JNS Omega Biopellet Reactor uses vertical churning

Omega Biopellet Reactors are new devices from JNS which take the conventional biopellet fluidizer and turn it on its side. Very similarly to the Coral Shop Denistar product, the JNS Omega reactor uses a kreizel-like design of a disc on…

Kevin Kohen’s Picasso clownfish are the pinnacle of designer perculas

Imagine that we didn’t live in a world with designer clownfish, no platinums, no perculas and no snowflakes either. If we lived in that world and you happened to see this pair of Picasso percula clownfish in the offices of LiveAquaria you…

MarineReefLED Quadspec V2 Spotlights breath new life into the PAR 20 bulb

The Quadspec V2 LED PAR 20 bulbs are exciting new spotlights from MarineReefLED, with a great visual appeal and pretty unique spectrums . We got our hands on the PAR20 Quadspec spotlight and the PAR20 Fiji Blue spotlight and in person…

Awesome Fungiid is either Podabacia or a special form of Lithophyllon

Podabacia is a very unique genus of disc corals which is hardly never seen in the aquarium trade, let alone in any interesting color. How are lucky are we then that we stumbled upon an amazing colony of Podabacia motuporensis, in…

Maxspect G2 exchange program lets you turn in your old G2 for a new Razor

The Maxspect G2 LED Exchange Program is a unique program to get U.S. owners of the older Maxspect G2 LED fixtures upgraded to the new Maxspect Razor. As Maxspect starts the plan to sunset the older G2, the company is giving…

Critter Torch LED flashlight lets you sneak up on your reef

The Critter Torch from MarineReefLED may not make the reef gearheads swoon with excitement but if you want to see cool stuff in your reef tank at night, you’re going to need some form of red light. Part of being…

ReefStock 2013 – Truly a Mini-MACNA!

“What is Reef Stock and where is it held?” some may ask.  Reef Stock is hosted in Denver, Colorado, surrounded by majestic mountains and some of the best skiing in the country.  It’s an event that was created by the…

Friday Smorgasbord: Saving reefs with antacids, fish molars and more

Ocean acidification and rising temperatures are taking its toll on our oceans’ reefs, but one team from Australia is testing a way to solve the issue by treating the water with an antacid. The team from the Carnegie Institution for Science…

Innovative Marine NUVO 24 pricing and availability announced

We were able to get the exclusive download and now have more details including the pricing and availability on the upcoming Innovative Marine NUVO 24 desktop aquarium we uncovered last week . As we mentioned before, the NUVO 24 is…

Orphek PR72 improves on the PAR56 LED spotlight

PAR 38 spotlights are hugely popular among the nano reef aquarium crowd, and they were probably some of the first LED fixtures people widely used. Now Orphek has decided to upsize the traditional PAR 38 spotlight with the creation of…