Oliver Knott’s Nature Aquarium remix of “Hallelujah Mountains”

The aquarium in the video above is an aquascape created by Oliver Knott which was inspired by the blockbuster movie Avatar. This aquascape was modeled after a setting of the movie called the Hallelujah Mountains, which float in mid-air, covered…

Azoo Micro Temp Controller an inexpensive way to regulate temps

The Azoo Micro Temp Controller is an aquarium heater controller that is priced under $40. Aquarium heaters have always been a point of failure that have plagued hobbyists from the get go and external aquarium controllers tended to be rather…

Ecoxotic’s 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System — a look at the aquarium itself

Matt continues his review of the Ecoxotic 25 gallon LED aquarium system which will be the future home of the Lightning Maroon Clownfish. Following up on his unboxing of the stand, here is Matt’s take on the 25 gallon, 18″…

Hobbyist to the stars highlighted on NPR

Justin Muir, who owns and runs City Aquarium in Brooklyn, N.Y., has a unique business creating top-notch visual aquariums for clients around the New York City area. With celebrity, professional athlete and Wall Street moguls as clients, Muir’s clients often…

Coral larvae know the meaning of stoplight colors, backwards

It is common knowledge in the coral reef aquarium world that corals fluoresce in a multitude of colors, but coral larvae fluoresce as well. Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) is one of the most common fluorescent pigments found in the natural…

Breeding Albino Ocellaris will get you thrown in jail in South Africa

According to a thread on MarineAquariumSA, Marcel Triessl has been thrown in Jail for trying to breed Albino Ocellaris Clownfish. Marcel has been dealing with the authorities on obtaining the permits needed to breed marine organisms for several months now.…

2nd Annual Marine Breeding Initiative Workshop Announced

It’s official – arguably the only event of it’s kind in the country (oh heck, let’s just go big and say the only one in the WORLD), the 2nd Annual Marine Breeder’s Workshop has been announced for Saturday, July 23,…

CAD Lights LED system even comes with a remote control

The CAD LED System is an affordable reef light which not only has a utilitarian design but it also has a remote control for independent adjustment of the two LED color channels. CAD Lights Aquariums is better known for building…

New mini aquarium series by CAD Lights

Cad lights has released their new Mini aquarium series. These aquariums are pico sized and will come in 4, 8, and 20 gallon sizes. Each Mini series is fitted with 2 panel or 3 panel LED fixtures. These are full…

New Coral Shop dosing pumps are a little different from the norm

Coral Shop dosing pumps are a little bit puzzling at first but we don’t think it is necessarily a bad thing. When we first received the pictures of these new dosing pump from Coral Shop we were quite pleasantly surprised to…