The latest reef to win Zeovit’s highest honor, the Dream tank of the Quarter is the reef of Jiratthi Savetsila. A stunning tank from Thailand, the corals are elegantly balanced, and the corals are classic pastel colors Zeovit is so…
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Oceanlife’s new aquarium potassium test kit (k)
Today we talk about the new test of Potassium by Oceanlife just introduced on the market. As you can see from the picture the test is composed, as usual, from a box of generous dimensions that contains the folding carton…
Marshallese multibar angelfish is the healthiest Paracentropyge we’ve seen
The multibarred angelfish (Paracentropyge multifasciata) is a stunning and widely offered little angelfish that captivates the hearts of seasoned and amateur aquarists. This little heartbreaker is sadly, not easy to keep and often refuse to eat and waste away due to…
Insights on LED Reef Aquarium Lighting
LED lighting is a hotly debated topic in reef aquarium circles. It is a relative newcomer to the industry though no longer a complete unknown as was the perception in years past. Thousands of aquarists have used them for extended…
Friday Smorgasbord: Summer bummer edition
Welcome to the first Friday Smorgasbord of summer! This week’s roundup is interesting but may be a gloomy reminder of our negative influence on the oceans. First off is a report that documents what we already suspected — that corals…
The Zebra Tang has come to US and UK aquariums
The Zebra tang, aka Acanthurus polyzona is a very rare “book fish” which we’ve covered before from a distance, but this story is about some good news for aquarists. After about two years of poking, prodding, begging, pleading and insisting,…
Multichannel Multichip LED are coming from MarineReefLED and LED Group Buy
Multichip LEDs have been available for reef aquarium lighting for some time now but the narrow spectrum and lack of controllability has prevented them from gaining widespread use. If colors and control is what has been holding them back, a…
Captive bred mandarin gobies now available from Indonesia
If you needed any further evidence that captive breeding of marine fish is in a Golden Age right now, here’s another tidbit to further the cause. Although most wild mandarins come from Indonesia, now we may soon see captive bred Synchiropus…
CEAB booth at Zoomark 2013, Italian company dedicated to lighting
Our path inside Zoomark, after leaving the Sicce booth, continues with CEAB booth, a well established italian company dedicated to lighting fixtures. The passion for lighting has remained as much as Interzoo, and so we were able to resume the…
Digiman is back with a breathtaking new Liopropoma latifasciatum as well as a charismatic Sailfin Jawfish
Familiarity has made us jaded with the beautiful and charismatic genus – Liopropoma. L. carmabi and L. rubre were once the creme de la creme species that everyone were dying to own, but in recent years they have become more widely…
