There is an oil field in the Arabian Peninsula that point known origins of higher life to more than 635 million years ago. Gordon Love of the University of California said: “It is, definitively, the earliest evidence for animals.” Interestingly…
Tridacna ‘maxea’: New giant clam hybrid of Tridacna maxima x T. crocea
It’s not everyday that we get a new giant clam species but this week’s coral shipment to the LFS included a special sumthin for the clam lovers. Although T. derasa and T. squamosa hybrids have been around for years, the…
Aquatic Life Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115 coming
One strong suit in this weak economy for retailers and manufactures are nano aquariums. With the current onslaught of nano skimmers on the market, it makes sense then that Aquatic Life would throw its name in the hat. Their Internal…
ATB Economical skimmers heading towards US, UK not so lucky
We’ve been hearing and reporting about ATB’s economical line of skimmers that they have been working on for some time now. Finally after several months of waiting they have arrived shipped over here to the United States. We are still…
Royal Exclusiv working on Cone Skimmer?
Naturally, it wouldn’t surprise us at all that Royal Exclusiv is working on a cone skimmer of sorts. However, with the added evidence that we have received, a cone skimmer coming from the luxury manufacturer is more of a reality.…
Big trouble brewing for the future of aquarium LEDs
Well we started hearing murmurs of trouble brewing at PFO and our investigation has revealed some startling news which will affect the future of all LEDs for aquarium use. The story all began when we were informed that PFO Lighting,…
Poor Nemo won’t be able to find his home if someone doesnt add buffer to the oceans
We’re not sure what’s up with ocean and reef research lately but there seems to be quite a plethora of gloomy ecology papers being published, each decrying a new way that the ocean is down the creek withouth a paddle.…
Fauna Marin Star Fire T5 lighting prototype outs itself
We first reported about the Fauna Marin Star Fire T5 lighting unit some time back. Then, we only had CAD drawings to show you and finally Fauna Marin has ousted a prototype model for us to gaze our eyes upon.…
Elos Mini Elites available in all blue flavors
When the Elos Mini system was launched it was paired with a white LED elite system that had a select amount of blue LEDs integrated with the unit. However, with release of the manta brackets which allow you to pair…
Royal Exclusiv Strong Flow pumps leak out
Royal Exclusiv is one manufactuer in Germany that certainly doesn’t sit on its laurels as of yet. With the launch of their Red Dragon II pumps earlier last year we wondered what would next be on their agenda. They have…
