Maldives snorkeling video at Ari Atoll is a field of corals growing at a very high density

[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXxjRxrXDE0[/youtube] We’ve seen our share of average snorkeling videos from coral reefs but none featured such a high density of stony corals at such a shallow depth. This video made by vivaldi at Ari Atoll in the Maldives…

Panorama Pro LED: testing out Ecoxotic’s second generation LED striplight

Ecoxotic’s second generation Panorama Pro LED is packing more power, better color, a lower profile and it comes in a little bit cheaper than their initial offering. The Panorama Pro has the same overall form factor as the original Panorama…

Black Snowflake clownfish coming soon from ORA

The Black Snowflake Clownfish is a new strain of ocellaris clownfish which ORA was originally aiming to produce when they came up with the black ice semi snowflake clownfish. The Black Ice Snowflake was created simply by crossing a snowflake…

Rare orange Fungia plate coral shows up at Reefkoi

We really cringe when we see nearly all orange plate corals labeled as ‘orange Fungia’ corals since the typical, standard-issue orange disc corals are by and large all orange Cycloseris corals. However, we have seen one extra large orange Fungia…

Coralife set to release new Evolve LED based off of recent trademark filing

  Coralife looks like it might be getting into the LED lighting game. We are basing that assumption off of a recently filed trademark for the term “Evolve” that covers aquarium lighting and other goods and services the trademark has…

New Era LPS Coral Pellet gets a soft release for initial reefer’s testing

The LPS Coral Pellet from New Era Aquaculture is a new coral food for target feeding of large polyp stony corals. The New Era LPS Coral Pellet will cost about the same as the marine pellet, about $15 for a…

Coralife sneaks out new wavemaker pumps with DC controller

Coralife recently released new wavemaker pump with a DC controller that allow you to create some customized flows in your aquarium. The Coralife DC wavemaker pumps are available in two sizes, the DC 2600 and DC 5600 which push 2,600…

Green branching Psammocora is the latest coral now available from ORA

Green branching Psammocora is an incredibly hardy and easily colored stony coral and now it will be available captive grown from Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums. ORA announced the availability of their ‘Kelly Green Psammocora’ which has been in culture for…

Orange-margin butterflyfish video from Blue Harbor features a never before seen juvenile

Prognathodes basabei is a remarkable species of butterflyfish that lives in the depths of Hawaii and nowhere else in the world. The gorgeous orange margin butterflyfish possesses a unique beauty and the extreme depth in which it lives in makes…

Japan’s LSS Laboratory launches Vortech EcoSmart Controller cover

LSS Laboratory in Japan has announced the release of the plastic Ecosmart cover for Ecotech Marine controller of Vortech pumps.  This product is an LSS Laboratory original, so you cannot get the same products from other companies. You might remember,…