Pseudanthias charlenae is a spanking new anthias to hit the reef scene. First discovered in Cenderawasih Bay, P. charlenae has been reported to have been trickling into the aquarium trade in small amounts. Although most reports of them hitting aquarium…
AquaticLife press-fit tubing parts kit for serious RO/DI wizardry
Anyone who’s set up or added onto an existing reverse osmosis, deionization (RO/DI) unit has probably felt the pain of having to run out to the hardware store and grabbing a few 1/4 in. press-fit fittings to add more hose,…
MBI’s Marine Breeding Workshop, Year Two in Review
Last weekend in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, well over 50 marine fish and invertebrate breeders from the US and Canada came together for the 2nd Annual MBI Breeder’s Workshop. This one-day conference was held at the Cranbrook Institute of Science situated…
Vitrea making major push to US market
Vitrea is planning on a stronger push to the United States Market. We have learned they will be setting up distributorship and yanking the “Vitrea USA” that was previously established. In the meantime, they are looking for new dealers to…
Hybrid clownfish strikes again, this time it looks like a tomato x ocellaris
It’s not only special designer morph clownfish and insane man made hybrid clownfish that show the most unusual appearance in the aquarium trade, nature always has some interesting ‘crazy’ clownfish too too! Here I came up with a photograph of…
Pacific Sun Android app taps accelerometer to control lighting
Pacific Sun is launching a unique Android app that taps into the accellerometer to control lighting. The Pacific Sun Android app is available for Android 2.x and higher and allows you to tilt your phone left or right to shift…
Insane Trachyphyllia from Route 66 Marine outshines even some top shelf Scolymia
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi is imported in such vast numbers from the Indo Pacific, and considerable numbers from Australia, that it’s easy to forget how beautiful ‘Trachies’ can be. Case in point is this mind blowing, jaw-dropping insane Australian Trachyphyllia imported by…
New lightning maroon clownfish video emerges showing a successful pairing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98hthaSPkKM[/youtube] It only took 18 months but our very own Matt Pedersen has finally succeeded in growing up the lightning maroon clownfish and pairing it with compatible partner. When the lightning maroon clownfish was initially imported, it was so small…
Ecotech Radion LED trademarked by the makers of the Vortech
The Ecotech Radion LED is a newly registered trademark from Ecotech Marine, makers of the Vortech propeller water pump. For years Ecotech Marine just made water pumps and a battery for it, but this year we saw a completely new…
Rare Odontanthias fuscipinis appeared in small batch in Thailand
As you may know, Odontanthias species are not a common fish that you expect to encounter in any normal fish store. The Yellow fin Anthias, Odontanthias fuscipinnis, is one of the hardly seen deepwater anthias other than the more common…
