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Sapphire Aquatics outs Solana/Cardiff Nano Skimmer

Less than a year ago, there weren’t to many options for those of us that had a nano aquarium and wanted a better skimmer. Generally speaking, the stock skimmers included in nano…

ATB 2009 External Cone skimmer in production

ATB has been working on an external cone skimmer for some time now and we can finally bring you first imagery of it. The skimmer uses a flowstar pump that we have covered in times past, however this new line…

Solaris LED lighting vanishing from stores shelves, online retailers

This isn’t much of a surprise, a mere two days later after we reported about the LED lighting aquarium patent issue going on in the industry several online retailers have pulled the Solaris LED from their websites. Additionally, local fish…

Spotcinctus Clownfish: ORA produces another clownfish mutant

Is there no end to how cracked out we can make our clownfish? ORA has just released another batch of a designer clownfish, a spotted variant of the Bicinctus clownfish. Hot on the heels of the all white ocellaris, the…

Alita pressure air pumps, for people who are serious about air

At some point, Alita industries, the company that brings you high end air pumps decided to get really serious about air. We don’t know when exactly that was but they definitely have the goods to prove it. These pumps are…

Debelius Pigmy angelfish being targeted for collection

With so many rare fish floating around in the aquarium industry lately, what new species could garner our attention before it is even caught? Enter the diminutive Centropyge debelius. This beautiful rarity can only be found in the Mauritius, Reunion…

More details emerge as the LED patent storm rages on

The story which we posted two days ago about Orbitec suing PFO is just a small glimpse of the dramatic saga that will affect the future of LEDs in the marine aquarium trade for a long time to come. Following…

Sapphire Aquatics Nano Media Reactor now shipping

Sapphire Aquatics, a small humble company that is located in Houston, Texas has started to ship their nano media reactor. The nano media reactor is made from 2″ acrylic tube and stand at about 11″ tall. The feed pump which…

Oldest Animal Fossils Discovered in an oil field?

There is an oil field in the Arabian Peninsula that point known origins of higher life to more than 635 million years ago. Gordon Love of the University of California said: “It is, definitively, the earliest evidence for animals.” Interestingly…

Tridacna ‘maxea’: New giant clam hybrid of Tridacna maxima x T. crocea

It’s not everyday that we get a new giant clam species but this week’s coral shipment to the LFS included a special sumthin for the clam lovers. Although T. derasa and T. squamosa hybrids have been around for years, the…