A Chaetodon burgessi/tinkeri hybrid butterflyfish has been imported into the UK. It’s been ten whole years since we started to see these pop up in the trade but in that time very few if any have made it to England.…
Sicce adds voice control to all SDC pumps
Sicce has added voice control to its popular line of SDC controllable DC pumps. Xstream, Syncra and PSK users may not have noticed the “voice assistants’ option on the ContrAll app, enabling users to turn pumps on and off now…
Tropic Marin shows the fruits of their coral reproduction labor
Tropic Marin displayed the first captive-bred Acropora in Germany at Interzoo 2022. The display was small and understated but was actually the most important stand at the show in terms of helping to protect the future of both our hobby…
Hanna Halo 2 Review: An Affordable and Accurate pH meter
The original Hanna Halo wireless pH meter is one of the best standalone pH testers we’ve ever used so naturally, Hanna went and made it even better with the Halo 2. The Halo 2 has all the same features of…
Double Black Fin Angelfish Linked to Centropyge bicolor
The Centropyge pygmy angelfish make up the largest genus of marine angelfishes and their diversity and abundance has led to many different variants being discovered by the aquarium hobby. Among these oddball pygmies there exists a whole spectrum of poorly studied…
Hygger Makes the Most Interesting but Sketchy Heaters
Hygger makes a lot of different devices for keeping aquariums from lights to pumps to tanks but we want to talk about the Hygger aquarium heaters. Within the aquarium hobby the most static and stagnant devices of all are aquarium…
The Most ‘Natural’ Aquascape is Built With a Variety of Rocks
Aquascaping is one of the more artistic aspects of reefkeeping with many subjective guidelines to consider for creating the most appealing arrangements of rocks and corals. Some reefers really aim to have an impressive aquascape from just the rocks alone, others really…
Carbon Doser V2 Review: Precise CO2 Dosing in the Wrong Direction
The Carbon Doser V2 is the second version of a very ingenious way to meter out pressurized gas, in aquarium applications this means carbon dioxide. To this day the overwhelming majority of carbon dioxide regulators use some kind of solenoid…
New Wave Concepts go Voodoo with phosphorescent acrylic aquariums
Acrylic tank manufacturers New Wave has produced a range of glowing aquariums called Voodoo. Edgelit acrylic sheets are not new, nor even glowing edge aquariums, but Voodoo is not what you think it is, as it’s actually the glue that…
Coral fluorescence lures prey in deep habitats
An article published in the Journal Nature has found that mesophotic corals may use their fluorescence to lure and capture zooplankton. In the past, fluorescence has been linked to many factors from screening harmful radiation to facilitating photosynthesis in corals,…
