How Mouthbrooding Fish Evolved Multiple Times

Breeding aquarium fish can be one of the pinnacles of aquarium success but several groups of fish including jawfish and cardinalfish make it much easier due to one quirk of their parental care, mouthbrooding. Any one who’s kept african cichlids…

Chihiros Cooling Fan Gets Low Profile Design

The Chihiros Cooling Fan is a new aquarium cooling accessory with a very different form factor from the typical blowers available in the hobby. There are a lot of ways to keep the temperatures of your aquarium water down including…

Reef Rock 2.0 live rock lands at Advanced Aquarium Consultancy

Some latest generation Walt Smith cultured live rock has arrived at one of the UK’s top marine stores for appraisal and initial review. Not to be confused with Reef Rock 2.1, a dry man-made rock, Reef Rock 2.0 is also…

Flipper Auto Top Off is an elegantly designed “Glug Jug”

The Flipper Auto Top Off is a new device that has just been launched by the aquarium scraper people. Like the bottle refill ATOs we’ve seen recently the Flipper ATO doesn’t use any electricity, float switches, optical sensors, or even…

Lamarckdromia beagle is a new species of sponge crab from Australia

A new species of crab has been described after being found washed up on a beach in Australia. Named Lamarckdromia beagle, the furry critter was found by a family who gave it to the Western Australian Museum for identification. Sponge…

Journey to the Microcosmos will have you hooked on all things tiny

Journey to the Microcosmos is a YouTube channel we were recommended and after watching a few videos, we are so glad it exists. Its video microscopy but with high production values, easy to understand information, and features the kind of…

Dalua tease Great White Wavemaker flow pump

Australian equipment brand Dalua has released packaging pictures of a new DC flow pump called the Great White Wavemaker. Launching at Reefstock Australia this August, information on the new wavemaker is scant, but based on pictures of the box alone,…

Nyos Opus G2 440 Aquarium Gets Announced

The Nyos Opus G2 440 is a new size of the German company’s uniquely engineered all-in-one aquarium which turns heads wherever it goes. One of the reasons that the Nyos Opus aquariums attract so much attention is the very modern…

Our New 40 Breeder Sump Setup is Affordable & Awesome [Video]

We love fancy sumps as much as the next reefer, especially ones which are well engineered to really improve the filtration performance and the user experience of powering a reef tank. Unfortunately most designer sumps usually incorporate a ton of…

The Next Fire Zoanthid will Probably Come from PNG

Zoanthids are some of the most popular and collectible ‘corals’ in the reef aquarium hobby and there seems to be practically no end to their colors and patterns. Part of the reason for this endless parade of new Zoanthus and Protopalythoa varieties…