The beauty of unintended good planning

This summer has been unusually warm across the US, brutally hot, actually. My area of the Southeast was recently hit with a triple digit heat wave. Around the same time, my air conditioner decided to break. Needless to say, my…

CherryAqua-Ocean LED a simple, controllable LED light from South Korea

  We first saw the CherryAqua-Ocean LED lights at Aquarama last year and the company has a few new features in the latest iteration. Manufactured in South Korea by CherryLumi, the CherryAqua version 2.5 now features the ability to control…

Ecoxotic posts 120 watt LED Cannon webpage with official specs and pricing

Ecoxotic has been selling the 120 watt LED Cannon to public aquariums and institutions so fast that it’s taken them all this time to begin to approach the aquarium hobby. The 120 watt Ecoxotic LED Cannon is a lighter, brighter…

A clownfish and its anemone play host to their unorthodox angelfish friend

Here’s a real treat! Terry, who goes by “Zumaboy” on the inter-web has shared with us a truly amazing story. A case of mismatched identity if you must, of a clownfish stuck in the fishy embodiment of a Personifer angelfish!…

Horizon Aquatic Systems Titan dosing system

The Horizon Aquatic System Titan dosing system is an interesting four-channel peristaltic dosing system that comes in either a sleek black or white finish. The Israeli company wrapped each module in clear acrylic with a touch screen to adjust the…

Waveline DC 5,000 and RLSS Skimmer reviewed: Even better when they’re together

Normally when I agree to do a product review, I proceed with a new additive or device very cautiously, running or testing products for just long enough to get a feel for how it performs over a medium amount of…

AI Director control platform and myAI teased and promised for MACNA 2012

AI Director is a new software product from AquaIllumination which appears to be apps for iPhone, iPad & Android for programming AquaIllumination LED lights. Through these tablet and smartphone apps as well as an online component called “myAI”, AquaIllumination is…

Eheim powerCleaner finally coming to market

It was just over two years ago when we picked up on the story about the Eheim powerCleaner — a motorized, vibrating power cleaner for brushing that tough algae off your aquarium — and now it looks like it is…

Italy’s Oceanlife debuts hi-tech, automated fish display system

We saw the line of Oceanlife food at Interzoo 2012 and now have some intriguing information on the new concept the company is exploring — hi-tech aquarium display systems for retailers. These smart systems come loaded with features from automatic light adjustments, top off…

Drs. Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen Coauthor Most Definite Species Reference of The East Indies To Date

Conservation International yesterday released what is currently the most comprehensive and definite species reference of the Coral Triangle to date. Reef Fishes of the East Indies is a three volume work coauthored by Drs. Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen that…