Solid Vodka Dosing is a relatively new concept from a company called NP Biopellets. The carbon source-infused polymer beads are meant to grow bacteria in layers that could usher in a revolutionary new way to manage nutrients in aquarium water.…
Underwater Museum showcases the reef sculptures of Jason de Caires Taylor
The Underwater Museum in the waters of Cancun Mexico are a stark contrast to the natural reefing most of us strive for. However, like the Live Bottles project, this moving display of human likeness will be forever in flux as…
Coral Gardening in Fiji gets demoed on HD video
If you had any doubt about how fast and colorful corals can grow in the ocean, here’s a time delayed video to natural growth rates in context. This segment of coral gardening is an exerpt from tne BBC film “Fragile…
NAC7 a cone skimmer from Bubble Magus
Bubble Magus has been known to make low cost, or in other words down right cheap aquarium products and this holds true with their newest cone shaped skimmer. The NAC7. This small cone skimmer is rated for aquariums from 500…
Love the ink, hate the needle?
If you like tattoos and octopus, but fear needles, then these tights from Esty are for you. Slide the silky Italian 40 Den tights up your legs and sport what everyone will think is an octopus tattoo, raising your status…
Propagating Gracilaria for fun and food!
At MACNA XXI two weeks ago, I had the honor of doing a workshop on propagating my favorite  macroalgae, Gracilaria. This genus has a lot going for it, as far as us fish geeks are concerned: it is readily available,…
Are Yellow and Scopas tangs more than kissing cousins?
Sometimes the best discoveries in science are happy accidents, and this year researchers at the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding uncovered some genetic data which supports ideas that hobbyists have been suspecting for years: namely, that some fishes we assumed…
Aquarium nuisance lends its “sting” to medicine
Aiptasia. The name alone brings shudders through many aquarists’ bodies but this prolific reef tank nuisance is being put to good use by the Israeli bio-medical firm NanoCyte. According to a recent article in New Scientist, the company has found…
Marine Depot’s Forum Giveaway
Marine Depot has a new giveaway (disclosure: they sponsor RB) that is celebrating their newly designed forum. The contest is actually pretty simple, post a comment in their thread and then you’ll be entered into their contest. You can win…
Mazzucato Nano Aquarium Sculpture is perhaps the most expensive nano ever made
The Mazzucatto Aquarium Sculpture is simply amazing, Huge thanks to Shaun Stinnett for the story and the write up! We spend so much time looking for the next big thing in this Industry, sometimes it is fun to see where…
