Home

Orange-margin butterflyfish video from Blue Harbor features a never before seen juvenile

Prognathodes basabei is a remarkable species of butterflyfish that lives in the depths of Hawaii and nowhere else in the world. The gorgeous orange margin butterflyfish possesses a unique beauty and the…

Tek Wave VHO T5 fixture from Sunlight Supply is finally here

The VHO T5 lamp fixture called the Tek Wave from Sunlight Supply is what has now trickled down to the market from the first incarnation of the intentionally VHO T5 fixture we first saw as the Tek Light Ultra Elite.…

Saltwater Fish

University of Florida & Rising Tide Updates: Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich hired and Porkfish reared

The proof is in the results. News broke publicly last week that the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Lab has hired well-know marine aquarium author and MASNA 2010 Aquarist of the year Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich. This organization has been…

Rigid filter sock from PrecisionWerkz Aquatics

PrecisionWerkz Aquatics has a unique answer to the old standby felt filter sock, creating a rigid filter sock to make it easier to not only filter out large chucks of organics but work in other media as well. The acrylic…

This is why cheap LEDs are not a good buy

So you’ve been eying one of those $200 to $300 LED reef ‘Gro Lights’ and you can’t figure out why it’s so much cheaper than the brand name LED manufacturers like Aqua Illumination, AcanLighting, Maxspect and Ecoxotic. Well in addition…

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 most unique and unusual crosses we’ve seen to…

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,…