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Prodibio finally offers more precise instructions for using it’s products to achieve low nutrient levels

We’ve been active users of the Prodibio line of probiotic aquarium products for a long time now, but we’ve always been more than a little frustrated when explaining how to use the…

Hybrid Genicanthus melanospilos x G. lamarcki angelfish appears at Blue Harbor

Once in a great while we’ll see a swallowtail angelfish of the Genicanthus genus with slightly odd stripes or off coloration and we wonder what kind of pedigree may have caused the aberration. In the case of the swallowtail angelfish…

LumenAqua Mini 700 LED strip with little details

The LumenAqua Mini 700 LED striplight is an interesting product following along the lines of other strip products on the market. Obviously this small version with four 1W Philips Lumileds would be suitable for the smaller tanks and its hard…

This is what a Lobophyllia assembly can look like out on the reef

We have this thing for pictures and video of natural reef settings which tells us something tangilbe about how corals and reef formations can appear in the wild. Take for instance this assembly of Lobophyllia brain corals, a very popular…

T2 subminiature fluorescents now come with a clear directional lens

T2 subminiature fluorescent aquarium lighting is still just an idea in the minds of aquarium hobbyists with photosynthetic lighting needs. Although T2 lights haven’t really taken off (yet), that hasn’t stopped at least one manufacturer from pumping out little all-in-one…

Electric flame scallop video gets electrified on video

[youtube width=”680″ height=”450″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS4cGSw4nu8[/youtube] The electric flame scallop, Ctenoides ales, is one of many fascinating invertebrates available for reef aquaria. However, since fish have all the personality and corals can at least be propagated in a myriad of ways, the invertebrates…

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Could high energy visible (HEV) light be damaging to corals?

High Energy Visible (HEV) light refers to the part of the spectrum from 380-530nm, which includes our beloved blue and royal blue LEDs as well as the violet, indigo, cyan and near-UV LEDs which are not yet widely used. With…

Misbar Maroon clownfish video show piebald stripes with age

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcrAb-iihYg[/youtube] The misbar maroon clownfish is a domestic strain that we always knew would eventually arise out of the mass culture of Premnas biaculeatus. What we didn’t expect from the misbar maroon is for it to develop totally…