Neozoanthus is a very little known group of zoanthids in the aquarium hobby but today we learned a little more about two new species: Neozoanthus uchina and N. caleyi. This funky genus of zoanthids was thought to be rare, it’s…
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ReefStock 2013 will be March 2 & 3 at Red & Jerry’s Event Center
We are pleased to announce that the next ReefStock is scheduled for the weekend of March 2nd & 3rd 2013. For the first time in four years ReefStock is moving location from the Downtown Aquarium to a new, much larger…
Metal halide, T5, LED, plasma…FIPEL? The new light on the block
A few years ago, we were excitedly talking about plasma lighting and discussing the impact the lawsuit against PFO would have on the hobby. Fast-forward a few years and we have LEDs making a huge impact on the hobby and plasma struggling…
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Breaking: NOAA announces the proposal to list 66 stony coral species as endangered or threatened Andrea Negusanti’s super sweet system from Italy CETO ‘Wave Dance Machine’ is making waves in Taiwan reef tanks 3 Reasons why the Aquatics industry is…
Reef Octopus Professional Open Volute is another space saving skimmer with DC pump
The Professional Open Volute (POV) from Reef Octopus is the latest protein skimmer to feature a DC pump. With a space saving design, and internal DC pump it strongly reminds us of the new semi-pipeless Skimz Monzter VSC series we…
New pseudocoris wrasse captured and pictured alive for the first time
The Pseudocoris genus contains some of the most beautiful wrasses but this little known group goes all but eclipsed by the Paracheilinus flasher and Cirrhilabrus fairy wrasses. However, with aquarists increasingly broadening their scope of rare and unusual reef wrasses, the Pseudocoris…
Build My LED goes head-to-head with T5 fluorescent lighting
We appreciate a good head-to-head competition and you know that if an LED manufacturer is going to release a video against a bank of T5 lighting, you can expect the LEDs to win. In this case upstart Build My LED…
Friday Smorgasbord: Immortal jellyfish, Frankenfish, robosnakes and aquaponics
Well our last Friday Smorgasbord of November features everything from fascinating to freaky to frightening and maybe something in between. Leading off our Friday tradition is an immortal jellyfish and how this creature could lead scientists to help prevent human…
Blackbar drum Pareques iwamotoi is an unknown but stunning Caribbean beauty
As big of fans as we are of Caribbean drum fish, we’ve only recently learned of the gorgeous black bar drum, Pareques iwamotoi. Hailing from the coastal waters of the United States Mexico and Central America the black bar drum is…
Reef Octopus BioChurn gets more info and actually offers a very ingenious design
The Reef Octopus BioChurn reactors are some very interesting bio-pellet spinning machines. When they first announced, we were not entirely sure how exactly they were supposed to work, but from the few available videos it was clear at least…
