The Aquatronica Light line of dimmable T5 lights and controlling modules allows you to get a fully controlled, dimmable T5 lighting system via modular connections. The system starts with the Aquatronica T5 dimmable light bar that is available in either…
ORA unveils a new cultivar – ORA Acropora Solitaryensis
Today ORA announced the latest in a string of new releases – the ORA Solitaryensis. For those of you who love the tabling Acroporids, as well as those of you who never heard of something so cool, this one is…
Starfire Nano tanks from Wilco Design are beautiful little boxes
The new Starfire Mini-Reef Tank from WilCo Designs are stunning little aquariums for the aquarist looking for form and function from their cube. Coming in three sizes – 22, 32 and 52 gallons – the Mini-Reef Tank is constructed from…
New Acropora is among ten new species of stony corals discovered in Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii
New Acropora species are not discovered very often so it was with great excitement that we came to learn that a recent biodiversity survey in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands discovered a new Acropora species from Papahanaumokuakea. If you’ll recall, last…
Horizontal Calcium Reactor masterpiece from My Reef Creation is a design that was way overdue
The Horizontal calcium reactor above may be photographed standing up, but this is one little number that was specially built to lay flat. If necessity is the mother of invention, then tight space restrictions in the stand of William Scherbath…
Tiny little masked angelfish caught and filmed in Hawaii
Superstar deepwater reef fish collector Rufus Kimura and Co. have successfully captured a tiny little masked angelfish juvenile, Genicanthus personatus. Right as we were retiring for last night we heard whisperings that a juvenile Genicanthus personatus had been caught at…
AquaDriver releases two new Skim Clean sizes
Aqua Driver has just released two new sizes in their automatic line of Skim Clean. The smallest size is 50-90 mm which means that it was designed for very small protein skimmers and might be a good fit for a…
Rethinking The Local Fish Store
In this postmodern, internet-based hobby world, it seems that the venerable local fish store (“LFS”) is under constant attack. E-tailers, hobbyist’ garage based start-ups, group buys, eBay, Craigslist, and even frag swaps are but a few of the challenges facing…
False Shepard’s Hybrid Pygmy angelfish in the UK and US
The false shepard hybrid angelfish is a unique Centropyge that occurs with some regularity near ornamental marine fish collection sites in the Phillipines. Less than two years ago when the false shepard hybrid angelfish first started becoming available it was…
