The Hydor Koralia SmartWave pump controller had the potential to be a really average product, even at $69 but everything about Hydor’s pump switching device indicates that attention was paid to the details. The user experience of the SmartWave begins…
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Avast Marine Top Off kit enlists magnets and controllers in the fight against evaporation
The Avast Marine Top Off kit is a new weapon in the never ending struggle between reef builders and the dropping water level in their sumps. Like a sailor lost at sea with a leaking dingy, the average reef aquarist…
Reef Builders’ Reefapalooza tank featured a new aquarium, new LED light, fancy corals and a captive bred flame angelfish (video)
A few weeks ago we had the sincere pleasure of not only attending and reporting on the awesomeness of Reefapalooza but we also had the privilege of participating with some really cool reef things on display. We packed all of…
Acropora speciosa maricultured colonies from Bali border on breathtaking
Acropora speciosa is a species of Acro that grows into an exotic bottle brush shape. Often overshadowed by Acropora echinata, A. speciosa rarely sports the super exotic colors that we see in the books, but that hardly matters now that…
Dual chip indigo LED soon to have its 410 and 420 nm rays tested over corals
Pictured above is a prototype dual chip indigo colored LED with not one but two light emitting diodes under the same primary optic. It’s pretty hot right? It’s really nice having at least one light in the reef aquarium LED…
Astreopora montiporina is a new species from West Papua that plates like a Montipora
The coral above is not a Montipora but a new species called Astreopora montiporina which is named after the common plating coral. Like A. cenderawasih and A. acroporina the new Astreopora montiporina was also discovered in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Indonesia and it…
Astreopora acroporina branches with a real axial corallite tip just like Acropora
The branching Astreopora from Cenderawasih Bay is not alone in its preference of growth form but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora acroporina. If you are a self-professed Acro junkie like ourselves you’ll flip when you see the big honkin’ axial…
Astreopora cenderawasih is a new species of branching Acroporid from West Papua
We’ve seen some Astreopora species exhibit light tubular growth forms in aquariums but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora cenderawasih, a new species described from Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia. Astreopora cenderawasih described by Wallace et. al. exhibits an explicit…
Creative use of EcoRay LED illustrates the limitation of using narrow angle lenses
The EcoRay LED light fixture from Underwater World is a light which is outfitted with very narrow angle LED lenses. Unless you’re trying to blanket your aquarium with LED fixtures the EcoRay LED is a tough light to implement in…
Grube’s Gorgonian is a fast-growing and hardy new soft coral from ORA
Grube’s Gorgonian is a species of Pacific Pinnigorgia which is very rare in the hobby but it’s about to get a whole lot more available as frags from ORA. Grube’s Gorgonian (pronounced Grooba’s) has a long history of aquarium culture…
