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Have you heard about the marine aquarium reality show? It took us by surprise too

It might be a little dry at first but if you’ve ever set up a marine tank then you will be able to appreciate the new reality web-show L.A. Fishguys. The show…

And you thought Helfrich’s firefish were rare

What we have here is a glowing deepwater morph of the already highly sought after Helfrich’s firefish, Nemateleotris helfrichi. This particular variant comes from Cook Island at about 220 feet which is over 100 feet deeper than the normal Helfrich…

Possible new Liopropoma basslet species

Holy smokes Batman, look at that basslet! This new Liopropoma was discovered by Dennis Reynolds who sent the fish to Scott Michael for some input. The species is very similar to Liopropoma swalesi but there are some clear differences in…

Red Sea reef fish found to fluoresce red

Researchers in the Red Sea have recently discovered that many different types of reef fish fluoresce red. Since red light is filtered out within the first 30 feet of reef water, it was believed that red was not a very…

Mogul base LED from CoralDynamics has a name and a webpage

The mogul based LED light from Coral Dyamics which we reported on a couple weeks back has showed up on CoralDynamics.com with a name and a webpage. The new light will be known as the AquariumLED or ALED. We are…

iCA 3.0 nano chiller pre-orders on Nano-Tuners

We don’t know what’s up with this rash of preorders but anyway, Nano-Tuners has started taking orders on the next generation iCA 3.0 NanoChiller. The Nano-Customs team has put their CNC machine to work and they have engineered some improved…

Just in time for Winter: Tropic Marin reef snow

It wont actually make your tank any colder, but it might make your inhabitants happier. Reef snow, a new product from Tropic marine is a concentrated powder that when mixed with RO/DI forms a nice thick snow layer that can…

Designer clownfish fascinating to some, repulsive to others

As long time aquarists, we are somewhat on the fence about so-called designer clownfish. On the one hand, a clownfish is already gorgeous, on the other hand, some of the picasso and naked clowns are somewhat novel to look at.…

Tropic Marin Reef ACTIF seeks to do just that

Reef ACTIF is a adsorber and bacterial nutrient for saltwater aquariums. The product is suspended in the aquarium water where it bonds with both nutrients and water contaminants making them available as nutrients to bacteria and other animals that feed…