First preview of Animal Planet’s Tanked aquarium TV series

We were very excited to learn that mainstream TV is interested in the aquarium world enough to produce an aquarium reality TV series called Tanked, and the first preview doesn’t disappoint. If you’re a fan of all the building shows…

Tunze issues statement regarding the results of the propeller pump flow article

Earlier today, a water flow study was published which showed a more accurate way to measure water flow from aquarium propeller water pumps. The flow study showed some big differences between measured and advertised flow: some models measured higher than…

Giant squid found off coast of Florida

Fisherman out for an enjoyable time on the water off the coast of Florida hauled in quite a surprise when they found a rare 25-foot-long giant squid floating in the water. According to details listed in a press release from…

Coral Search becomes Corals of the World online, every stony coral species now a click away (again)

Corals of the World online is a modernized version of the old staple website for coral identification, Coral Search. Before Coral Search the average aquarist would have been hardpressed to name more than a dozen species of stony corals, and…

The problem with romanticizing the reef hobby and idolizing demagogues

After reading Scott Fellman’s post about bad reefing ideas, I started to think about where a lot crazy shifts in reefkeeping have originated. Usually it’s from some reefkeeping “expert”.  More often than not, I have had to ask myself what…

BIG Banggai Cardinalfish Book for the scholar of Pterapogon kauderni

Dr. Alejandro A. Vagelli’s 224 page tome, “The Banggai Cardinalfish : Natural History, Conservation and Culture of Pterapogon kauderni” is on presale now through Amazon for the discounted price of $154.11. Obviously this is no ordinary fish book; Dr. Vagelli…

Accidental clownfish hybrids abound at ORA

Hybrid clownfish mostly take a backseat to clownfish varieties in the marine aquarium captive breeding world but wild clownfish crosses like Thielli clownfish and white-cap clownfish are always in high demand. We tend to think of wild clownfish crosses as…

Reef Octopus Nano Overflow goes into production with tightly integrated features

The mysterious Nano Overflow box from Reef Octopus we spied last December has gotten a face lift and is heading into production shortly giving all you nano tank owners the ability to get a small but useful overflow to any small aquarium.…

Reef Keeper Elite (2.04), Lite (2.05) receive updated firmware plus bug fixes

Digital Aquatics announced through their online forum that they have released a bevy of new firmware updates to their Reef Keeper units. To start, the Reef keeper Elite head unit has been updated to version (2.04) and improves upon the…

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