Local breeders put their mark in Singapore’s aquaculture scene

The South-East Asian countries are well known for the global impact they have on the greater aquaculture industry. Majority of the aqua-cultured livestock in the S.E Asian market includes food fish and freshwater ornamentals, with a much smaller focus on…

Hands on with Koven Aquatics red, white and blue LED accent strip lights

Red, white and blue LED strips form the three basic color found in the Koven Aquatics LED striplights. With just 5 watts of power spread out over each foot, the Koven Aquatics are not exactly reef capable but their thin…

New commercial and residential versions of Solar Genesis I plasma lights

Chameleon Grow Systems has some of the nicest plasma lights around for horticulture and aquarium use and now it’s adding two more models to the mix. Joining the lineup will be the Commercial greenhouse version fo the Solar Genesis I,…

Blue Dragon Acro tops the list of must-have Bali Deepwater Acropora

The Blue Dragon Acro, a variant of Acropora walindii, has been available in the reef aquarium hobby infrequently ever since Bali first started shipping maricultured Acropora. With all those cool Mariculture Acros coming out of Bali these days, recently the Blue Dragon Acro…

Quantum Marine Labs pitching nano particulated ascorbic acid as a coral growth accelerator

It’s no secret that Ascorbic Acid is all kinds of good for various living things but Quantum Marine Labs believes their nano particulated form of Vitamin C, A. K, B1, B2, B6 and B12 has some special coral growing skills. Quantum Marine…

The genus Lysmata contains a lot more species of cleaner shrimps than you might imagine

The Lysmata shrimps are well known for their cleaning properties there exists more than just three species outside of L. amboinensis, L. debelius, and L. wurdermanni; more commonly known as the scarlet cleaner shrimp, the blood or fire shrimp, and…

New Era Aegis flake and pellet fish food

Aegis Flakes and Aegis pellets are two new foods from UK based New Era. These foods use the same formula but use two different delivery methods including the pellet and flake form. Flake foods have a bad rap in the…

Luxeon M from Philips Lumileds is gunning for Cree XM-L

Looks like Cree’s pint sized powerhouse XM-L LED is getting some competition this month in the form of the new Luxeon M from Philips Lumileds. Cree and Philips have historically played the one-upmanship game for as long as we can…

Aquatronica’s new touch controller is born in Italy

Aquatronica, the Italian aquarium controller company, is set to release a new controller called “Touch” which as the name implies allows you to use your fingers as a stylus. The Touch Controller will sport a 7” touch display, and the…

Milwaukee Instruments releasing new ORP and pH controllers

Milwaukee Instruments is releasing a series of controllers to monitor your pH and ORP levels in your system. For hobbyists looking for scientific grade and lab accurate controllers, the new series from Milwaukee Instruments might be just for you. The…