Hands-on with the impressively built Zetlight ZP3600 PRO LED light

The Zetlight ZP3600 Pro is part of a new breed of LED lights from China which exhibit a higher degree of industrial design outfitted with higher grade LEDs and a modern set of features. We’ve seen these well-packaged LED lights…

Acclimating Corals in 4 Easy Steps

Is there a better feeling than adding something new to your reef tank? Buying new corals feels like opening presents on a holiday. We got in some new corals and while acclimating them to our tanks, it reminded me how…

Sneak peek of World Wide Corals’ massive new booth for MACNA 2013

World Wide Corals is going really big with a new booth they’ve built for MACNA 2013. With half a years worth of design and tweaking the concept, Lou & Victor are ready to bring a new level of professionalism to…

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish: One of the Best Aquarium Butterflies

The butterflyfishes tend to be a touchy lot when it comes to aquarium keeping. Many have highly specialized diets that are difficult—if not impossible—to satisfy in aquariums. Several are obligate corallivores, which means they eat nothing but coral polyps, making…

Have you ever seen such an incredible bubble coral?

What this little bubble coral lacks in size it more than makes up for with one-of-a-kind appearance. Despite being hardy, beautiful, common and cheap, bubble corals have been taking a backseat to some of the more brilliant species imported for…

Seneye Web Server brings the Seneye probe truly online

The Seneye Web Server is a new box from Seneye which will finally put their nifty monitoring probe online all the time, without the use of a computer. Previously, aquarists interested in getting some real-time updates and levels on their…

Marine Aquarium Acronyms: LFS Defined (Plus 8 Traits of a Good One)

Among marine aquarium enthusiasts, it’s fairly safe to say that no acronym is bandied about with greater frequency than “LFS.” But what exactly does that mean? London Free School? Libertarian Futurist Society? Laughing, Fraudulent Seals? I kid, of course. In…

Current USA Satellite LEDs are the most refined aquarium striplights to date

Often times when a product comes across our review bench we take great pains to highlight what said device or additive is particularly good at, while gently addressing the flaws and identifying what kind of aquarist would be best served…

Face-to-face with the hyper rare tiger angelfish in nature and the aquarium

Any of the rare fish fanciers out there who’ve kept up with some of my writings know that I have a sort of infatuation with South Africa’s endemic tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi. So, when I got the invitation to come to…

ATI Powercone Skimmer Review: Great features can be surprisingly affordable

The ATI Powercone is an interesting protein skimmer which has been a long time coming. First announced way way back in July 2010, this year saw the first deliveries of this feature rich protein skimmer hitting the United States. Although…