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First shots of NeWave, the prop style pump from Aquarium systems

We knew the NeWave pump was coming way back in March, or so we thought. However, Practical Fish keeping got to grab a nice shot of the NeWave pump from Aquarium Systems.…

IceCap bids farewell to Anthony Calfo

That tie up with IceCap and Anthony Calfo comes to a close, after being together for only a short 10 months. IceCap announced that they would sever ties with Anthony as he pursues other efforts in the reef keeping hobby.…

USDA-APHIS: “Do you have a permit for those snails?”

In 2006 an act was passed that basically made you get a permit (PPQ 526)Â if you wanted to import snails into the country or across state lines. Recently, it has been reported that the USDA plans to start enforcing…

World Reef Conference gets moved to October 2010

The world reef conference which was supposed to be held later this year (October 3-4) in Chicago has been rescheduled to 2010. The World Reef Conference will be co-located with the H.H. Backer Associates’ Pet Industry Trade Show at the…

Soft Corals: Still Sexy After All These Years

Being a traveling fish geek/speaker, I probably get to see as many aquariums each month as some hobbyists do all year. In almost every city that I visit, I’m taken to amazing aquariums- some are huge, some are medium sized,…

Sea Dwelling Creatures shows off stigmata blenny and personifer angelfish

Here’s some gratuitous eye candy for the weekend. Above we have the elusive stigmata blenny, Cirripectes stigmaticus, a rarity which is infrequently exported out of Vanuatu. Below, we have a profile pic of a super studly male ‘personifer’ angelfish, Chaetodontoplus…

Salinity Salt from Seachem seen at IMAC West

Did anyone else notice that Seachem was touting their new Salinity salt at IMAC West? We are still waiting on availability and MSRP pricing info. But it looks like Seachem is seriously interested in growing their aquavitro line beyond just…

LiveAquaria’s Acropora and SPS coral display tank

The deluge of Australian LPS corals which have flooded the US aquarium market may have all but overwhelmed the SPS subculture of the reefing community but now that many of us have had our fill of lords, hillaes, moseleyas and…

Wyoming white clownfish from C-quest are an ocellaris

Wyoming White clownfish from C-quest may look a whole lot like the platinum clownfish from ORA but the Wyoming Whites are ocellaris and the Platinums are percula. Although individuals of both strains will likely develop darkened fins with age, comparing…