Sustainable Aquatic’s new “Frostbite” Designer Ocellaris Clownfish has us Excited about Genetics!

It appears that Sustainable Aquatics has introduced what may be a first of it’s kind clownfish. This new fish, dubbed the Frostbite, is said to be a crossing of two different mutations, the white (presumably Wyoming White or Fancy White)…

MACNA will debut some Fantastic new speakers this year

MACNA, being the ultimate marine and reef aquarium event on the planet, inherently showcases some of the world’s best marine aquarium talent with leading authors and professionals from across the hobby-industry. This year FMAS has really made a push to…

Skimz Oval Protein Skimmer design cuts footprint by nearly 25%

Skimz should by now have have registered in your mind as one of those companies that is constantly innovating. Skimz was rather quick to jump on the DC pump bandwagon (although certainly not the first), and they’ve obsessed with space saving…

Friday Smorgasbord: Strange jellyfish, shark schools and more

March is here and as much of the country is just getting over a massive series of snow storms, it feels like spring will never get here! Have no fear, since we have some fascinatingly strange news to share today…

LED Showdown Round 2 — The Sweet 16

The 2012 LED showdown is moving along and we have our first round of winners slimming the field down from 32 to 16 lights. The Sweet 16 round begins today and we’ll keep voting open over the weekend. We’ll close…

It’s Back! 2012 LED Showdown — You Decide

The Reef Builders LED showdown is back! Last year we had a lot of fun letting you choose who you thought was the “top dog” in the LED showdown and wanted to let you all have the chance to weigh…

Royal Exclusiv refreshes BK Mini 200 and Mini Red Dragon for 2013

Hot on the heels of refreshing their online webshop Royal Exclusiv is flaunting two new upgrades to their line of venerable aquarium products – The Bubble King Mini 200 is now available with the Red Dragon 3 speedy and the…

Reef Octopus Professional Open Volute is another space saving skimmer with DC pump

The Professional Open Volute (POV) from Reef Octopus is the latest protein skimmer to feature a DC pump. With a space saving design, and internal DC pump it strongly reminds us of the new semi-pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC series we…

Skimz boosts the Monzter SM253 skimmer with you guessed it, a controllable DC pump

The new Skimz Monzter SM253 is a new protein skimmer from the Singapore-based company that has added a variable speed controlled (VSC) DC pump bringing another manufacturer to the DC-powered skimmer market. The new skimmer is boasting a draw of 2,400 lph (about…

Friday Smorgasbord: Mutant GlowFish epidemic, Petco releases infographic on ‘Nemo’ care, light vomiting shrimp, tracking fish through earbones and Neptune’s moon ocean

We have a full slate of tidbits and morsels for this issue of the Friday smorgasbord so let’s get things rocking. First off is the fears that genetically modified Electric Green Tetras may pose a hazard to native species in parts of…