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Sicce LED’s bicolored light still results in impressive SPS corals
You got to give it to Sicce; they took a very different route with their LED lighting formula and while it remains one of the more exotic LEDs in the American aquarium…
Thieves in Ohio make away with all of Dirk’s equipment – $1,000 reward if found
While these certainly aren’t the stories we like hearing about or reporting, from time to time we learn about theft within the industry. This time, it hits pretty close to home. We were just informed that while on schedule to…
Hydor’s Smart Level Control was well worth the wait
The first time we saw the Hydor Smart Level, it was practically love at first sight. What’s not to swoon about a simple box with three cords, one power switch and a few basic indicator LEDs? we knew then that…
Beware These 5 Pitfalls When Buying Used Equipment for Your Marine Aquarium
There’s no question that setting up a saltwater aquarium can be a costly proposition. One way to help defray those initial expenses is to buy used equipment and materials when possible. There’s always someone upgrading to a new system, moving…
BettaMag: Two Little Fishies reveals the tiniest glass cleaning magnet to date
The BettaMag is a diminutive little magnet fromTwo Little Fishies which is here to cleanest the smallest of aquariums. The Two Little Fishies BettaMag is smaller than the NanoMag, and smaller still than the MagFox for cleaning pipes and hard…
Mature adult Spotcinctus is a knockout clownfish
It’s been over four years since ORA unleashed the Spotcinctus clownfish onto the aquarium hobby and you know what that means? That means there are some gorgeous, beautiful adult specimens of this designer clownfish which are showing the strain’s full…
Kamoer 3 channel doser gets picked up by Deepwater Aquatics
Deepwater Aquatics has imported and begun distributing a high quality multi-channel aquarium dosing pump made by Kamoer out of China. Kamoer is an unknown brand in the aquarium scene, but they are well known in the medical and laboratory fields for…
Purple Sea Plume Gorgonians should be in way more reef tanks
For awhile now I have been trying to educate more aquarists about gorgonians and how they deserve a spot in their personal reefs as much as other corals do. You can see my more comprehensive article on keeping photosynthetic gorgonians.…
BlueHarbor acquires a new pair of the super rare Cirrhilabrus squirei
BlueHarbor, whose shop is now flooded with rare fish from the Southern Pacific, is also home to two rare fairy wrasses from the Coral Sea. This is the newest member of the highly perplexing “lunatus” species complex that is also…
Aqua Medic Live is set up for success
Sometime this summer Aqua Medic of North America began expanding its business from just hard goods to the import and wholesale of live corals with a new division called Aqua Medic Live. Aqua Medic itself is a well-established brand and…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
