Ecoxotic’s 25 Gallon LED Aquarium — The Stunner Strip and Final Impressions

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 and the tank, and the Panorama LED fixture, here is Matt’s…

The Pinnatus Batfish producer steps forward with answers!

First time we heard about Indonesian Pinnatus Batfish, they were rumored to be captive-bred.  Then, as time went on, vendors started using “tank-raised” to describe these fish, and by 2010’s marine breeding year-in-review, we were all thinking they were likely…

Ecoxotic’s 25 Gallon LED Aquarium — The Panorama fixture

Matt continues his review of the Ecoxotic 25 gallon LED aquarium which will be the future home of the Lightning Maroon Clownfish. Following up on his unboxing of the stand and the tank, here is Matt’s take on the 17″…

Fish Heads’ Real Reef line adds Shelf and Nano Live Rock!

A couple weeks ago we brought you the battle royale between Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads new Real Reef Live Rock.  What we didn’t know at the time was that the folks at Fish Heads already…

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″…

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.…

New bill threatens to ban commercial reef fish harvest in Hawaii – updated

On the heels of Ret Talbot’s January 2011 CORAL Magazine article on the Hawaiian Marine Aquarium Fish Trade comes a bill in the Hawaii State Legislature to amend Chapter 188 of the Hawaii State Statute.  Specifically, revisions to marine life…

Ecoxotic’s 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System gets fully unboxed; first the stand

The Ecoxotic 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System is a modern all-in-one reef tank, providing a solid and stylish all-in-one system. For a company just over a year old, Ecoxotic has made their presence known in the aquarium and reef aquarium…

Bar gobies, Ptereleotris zebra: common fish are cool too

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek75p9golWc[/youtube] We may spend an inordinate amount of time talking about the rarest fish in the hobby, but we’ve got nothing but love for the bread n butter fish that fill the tanks of hobbyists around the world.…

PNG National Fisheries Authority responds to suit filed by EcoEZ regarding the SEASMART program

A few days ago we learned that the National Fisheries authority of Papua New Guinea is withholding funds from EcoEZ for the SEASMART program. the PNG NFA has issued a public statement regarding the suit and they are citing a…