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Rising Tide announces success with captive-bred Green Chromis

Green Chromis as a species complex (Chromis viridis, C. caerulea, and C. atripectoralis) represent the NUMBER ONE species collected for the marine aquarium hobby*, yet unlike another popular bread & better species…

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Photosynthetic Gorgonians for the Home Aquaria

Of all the amazing corals that are available to the reef aquarium hobbyists nowadays, gorgonians are frequently overlooked when choosing corals for our aquariums. In the wild they are a vital part of the environment; they filter water, provide sanctuary…

Friday Smorgasbord: A lot about stories about dolphins and more

As we’re waiting for Happy Hour and our weekend to officially start, we’ve got a dose of ocean-related goodies to share in this installment of the Friday Smorgasbord. We could probably call this edition Dolphin Tales since there are a…

NutriDiet Flake foods from Seachem for Marine, Tropical, Cichlids & Goldfish

NutriDiet Flake foods from Seachem have been a long time coming. Following on the releases of other specialty foods and additives like the NutriDiet Mealworms, GarlicGuard and Entice, it was probably just a matter of time until Seachem entered the…

Watch the Monterey Bay Aquarium Kelp exhibit and more, live in HD

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is probably one of the most well known aquariums in the US, and is a must see stop for many visiting the area. If it happens to be the case that you can’t check it out…

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Up close and personal with Synchiropus occidentalis

To be perfectly honest, our first look at the West Australia Dragonet appeared to show a species which bears a lot of similarities to the common green target mandarin. The Dragonet from West Australia is sometimes classified as the unique…

Cubic Aquarium looks to Polyplab for distribution in the American market

There’s been a lot of hustle and bustle at Polyplab lately with the release of Reef-Roids Nano and Orca Labs NitraGuard BioCubes and now they’re going for the jellyfish tank market. Polyplab has been named the exclusive North American distributor…

LED Showdown Semifinals: down to the Final Four

We’re getting down to the end of the road and have the Final Four in our 2012 LED showdown. We have four great fixtures in the pool and at this point, any of these lights are worthy of the crown…

Thieves rob local fish store with everything caught on tape (again)

Stealing is an unfortunate reality even in this hobby, and over the years we’ve almost lost count how many times local fish stores have been blatantly robbed. Strangely almost all of the incidents have the robbers clearly caught on camera.…

Atomic Reef is back at producing nuclear reef aquarium equipment

Atomic Reef the company we initially covered for their macho and nuclear neon green reactors, is back to producing their acrylic reactors, skimmers, sumps and other products. Since covering Atomic Reef back in August and with the general spread of name…