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House of Fins Anniversary Splash Event pleases lovers of the Rare and Unusual

The House of Fins 52nd Anniversary Splash event was a very special weekend for all those who attended. Not only was there a chance to see a top notch group of speakers,…

Reeflo Snapper 18 spotted at Fragstock ’09

The Reeflo Snapper 18 is the latest addition to the high performance line of Reeflo pump. No sooner does this new machine hit the market than we get a nice hands-on with the pressure centric water mover. As a sponsor…

Stamped coral frag ceramic discs from Boston Aqua Farms

The stamped coral frag ceramic discs from Boston Aqua Farms are a novel development in the customization of coral propagation growing surfaces. Aside from the novel hexagon shape by Reefkoi, the stamping of the bottom of coral discs is a…

Sandpoint Wave2 wavemaker is a blast from the past

The Sandpoint Wave2 wavemaker is such a perfect piece of analog pump control that it makes us really sad that contemporary wave simulating devices didn’t follow in it’s footsteps. This Wave2 unit was brought to Fragstock 09 in Denver CO…

Arcohelia redeviva featured in latest Reef Hobbyist Magazine

Arcohelia redeviva is a very unique coral from Australia which we posted about back in May. Well wouldn’t you know that same Arcohelia colony is now the focus of a new article by it’s owner in the latest issue of…

Colorado Fragstock event drew a big crowd despite snow and ice

Since we travel all over the country attending and covering numerous large marine aquarium events, once in a while its nice to stay home and see what the local reef club can do. The Fragstock coral vendor market took place…

Neptune grouper and conspicuous angelfish star in SPLASH event in Greenwich CT

Cephalopholis igarashiensis, better known as the Neptune Grouper, is a stunning fish from extremely deep water and we’ve just been floored by this live specimen since it showed up at House of Fins way back in June. Even in that…

Giant mucus “blobs” plague Mediterranean Sea

Like a script from a horror movie giant and potentially deadly blobs of both dead and living organic matter are on the rise in the Mediterranean Sea. These mucus like blobs, called a mucilage, are part of a naturally-occurring process…

Prognathodes guyanensis (French butterflyfish) and P. aya (Banks butterflyfish), neptune grouper and clarion passer hybrid are at House of Fins this weekend

Prognathodes guyanensis, Prognathodes aya, Holacanthus clarionensis x H. passer and many more of the rarest reef and marine fish will be on display and for sale at this weeekend’s Splash sale event at House of Fins in Greenwich CT. The…