Coralife has new powerheads to compete with the likes of Hydor’s Koralia water pump. Coralife has 3 different models CP750, CP1300, and CP2900 with the last number showing how many gallons per hour (GPH) the pump push out. These pumps…
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Underdriving or Overdriving LEDs: coralSky’s Jeff Littlejohn explains LED drive current
With LEDs only now just beginning to emerge as an important technology for reef aquarium lighting, the hobby’s collective understanding about how LEDs work is still very limited. There appears to be a lot of confusion about the difference between…
Avatar’s marine life inspired Pandora will seem familiar to reef lovers
Avatar is arguably one of the most important movies in a decade and the absolutely magical world of Pandora is strongly inspired by some of the iconic marine creatures of our own planet. Spoiler Warning! I may discuss some nuances…
New Sinularia Clades begin to sort out over 150 soft coral species
Sinularia Clades are part of a new classification of soft corals that was published recently in the journal Invertebrate Biology. The study by McFadden et. al used molecular analysis to establish relationships between the 150 species of Sinularia that sorted…
Clownfish, staghorn coral among species on climate change “flagship” list
Clownfish and staghorn coral are among 10 species identified as those hardest hit from climate change due to increased CO2 emissions and ocean acidification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) at the UN Climate…
Schizoculina fissipara precedes a wave of fresh new corals coming soon from Sao Tome, West Africa
Schizoculina fissipara and S. africana are two West African coral species that are brand new to the aquarium trade. Like so many other new coral and fish species LiveAquaria was first to the scene when they offered the unique…
Coral Geographic will be a one stop GIS shop for coral and reef maps
Coral Geographic is one of the projects now underway at Coral reef Research which will culminate almost all that is known about the biogeography of reef building stony corals. Much like the Coral ID CD which will be published online…
Facing pipeline, Saudi oil company moves coral reef
A Saudi Arabian oil company recently completed a relocation of a small coral reef found to be in harms way of a planned pipeline in the Arabian Gulf. Aramco, the Saudi state owned oil company, discovered the small reef in…
Symphyllia wilsoni is an amazing and rare coral from Australia
Symphyllia wilsoni is one of the rarest coral in the aquarium trade which has only become available with the imports from Australia. Although the first, and still most, of the coral imports from Oz come from Eastern Australia, Symphyllia wilsoni…
CoralSky SL Supplemental LED lighting fixture
The coralSky SL is a supplemental lighting system that will add a “fluorescent effect” with a high-power blue LED light. The coralSky SL is perfect if you have an existing metal halide setup or a CF/T5 layout as well. The…
