If you live near the coast of any ocean, you probably know that tide pooling is great fun. Whats even more fun, is waiting until there is a very low tide, and then going to your local marine protected area…
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Reef Octopus XP 2000 external Cone skimmer
Another new day. Another new skimmer. Like the internal Super Reef Octopus XP cone skimmer, the new external XP-2000 cone skimmer uses the bubble blaster pump as its internal brother. The internal model sucked up to 1400 lph and we…
Bubble Blaster Pump: HY-3000 w/ needle wheel impeller
The Bubble Blaster pump for the Super Reef Octopus is a beefy needle wheel powered air injecting machine. Rated at 1200-1500 lph of air while using only 40 watts, the Bubble Blaster has a motor block similar to a laguna…
Has the Hobby Gotten Too Expensive?
Let’s face it, this hobby has never been an inexpensive one. Even during the early years of the hobby, it was expensive for a number of reasons. Corals and saltwater fish have always been more expensive than their freshwater counterparts.…
VarioS 10 is Octo’s new powerhouse return pump
Reef Octopus has produced a new return pump called the VarioS 10. Like the smaller VarioS 2, 4, 6, and 8 it’s a DC circulation pump with a wired controller and variable speed, only it’s lept up in power with…
Flashing Tilefish’s Color Changing Skin is Unique in the Animal World
The flashing tilefish, Hoplolatilus chlupatyi, is a unique reef fish with a very peculiar talent – the ability to rapidly change color. There’s many different groups of animals that can change their color and appearance; chameleons, cuttlefish and octopus, and…
Aquariums are Saving the Last Florida Pillar Corals
A team of Scientist and Aquarist from the Florida Aquarium, last month broke the news for spawning in captivity for the first time, the last remaining live colonies of Pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) known from Florida state waters. Aquarium Industry…
The Blakctip Snailfish is a Fascinating Deepwater Oddity
Besides live video from deep diving ROVs, specialty aquariums are the only way that the general public can ever hope to see and appreciate the bizarre marine life of the deep sea. The graceful blacktip snailfish is one such peculiar…
Bubble King Auto Skimmer Stopper by Royal Exclusiv
The Bubble King overflow stopper is a new device to collect waste from your protein skimmerand automatically shut it off once the collector is full. If a protein skimmer is like a toilet where waste get flushed out of the…
Octo Pulse Pump Might Come Out Before Year’s End!
The Octo Pulse WP101 and Pulse WP401 are the first flow pumps from Reef Octopus. These pumps have a superficial resemblance to the infamous Vortechs but functionally they are very different. A very compact motor is incased in the magnetic…
