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Are Reef Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike?

A recent story in the New York Times discusses the possibility that the oceans are being over-harvested for the saltwater aquariums of the world. Millions of blue legged hermits being harvested every…

Kona revamps fish collection: Yellow tang may be limited, fish replenishment area may be swapped

Two key Kona, Hawaii councils have recently given their “seal of approval” on a proposal outlining new regulations for the island’s tropical fish harvest industry. The West Hawaii Fisheries Council recommended the changes to the Hawaii County Council, who in…

B-Ionic Seawater mixing pump is not just clean, it’s immaculate

This Tunze Nano Stream’s only job has been as a mixing pump for ESV’s B-Ionic 4 part Seawater system. So far this 6025 has mixed six batches of 5 gallons of water and one batch of 25 gallons and it…

Aragonite Reactor Media no longer coral bones, but higher in Magnesium

You can kiss those coral bones goodbye because ever since a huge bust which seized countless tons of the stuff, the domestic supply of coral fingers has dwindled to nearly zero. One of the first and more prominent calcium reactor…

Jaw dropping time-lapse video of a shoal of invasive banggaii cardinalfish

About a month ago we posted this image by Tony Wu of a shoal of banggaii cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in Lembeh, Sulawesi where they do not natively occur. That post received some skepticism as to how many fish that single…

Skimz Monzter II to be released at Interzoo 2010

Skimz, a company located in Singapore that produces reef aquarium products like protein skimmers has started to tease their new Skimz Monzter II. This is a new protein skimmer design that features a double bubble plate as well as a…

EcoReef One – the preview

5 gallons, 6 months old. No live rock, no live sand. No skimmer, no additives, no testing. Small internal filter, Nano Customs 15 watt PAR 38 LED spotlight and ESV B-ionic Seawater. Full article coming soon in Advanced Aquarist.

A call to arms to oppose the endangered listing of 80 stony corals

Let me ask you about the coral above: Would you consider this to be Acropora pulchra? Aspera? Formosa? What about the Porites below: is it P. stellata? P. hirsuta? P. pukoensis? The exact identity of these corals doesnt matter but…

A Paradigm Shift for the “Postmodern Era” of Reef Keeping

An old expression goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” In my humble opinion, that expression does NOT apply to our hobby anymore. Sure the fine art of reefkeeping has stayed basically the same as it…

Watercooled Aquarium LED light also recaptures heat

This watercooled LED aqaurium light shows that DIY is often first to the scene when it comes to apply very simple concepts to accomplish very awesome things. An intrepid German aquarist took it upon himself to build this watercooled LED…