MACNA 2013 will not be the same this year for sure. A whole lot of excitement, with a little touch of japanese flare. Koji Wada from BlueHarbor is playing Santa this year and a few very good children will be…
The real, twisted story behind finding Nemo
Most of us know the unique world of the clownfsih hobbyists, fish geeks and marine biologists. But trying to explain what really would have happened to the lead fish in the animated movie “Finding Nemo” would be very incestuously creepy.…
The Indian Ocean is producing some really nice tricolor “Koi” Scopas Tangs
We’re not sure exactly what’s stirring up in the waters of the Indian Ocean, but it’s definitely producing some gnarly aberrations of the commonly known scopas tang, Zebrasoma scopas, that we know and love. This little gem shows similar characteristics to…
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Current USA Satellite LEDs are the most refined aquarium striplights to date
Often times when a product comes across our review bench we take great pains to highlight what said device or additive is particularly good at, while gently addressing the flaws and identifying what kind of aquarist would be best served…
Zoanthids: Tough as Nails but Powerfully Potent
They belong to genera with names like Zoanthus, Parazoanthus, and Palythoa. They’re sometimes called sea mats, button polyps, or colonial anemones. Reef hobbyists commonly refer to them as “zoas.” Whatever name you apply to them, the zoanthids (family Zoanthidae) enjoy…
BlueHarbor gets ready for the ultimate deepwater Hawaiian collection
The contents in this container is worth more words. Koji’s latest attempts at stunning the general public with his amazing capability of obtaining rare fish did not end in futility. Nearly every popular Hawaiian deepwater twilight zone inhabiting reef fish…
Pimp out your aquarium with colored PVC, available now
Barely less than a week ago we lamented the lack of colored PVC in the American aquarium scene but it seems that Pimped Out Aquariums is already on the ball. POA carries what they call “furniture grade” colored PVC, supposedly…
A Purple Reef is hand making rock in multiple shades of purple
Do you like man-mdae purple live rock but don’t want to buy it from your fish store? A Purple Reef is a new outfit making their own “bio-active” artificial rock for reef and marine aquariums and instead of selling through…
Face-to-face with the hyper rare tiger angelfish in nature and the aquarium
Any of the rare fish fanciers out there who’ve kept up with some of my writings know that I have a sort of infatuation with South Africa’s endemic tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi. So, when I got the invitation to come to…
