The Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus is one of those rare deepwater reef fish that is so uncommonly seen or collected that very few pictures of it even exist. It was very exciting to hear that AquaTouch in Phoenix AZ will…
Clown Triggerfish inspired Hightops
While keyword mining for “funky triggerfish” last weekend we stumbled across these unique clown triggerfish inspired hightop Nike sneakers. Normally when this sort of mimicry of nature is attempted on personal apparel it turns into a train wreck that is…
Poached Takeuchi angelfish on video still suffering from decompression issues
The Takeuchi angelfish is a species of Genicanthus that can only be found in waters of the Ogasawara Islands. The Ogasawaras are protected in that you can fish and you can collect fish but neither of which are allowed with…
Hydor recalling some Theo 300 watt aquarium heaters
Hydor is recalling their Theo 300W aquarium heater product that was sold across the United States and the rest of the world. The recall is only effective if you own a specific batch number for the heater specifically 929 –…
Sapphire Aquatics closes its doors, nano aquariums never to be the same
Sapphire Aquatics, the small niche nano aquarium manufacturer has shut its doors. Some users first reported something was up with the company when the firm decided to stop sponsoring small club sites and in the end stopped communicating with emails.…
Macropharyngodon vivienae: madagascar leopard wrasse starts showing up in Kenyan exports
Macropharyngodon vivienae is an exciting fish that is thought to be an endemic to Madagascar reefs and parts of the East African coastline from Natal to Durban. This is a fish so rare that we’ve only seen one live specimen…
Reef Light T LED aquarium fixture from Reef Republic
Reef Republic a company based out of Poland has their new reefLIGHT T series ready for the public. The reefLIGHT T series is a new LED aquarium fixture available in three sizes: reefLight 50, 100 and 150. The lights don’t…
New Seashine LIFI plasma light rolling out soon, Game Changer gets initial pricing
The upcoming Seashine LIFI plama lighting fixture by Stray Light Optical Technology is definitely one of most promising new technologies heading into the trade. We had the pleasure of finding out more about this light including pricing and availability from…
Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today
Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging…
Acriche introduce worlds first 100 lumens per watt, AC powered LED
Seoul Semiconductor has introduced the first 100 lumens per watt LED light source in 2010. This new 100 lm/w offers 25% greater efficiency then any other existing light product on the market today and will be marketed under the Acriche…
