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ELOS Maintenance Holder is a pretty smart idea

We love perusing the web looking to uncover cool things with our readers. Every so often we come across a product that is so simple and useful, you wonder why you haven’t…

Coral

Cycloseris boschmai is the smallest free living disc coral to date

There’s a new species of Cycloseris on the block and this one is distinguished by how small it remains. Growing up to only two inches (50mm) in diameter, Cyloseris boschmai was recently, finally described after more than three decades of…

Skimmer

New Seaside Aquatics DC-100 skimmer uses the smallest DC pump

SeaSide Aquatics has a new DC-Powered protein skimmer on the block, the itty bitty DC-100 which uses the smallest DC water pump we’ve ever seen for aquarium use. While controllable DC pumps made a huge disruptive change to many of…

Saltwater fish can’t do this! Cichlid parents rule

There are few writers in the marine aquarium world who can claim to love marine fish any more than we do. We do our best to cover the weird, the rare, the colorful, the unusual, and with Matt Pedersen’s help,…

Nano Aquarium

There are so many more Trimma out there waiting to be discovered and offered

Trimma are the quintessential nano reef fish that is bound to show up on the planning board when it comes to stocking up a small tank. Over the years the Trimma gobies are gaining popularity and more and more species…

FistaFiltration teases us with ‘Nano Drop’ aquarium

You might remember FistaFiltration, the UK-based acrylicsmith we covered in 2012. We were recently teased with an interesting take on the nano aquarium from the company dubbed the FistaFiltration Nano Drop aquarium. The nano-sized drop tank holds around 70 liters…

Companies

Giesemann adds a few updated features to LEDs

The Giesemann LED line has had a few upgrades recently to give current and future owners a bit more control over their German LED fixtures. The company recently shared information on a new ‘Sunshift’ feature For Futura and Futura-S platforms…

Saltwater Fish

Aberrant Moorish Idol absolutely defies belief

This aberrant moorish idol from Segrest Farms is a specimen the likes of which we never expected to see. There’s only one species of moorish idol, Zanclus canescens, and it is placed in its own family Zanclidae, which split off from the…

Companies

The 2013 LED Showdown Final is Here!

The 2013 LED Showdown is at its final two contenders and this year we have America’s powerhouse LED manufacturers going head to head – AquaIllumination Hydra/Hydra 52 vs. Ecotech Radion/Radion PRO. Both are worthy lights that really are incredible, showing…

Equipment

Protect Your Marine Livestock from the Perils of Powerheads

We marine aquarium hobbyists generally strive to create aquatic environments that are as naturalistic as possible for the animals in our care. We use high-quality salt mixes to replicate natural sea water (assuming we don’t collect salt water directly from…