Coral Cryobank being developed to preserve the diversity of threatened coral species

The Coral Cryobank is the first global effort to help preserve coral species from the world’s struggling reefs that is being spearheaded by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The Coral Cryobank aims to protect the future of coral species…

Thoughts on Reefapalooza 2009 and fashionable coral names

And so it goes, Reefapalooza 2009 has come and gone.  First off, I have to hand it to the folks at SCMAS – WELL DONE… What is really amazing is that even though this thing has evolved to “major event…

Reefkoi, Cherry Corals and Lighthouse take top honors for stunning livestock at Reefapalooza

The Reefapalooza show had a lot to offer this past weekend and like many of the larger reef events, some of the industry’s best livestock slingers came and delivered some extremely nice livestock that won’t easily be forgotten. In first…

Panorama LED fixture rear mounting hardware installation video

The Panorama LED light fixture is an entirely new product from Ecoxotic that is designed to mount to your aquarium in a completely different way. If you have any confusion about what makes the Panorama LED fixture unique before you…

Ecoxotic brightens up Reefapalooza with new Panorama and Stunner LED lights

Ecoxotic is a brand new LED light manufacturer with several new exciting LED lighting options that are sure to get your tentacles expanded. With over a year of testing and development and the market and design expertise of Current USA’s…

Panorama 12 watt LED Module from Ecoxotic

Panorama LED modules from Ecoxotic push 12 watts of colored balanced LED light in a small modular form factor. With two white LEDs for every blue one, we are very excited to see a return to more sane color rendition…

Panorama LED Fixtures from Ecoxotic

Panorama LED light fixtures from Ecoxotic are just being unveiled at Reefapalooza and these beautiful lights have a lot going for them. The Panorama fixture is specially designed to be modular and to hold the Panorama and Stunner LED modules…

Indonesia to set quotas on coral trade

This week Indonesia announced plans to begin setting quotas on coral trade in an effort to preserve its coral reefs. The country has seen the negative impact of destructive fishing, tourism, climate change and coral trading on its precious reefs…

While you’re in Orange County visit one of SoCal’s finest LFS, Amazing Aquariums and Reefs

Whether you go to Amazing Aquariums and Reefs to buy or just to look, if you are traveling any distance to attend this weekend’s Reefapalooza event at the OC fairgrounds you ought to visit one of Southern California’s nicest aquarium…

Ricordea shrimp from Coral Morphologic could be a new species of Periclemenes

Ricordea Shrimp are a newly collected Periclemenes species from Southern Florida reefs which may be new to science. Our pals over at Coral Morphologic observed and collected this species living in Ricordea species corallimorphs. The diminutive discovery ranges in size…