Acro Optics officially launches with a bewildering array of LED colors

The AcroOptics LED lighting company out of Boulder Colorado came out of left field when we first discovered it. After a few months of incubating beyond its official unveiling at ReefStock 2015, the first fixture from AcroOptics called the Reef…

Relax! Have Fun! It’s a Hobby!

I realize that many of us take our aquarium keeping very seriously, but we have to put it in context and remember that it is just a hobby. A hobby, by definition, is something that gives us pleasure, not something…

MaxSpect teases prototypes of massive new Gyre XL series of pumps

The Gyre XL is a massive new version of the MaxSpect Gyre pump that MaxSpect showed off at Aquarama last weekend. In addition to the new rotor design for the Gyre FX130, MaxSpect taunted us with two new prototype Gyre…

The beautiful entries of this year’s Aquarama reef aquascaping competition

Aquarama is best known for its expansive display of a freshwater aquarium fish competition featuring the nicest discus, most beautiful betta fish, most jaw-dropping asian arowanas, and many more. But over the last few years Aquarama has also try to…

Revoreef is Qian Hu’s new line of saltwater additives and all in one aquarium

Revoreef is a brand new line of aquarium additives spanning mineral replacement, fish treatments and biological boosters as well as a complete all in one aquarium from Qian Hu corporation. Qian Hu is a name that may not be familiar…

Bali babies on display at Aquarama 2015

Bali Aquarich, the Asian sensation of the aquaculture scene, has been collecting accolades and trail blazing this niche in the last few years. They’ve come a long way since captive bred clownfish, and now boasts a stunning repertoire of angelfish…

Have a Fellow Aquarium Hobbyist on Call for Vacation Emergencies

What is it about taking a vacation that seems to precipitate problems in a marine aquarium? My system can go for many months or even years without a significant glitch, but then as soon as my wife, Melissa, and I…

Papua New Guinean endemics on display by Paradise Aquariums at Aquarama 2015

Aquarama is a fish and accessories exhibition held biennially in Singapore, where exhibitors, exporters, industry authorities and hobbyists gather for a glimpse of the aquarium happenings in South-East Asia. Although Aquarama is mostly geared towards freshwater fish and their corresponding ribbon ponies, it…

Pseudojuloides zeus is a new species of Pencil Wrasse from Micronesia

The genus Pseudojuloides constitutes a collection of fusiform torpedo shaped wrasses with chisel like incisiform teeth that are more often found living in lose sandy rubble instead of the usual coral cover. Pseudojuloides was last revised in 1981 where five new species were added to…

Unsung pioneers in the reef aquarium Hobby

After attending last year’s MACNA in Denver and a couple of the recent Reefapaloozas, I have come to the realization that the majority of the people now in the hobby have been in the hobby for less than ten years. …