When companies aim to make a budget friendly or value conscious brand they often have to make a lot of compromises to get the total cost down in the final product but this trend doesn’t seem to apply to Maxspect’s…
A Close Look at Captive Bred Regal Angelfish
Regal angelfish are one of the most unique of all angelfish being the only species belonging to a monotypic genus, Pygoplites, and also the only angelfish to have two described subspecies, a rare designation among marine fish. It was nearly three years…
A Great Technique for Shipping Delicate Coral Colonies
Shipping corals across and around the country is a feat that is performed thousands of times per day but it wasn’t always so, and it wasn’t always a great outcome. In the last twenty years the hobby has grown collectively…
Stands are the most Underrated Gear of Aquarium Keeping [Video]
There’s a lot of ‘sexy’ and exciting equipment and gear in the broader aquarium hobby but none is more overlooked yet more crucial than the venerable aquarium stand. Aquarists might put a lot of consideration and research into what kind…
ReefStock Denver is just Three Weeks Away!
ReefStock is a unique flavor of reef aquarium event home grown in the Colorado Rockies since 2008 to really focus on what makes aquarium conferences an aquarium party you won’t want to miss. Like many aspects of our lives we…
Hyper Yellow Swissguard Basslet Lands at Abyss Aquatic Warehouse
The swissguard basslet, Liopropoma rubre, is a gorgeous Caribbean basslet that mostly gets overshadowed by the candy basslet and other deeper living species, but not this one. Liopropoma basslets are already pretty enough but it’s actually very rare to see unusual…
Pericelis tectivorum, the GIANT Predatory Flatworm
Pericelis tectivorum is the name that was bestowed to a rare species of large flatworm that is occasionally encountered in reef aquaria and can really shock reefers who don’t know what to make of it. If you’re familiar with the…
Building an Emergency Marine Livestock Holding Setup
If you keep any kind of aquarium for long enough you will inevitably come across the need to hold orphaned livestock in a pinch. A couple fish or a few corals can usually fit into existing setups but if you…
ADA Twist Counter is an accessory we wish we needed
There are a lot of aquarium products that are of questionable use or benefit to an aquarium and some of these fall firmly under the fancy flourish department. The ADA Twist Counter is a clever twist on the typical bubble…
Daytime Pendix lets you select and fit your own LED modules
They say you can’t see the wood for the trees, and in 2016 Interzoo, the world’s biggest pet trade show, was so filled with news-worthy LED lamps that these must have literally passed us by. Or we passed them by.…
