Clam on a Half Shell and Jumbo Mysis Shrimp added to Hikari’s frozen food lineup

Clam on a half shell and Jumbo Mysis Shrimp are two new additions to the expanding line of frozen food from Hikari. Compared to PE Mysis, the standard-issue frozen mysis from Hikari is on the small end and often used…

LifeProof case turns your iPhone into waterproof camera

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDerD9F3sQ[/youtube] We love being able to use our everyday technology in the fish room, around our tanks and even take it to the beach so we were pleased to learn about the LifeProof cases that turns your iPhone into a…

Sustainable aquatics shows off captive bred pinnatus batfish

Sustainable aquatics has on display a really cool captive raised Pinnatus Batfish. The flamboyant jet black fish outlined in orange makes for an amazing display that has gathered tons of attention since the beginning of the show. The contrastingly colored…

Arcadia Eco-Aqua 30W LED spotlight gets more video love

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVOwfvSTA98[/youtube] We have a bit more detail on the Arcadia Eco-Aqua 30W spotlight we got a sight of a few weeks ago from Aqua 2011. The more we look at this light, the more we appreciate it. Looking to mimic…

Video of the yellow belly blue tang shows off this perfect veteran aquarium fish

It’s no secret that we are currently enjoying a crush on a veteran aquarium fish, the eight-inch yellow belly blue tang that we first spotted at Marine Designs in Suwanee, Georgia. The personality of this old aquarium fish and the…

Fluval EDGE getting a new LED replacement for the halogen spotlight

With the announcement of the Fluval EDGE LED replacement lamp Hagen’s highly acclaimed nano aquarium light finally joins the two thousand tens. That crummy little halogen lamp that originally comes with the Fluval EDGE aquarium is barely bright enough to…

The black-margin dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma, is rarely seen and full of character

The first time I ever saw and heard of this cool little fish was back in January this year. Back then I had no idea what this little fish was, and so did many other people. After digging around and…

Bizarre broken-stripe ocellaris clownfish collected in Palawan, Philipines

It would be easy to overlook the broken stripe clownfish above in a tank full of domestic strains of picasso and snowflake clownfish, but this big girl was collected in the wild. C. V. Neptune Marine collected the broken stripe…

Hawaiian Ornamental Fishing Ban Passed Hawaii County Council 6-2

“Fish-collecting ban reso passes council – Supporters drown out opponents in testimony” was the news out of West Hawaii Today last week.  If you thought the most recent proposal to ban marine aquarium fish collection in Hawaii was just going…

Machado de Sousa’s Coral Maternity is a quite impressive garage fish room

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToZtYTy9qIE[/youtube] When you think of a fish room, a long line of 20 gallon-ish aquariums on 2×4 racks usually come to mind. These systems do certainly get the job done, one just needs to look at Joe Lichtenbert‘s old fish…