. This double-ended bulb is geared towards the…

Yellow Holacanthus angelfish is not quite a queen, nor a rock beauty

A very unusual yellow Holacanthus angelfish has turned up at B-Box Aquarium which is not quite a queen angelfish although it does bear some traits of the Rock Beauty angelfish, Holacanthus tricolor. The Queen Angelfish (H. ciliaris) is a staple…

Japan’s LSS Laboratory launches Vortech EcoSmart Controller cover

LSS Laboratory in Japan has announced the release of the plastic Ecosmart cover for Ecotech Marine controller of Vortech pumps. This product is an LSS Laboratory original, so you cannot get the same products from other companies. You might remember,…

Coral

Marcy’s reef is full of sweet azoox corals

At Reef builders we are huge fans of azoox reef aquariums because they are unique and quite simply they’re just hot. This neat little Japanese 170L (45 US gallons) tank is no exception. The huge variety of Tubastraea, Dendrophilia and…

Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” bigger than Delaware

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBVNuzEUWZg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] The Gulf of Mexico’s growing annual “Dead Zone” has hit over 3,300 square miles, even larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined — and researchers anticipate it could become even more massive. The research team at Texas A&M traveled over 1,400 miles…

Virginia Aquarium uses RFID chips to help visitors ID fish

New technology at the Virginia Aquarium allows visitors to get more information on fish in an exhibit besides just asking “what fish is that?” A new exhibit called “Fish and Chips” uses microchips and an antenna to flash details and…

Magenta and Royal Blue Stunner LED colors look surprisingly awesome

When we first saw that Ecoxotic was coming out with some new colors for the popular Stunner LED strips, we were very stoked about the magenta pink, but didn’t pay too much attention to the new shade of royal blue.…

Saltwater Fish

Proaquatix gets new-look website, growing staff

In the past couple weeks Proaquatix, the commercial ornamental marine fish hatchery based in Vero Beach, Florida, has made some changes. These changes certainly suggest that the Proaqautix is doing well and on track to expand further into the marine aquarium market.