The Purple Milka Stylo aka purple polyp Stylophora is a very unusual coral. Of all the strains of birdnest (Seriatopora) cat’s paw (Stylophora) and Pocillopora that we’ve ever seen imported for the trade, many have come in tons of wild colors and…
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Falco’s Hawkfish: I’ve Got My Eye on You!
Looking back at the various marine aquariums I’ve kept over the years, it occurs to me that one particular species has probably been included in my livestock lineups more often than any other—Falco’s hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco), a.k.a. the dwarf hawkfish.…
Cobalt Aquatics OxyPro is a new air pump design for modern aquarium needs
The OxyPro air pump from Cobalt Aquatics is the first really new design for an air pump that the aquarium hobby has seen in a really long time. Although fundamentally the OxyPro uses the same sort of diaphragm pumping mechanism…
Intimate spawning of Wetmorella nigropinnata caught on tape
For many reef enthusiasts, watching their inhabitants grow and mature in their mini reefs makes the hobby all the more rewarding and gratifying. Fish are more often than not, the essence of a living reef and is what brings life…
Marine Aquarium Acronyms: FOWLR Tank Defined
Marine aquarium hobbyists do love their acronyms—SW, SG, SPS, LPS, BB, HO, VHO, DOC, LR, LFS, and RO/DI to list but a few. There are so many of them floating around out there on aquarium forums and in hobby literature…
JBJ AIO Frag Tank coming soon
Another bit of news teased at SuperZoo the other week was the new all-in-one frag tank by JBJ. Gone are the days of cobbling together a tank of misfit parts to house your ever-shuffling collection of coral frags with this…
Incredible large colony of purple boulder Porites sighted in Mauritius
Of all the SPS corals available to us reefers, Porites corals are incredibly under-appreciated, unless they have some fancy Xmas tree worms or colored polyps. We’ve poked fun at the underwhelming appearance of boulder Porites in the past but this colony…
The “Stealth” is Volx Japan’s most gorgeous fixture yet
LSS Laboratory, the Japanese company known for it’s exciting products and leaking of new equipment coming from Japan and Asia, recently released pictures of the latest fixture coming from Volx Japan. Called the “Stealth” this Japanese-made LED fixture is absolutely…
Quality Marine brings aquacultured Clarion Angel to US market
The beautiful Clarion angelfish is coming to the US market thanks to Quality Marine getting ahold of aquacultured specimens from Bali Aquarich. The Bali Aquarich team raised the fish to a size where they would be hardy enough for shipping…
Opistognathus seminudus — Have you seen this Jawfish?
Does anyone know of another one of these Jawfish — Opistognathus seminudus or the Semi-naked jawfish — in captivity in the world? We believe this rarely seen species has only found its way into the aquarium trade a couple times but we’re…
