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Prisma Canvas ‘Chambered Nautilus’ and ‘Harlequin Shrimp’ original artworks will premier at MACNA

Kaitlyn Cameron’s Prisma Canvas is no stranger to producing amazingly inspired hand drawings of amazing reef life, like the ‘Yin-Yang Mandarin‘ and scores of other great subjects. As her follow-up Kaitlyn has…

Safety Stop from BlueLife USA is the first dip for reef fish providing ‘instant quarantine’

Safety Stop is a new product from Blue Life USA which is billed as “instant fish quarantine”. The veterinarian-formulated Safety Stop is the first commercial product to offer the benefits of dipping fish in a solution which helps to knock…

You’d never believe this cone skimmer is DIY

Whether it is the $1 Mame Nano skimmer, or the traffic cone skimmer we’re big fans of cheap, DIY protein skimmers. Rather than the ghetto fabulous skimmers we covered previously however, the skimmer built in this tutorial is totally legit.…

Bluespace Aquarium’s spectacular anthias display is an eye-catching showcase from Bangkok

A tank full of colorful Anthias is always an attractive sight for onlookers. Mixing of the bright orange, yellow, pink, and assorted colors of Anthias and Pseudanthias reef fish species makes for good eye candy anytime you look at them.…

GHL Control Center updated in advance of new GHL Mitras LX, plus more details on the fixture

GHL just updated its GHL Control Center software adding English support in advance of the new GHL Mitras LX 6100 that will be making its North American debut at MACNA in Dallas this week. The updated software has a more…

Blackspot pygmy angelfish found living in Australia, net-caught and MAC certified

This feature of the blackspot pygmy angelfish is a great inaugural post from what will become a regular contribution from various team members of Cairns Marine. Being one of Australia’s largest marine life collectors comes with its perks and when…

Lawrence Chan’s SPS reef from Hong Kong

Lawrence Chan’s SPS reef is just a plain nice looking SPS dominated aquarium. Great coloration, enough room for the corals to grow and a big hammer dominating the scape make this aquarium a pleasure to look at. Located in Hong…

New 144 watt Reef Breeders LED fixture come with a different look

For this 144 watt Reef Breeders LED fixture, “interesting” is probably the best description we can come up with. The Reef Breeders LED fixtures aren’t necessarily ugly, but they are not the prettiest things in the world either. These…

Coris cuvieri, an Indian Ocean variant of a very familiar aquarium wrasse

Coris cuvieri, the African Coris is one of many wrasse species which goes all but overlooked in favor of the common coris wrasse, Coris gaimard. Although we occasionally see the African Formosa Coris in the US, the other African Coris (Coris cuvieri) from…

Starfish digestion video proves these slow moving inverts are not so innocent

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/45154593[/vimeo] The only thing potentially better than living comfortably between two shells, happy as a clam, is living in a tight cluster as a mussel. That is until your defenses are turned against you. The slow moving Pisaster…