LiveAquaria proves mad skills with Oxymonacanthus halli

We’re sorry to sound like shrieking young fangirls when singing the praises of “LiveAquaria” Diver’s Den, but time and again Kevin Kohen, Steve Krogh, and the rest of the team behind the Drs. Foster & Smith live aquatics division, prove…

Reef Aquascaping, why hasn’t the movement really caught on yet?

Aquascaping, the art of creating asthetically pleasing underwater worlds is widely popular in the freshwater hobby, but it hasn’t exactly caught on within the saltwater industry. There are plenty of amazing, well thought out reef aquariums out there that put…

The Maze Angelfish like you’ve never seen it before

The title of this post is a little bit of a misnomer because in all likelihood, you’ve never seen any maze angelfish, let alone any that look like this. Hailing from Taiwan, for some reason the maze angelfish are almost never seen…

AquaInno water-cooled concept LED system recaptures heat to warm your tank

As every reefers knows, the efficiency and longevity of LEDs largely depends on the temperature the chips are ran at. Cooler chips are more efficient and last longer, while hotter chips are less efficient and have shorter lifespans. For this…

Cobalt Neotherm fully lives up to our ideal aquarium heater

If we were to describe our ideal aquarium thermometer, the rundown would sound a lot like the the spec sheet for the Cobalt Aquatics Neotherm heater. We’d start shaping our aquarium heater with its appearance, aiming for a low-profile design that can…

Fireflies inspire LED coating that gives a big boost to light output

Apart from glowing, fireflies and LEDs don’t seem to have that much in common but even if the source of their luminance derives from different physics, there’s still a trick one can learn from the other. Fireflies have been around…

Tunicates growing on zoanthids is probably nothing to worry about

We love a good reef aquarium Critter ID mystery so when Extreme Corals shared around this photo of some odd looking things growing on their zoanthids, our inner Sherlock Holmes was on the case. The colonial nature of the benthic…

Touchscreen Evolution LED revealed in single teaser shot

The EvoLED TS is a new, forthcoming fixture from Evolution LED that incorporates a touchscreen controller. Based on the recently introdced EvoLED Color, the EvoLED TS is basically the same device with integrated touchable controls and display. We expect the EvoLED…

Nano-reef user Metrokat’s display refugium is an awesome collection of macroalgae

Marcoalgae is awesome, and not only because of their nutrient removal abilities. We love macro algae for its ease of maintenance, cool growth forms and colors and we’re even more fond of macro algae displays. This display refugium of nano-reef…

2012 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review

As has become a tradition, it’s time again for a look back at the past year’s advances in marine fish breeding with our annual Marine Breeder’s Year In Review.  (see 2010, and 2011 Part 1, and 2011 Part 2, for…