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Friday Smorgasbord: Death and taxes edition

Here we are in 2018 with our first Friday Smorgasbord of the new year. While compiling some great stories, we noticed a bit of a dark theme emerging, therefore we dubbed this…

Star Spike Coral Is An Incredibly Neat Nano Soft Coral

There’s a whole world of soft corals that the reef aquarium world knows nothing about, both photosynthetic and azooxanthellate. Asterospicularia is one of those softies that is primed for being grown in reef tanks, and which we affectionately call ‘Star Spike’ as…

Aquatic Technology Also Raises Captive Bred Hawaiian Harlequin Shrimp

The Harlequin shrimp is one of the most fascinating crustaceans which is also great for even the smallest of nano reef tanks. As long as you can get past the part where they need to be fed starfish – it’s…

Surgeonfish

Tailless Sailfin Tang Looks Surprisingly Normal

Tiny Zebrasoma tangs aren’t much more than huge dorsal and anal fins with a tiny body sandwiched in the middle, and this is especially true of the sailfin tang. So oddly enough, this tailless Z. veliferum offerred by AquaGift in…

New Species

Three New Species of Cryptic Zoanthids

There’s a whole wide world of zoanthids that the aquarium hobby never sees, quite literally because they live in very cryptic areas, in caves, and otherwise try to blend in. The genus Antipathozoanthus is very unique because nearly species are…

Corals Down Under Teases a Fresh Crop of Interesting Corals

It’s always a good day when I see at least one coral or picture of a coral that is worth talking about. A recent harvest by Corals Down Under features more than a handful of specimens that I would love…

Turbocharge your BLUE Stony Corals with 370nm UV Spotlights

The vast majority of reefers reading this definitely don’t need a specialized spotlight for exotic ultraviolet spectrum – but since when is the reefing hobby one of necessity? However if you’re interested in getting the sickest blue coloration from SPS…

There’s A Whole Lot Going On At Biota Palau (Video)

Several years in and Biota Palau, together with its distribution arm Biota Aquariums, is quickly becoming one of the most progressive aquaculture enterprises in the aquarium hobby. Bringing us desirable captive bred fish such as Coral Beauty angelfish, mandarin dragonets,…

Carpet Anemones

Get A Look at this Rainbow Carpet Anemone!

Back in my day, bright blue or purple carpet anemones were the bee’s knees, and I distinctly remember where I was when I heard there were RED carpet anemones, and again when I first saw one. That’s all ancient history now because…

Neptune Systems

Neptune COR pumps finally shipping

The Neptune COR return pumps that were teased over two years ago at MACNA have finally began shipping just before the holidays. The Neptune COR-15 and Neptune COR-20 are variable speed, brushless, DC-driven centrifugal pumps designed to be intelligent, energy-efficient…