Falling in Love With the Hobby Again
There are countless clichés about love and falling in love and most of them are clichés because they are true. My two favorites are ‘it is bette…
Friday Smorgasbord: Bay Area edition
While many are still getting over their MACNA high (or getting over missing it), we’re ready to get back into the swing of things with the last …
Clipperton Angelfish Still Going Strong at the Aquarium of the Pacific
As popular as marine angelfishes are, there’s still a few species which hardly register on the radar of aficionados. It doesn’t help that …
Fluid Metering Module Will Do Leak Detection and ATO Functions
This weekend we got a nice big update on Neptune Systems’ new Fluid Metering Module, the FMM. Originally introduced to be the hub for their flow…
Orphek Introduces 500 Watt Amazonas LED With Cool Tech Inside
Orphek has a couple new lights to show off, and one of them is a big honkin’ reef light. The Orphek Amazonas is a 500 watt LED spotlight which c…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Barbour’s Seahorse
The Barbour’s Seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri, is born a striking yellow with an eye catching zebra striped snout. Its textured skin with spines protru…
Is CO2 causing your fish to act strange?
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, links neurological impairment in some fish to increased carbon dioxide levels. Researchers at…
Flame Potters Angelfish Hybrid Documented by Diver Photo
Pygmy angelfish of the Centropyge genus are among the most promiscuous hybridizers in the whole angelfish family. However of these, flame angelfish re…
V2O Frozen Food’s New Website Is a Menu of Aquarium Foods
V2O foods offer high-quality frozen food for corals, fish and marine aquarium invertebrates. Their extensive line includes smaller foods such as baby brine shrimp, rotifers and spirulina, and larger …
Cairns Marines Discovers the Ultimate Scribbled Regal Angelfish
With its brilliant yellow, black and white striping, there is no angelfish that looks quite like the regal angelfish. There’s only species fish in the genus Pygoplites and a rare case of subspec…
Ghost Bandit Angelfish is a Captive Bred Miracle
The Ghost Bandit angelfish is a spectacular new variant of Apolemichthys arcuatus that was recently captive bred by Karen Brittain. These striking new fish are part of a recent clutch of the glorious …
Clipperton Angelfish Still Going Strong at the Aquarium of the Pacific
As popular as marine angelfishes are, there’s still a few species which hardly register on the radar of aficionados. It doesn’t help that several of these species like Apolemichthys guezei…
Blue Acropora Yongei Documented Over 20 Years by Bruce Carlson
Blue Acropora are among the most coveted corals in reef aquarium. Meanwhile, the brilliant Green Slimer Acropora yongei is one of the most common and fastest growing corals in captivity. But did you k…
Toxic Acropora florida is a Whole New Level of Fluorescent Green
Acropora florida is a common shallow-water reef building coral which is commonly seen on the reef, and also a popular coral for aquariums. The typical Acropora florida is green with axial corallites t…
High Definition Time Lapse Can Actually Demonstrate Coral Behavior
Behavior is one aspect of biology which is hard to document in our slow moving corals. Over the decades we aquarists have learned a lot about what our corals do and how they behave over long periods o…
Show tanks from MACNA 2016 – Reef & Livebearer Aquatics
Reef shows are the premier place to meet other hobbyists, talk to professionals and be inspired for your aquarium projects. This year’s MACNA was no exception, and we were excited to run into a …
World’s Largest Pearl Was Made By A Giant Clam
The World’s Largest Pearl has been discovered in the Philippines and this thing weighs as much as a small child. Clocking in at around 34Kg or about 75 pounds, the huge gem was being used by a F…
