New Morse Code PNG Maroon Clownfish from Sea & Reef

Sea & Reef Aquaculture announced the release of their new PNG-lineage “Morse Code” Maroon Clownfish, Premnas biaculeatus. Lovers of the Lightning Maroon Clownfish, or for that matter any of the unusual Maroon Clownfish that came out of Papua New Guinea…

LED Showdown Round 2: Who survived and who is moving on

The first round of the 2013 Reef Builders LED showdown is in the books. After the dust settled there were some pretty clear winners and a few closer battles but the bottom line is, some of the tougher battles are…

Maxspect close to releasing Wide Angle Reflector for Razor LED

Maxspect is shedding a little more info on the wide angle reflector option for the R420R (or “Razor” as it’s commonly known) series of LED fixtures. The new reflector modules will be standard on the upcoming 43.5″ long 300W model…

Orphek’s Azurelite is an indispensable reef aquarium tool

When we first received a sample of the Azurelite LED flashlight from Orphek, we knew that it would be a good little light toy, a useful accessory, but we never thought it would get so much regular usage. We use the…

The juvenile Kamohara fang blenny is scribblier and more cryptic than the adults

It has been awhile since we’ve gotten one of the aquarium world’s first Kamohara fang blenny from Koji Wada of Blueharbor, and even recapped our trials and tribulations with the fish, but our love for this blenny is still burning…

Apex Fusion beta test video leaked

A video of the Apex Fusion beta test was recently leaked on a message board and we have to say we are pretty excited about what we saw. When we came across the Apex Fusion at MACNA, we thought this…

On location for the first ever unboxing of the Nuvo Shallow Reef aquarium

Just under two weeks ago we swung by the offices of Innovative Marine and happened to stop by just in time to check out their first shipments of production made Nuvo Shallow Reef aquariums. Now we specify “production-made” because the…

Green splash sandal corals begin to appear in manageable sizes

As an avid fungiid lover, we were absolutely thrilled to visit that ginormous green splash sandal coral at Global Oceanic Life after MACNA. At the same time we regretted that such an awesome coral was of such an unrealistic size…

New Thrive Water Lab video give users a taste of automated water testing

Thrive Aquatics has just released a video walkthrough of the forthcoming Thrive Water Lab water testing kiosk. Due to begin popping up in some of the swankier stores around the country any day now, the Thrive Water Lab had its…

Chronicles of Meiacanthus kamoharai: From emaciate to immaculate

Nearly two months ago we obtained what could be the first Kamohara fangblenny exported out of Japan. Although late last month we reported that a couple of specimens were headed to the U.S of A during the MACNA season, probably…