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Inventor of Super Glue dies, leaves behind a myriad of uses and practical jokes
Harry Coover, who has the distinction of being the father of Super Glue, cyanoacrylate, died at the age of 94 on March 26 at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. His accidental discovery led to…
Dense Matrix Array LED is Kessil’s in-house version of a multichip LED
The Kessil A150w LED spotlight is an entirely new beast for the aquarium hobby. In stark contrast to the barrage of Chinese LED panels we’re seeing that are “made to order” by lighting “manufacturers”, Kessil’s LED spotlights are packed with…
AlgaGen releases five new live ReefPods copepod cultures and food
AlgaGen is releasing four new species of copepods in a new product line that includes four calonoid copepods and one Cladoceran product in the company’s ReefPods line. These new copepod lines are aquacultured at AlgaGen’s facility and tells us these newly available pods…
Blue OLEDs become twice as bright, still only 10% efficient
LEDs may be the current darling of the lighting world, aquaria included, but that hasn’t stopped the promise of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) from marching on. In September Philips unveiled an AC-powered OLED lamp, last April we saw some…
DIDOSY unveils unique dosing systems lines
DIDOSY is a new and unique line of dosing pumps getting worldwide distribution via Coral-Shop and Coral Planet. We saw one line of the DIDOSY (DIgital DOsing SYstem) earlier and thanks to Coral-Shop we have more information on the product.…
Induction lamps already available in two colors, 50/50 lamps probably not far behind
Bispectrum and Bichromatic induction lamps are already available in the tubular and circular form factor of the electrodeless fluorescent lighting technology. Like the twin tubes of the power compact smart lights and 50/50 lamps which we’ve seen in every combination…
Gramma dejongi nano reef video
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43fDOwy85g[/youtube] Even if it is only 30 seconds long, this Gramma dejongi video gives a clear profile view of this Cuban endemic reef fish. Just a couple weeks ago we shared a video of a pair of Gramma…
Fishneedit LED fixture an affordable combination of multichip and high output LED
The Fishneedit LED reef light is one of the most affordable combinations of multichip and high output LEDs that we’ve seen come to market lately. The $549 list price of the Fishneedit LED makes it comparable to the Blue Moon…
Friday fun: smartest goldfish EVER, loud shrimp and ocean rythyms
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”383″]http://vimeo.com/17023529[/vimeo] We have a few fun posts to get your weekend started right. Leading off is one of the best advertisements we’ve seen in a long time. Meet “Mr. Memory” the worlds smartest goldfish in the ads for Drench…
Reloaded Cardiff Aquarium loses the hair-dryer pendant, looks way better in the process
[vimeo width=”600″ height=”350″]http://vimeo.com/21457536[/vimeo] The Reloaded Cardiff is a minor re-imagining of the only commercially available ‘bullnose’ aquarium in North America which is now fitted with flush LED lighting. Unfortunately, the original Cardiff was equipped with ginormous metal globe of a…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
