The new Vertex Aquaristik V-Colla Viola reef-safe epoxy is a new two-part epoxy designed to be reef safe and help keep cloudiness out of the system. Developed in Germany in conjunction with GlueTec, the epoxy not only will not cloud…
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Tomiyamichthys smithi is the largest showy goby you’ve never even heard of
Tomiyamichthys smithi is just one of many different species of larger shrimp gobies from this little known genus. Although not as colorful as the shrimp associated gobies in the genus Cryptocentrus, the Monster Shrimpgoby genus Tomiyamichthys includes many different fish with complicated…
Hands on review of the Sea Side Aquatics ES5 Protein Skimmer
Sea side Aquatics has been bringing in the popular Bubble Magus line of skimmers for a while now. The one thing about the Bubble Magus series that could use improvement was the skimmer pump. Some folks were having issues with…
Reef Builders Pick: Five additional amazing nano reefs
Last week we covered five of our favorite nano reefs, but since some worthy aquariums didn’t make it to the list here is a follow up post with an additional five nano aquariums. Equally amazing, these nano reefs are very…
Plectranthias garrupellus – Apricot Bass is a virtually unknown deepwater Caribbean reef fish
Plectranthias garrupellus also known as the Apricot Bass is a pretty wonderful little reef fish that came to only recently came to life with pictures of living specimens. For being a member of the popular Plectranthias genus of aquarium fish it’s…
Grassy Solare LED fixture released by Volx Japan in Reef and Plant models
The Grassy Solare LED fixtures first announced by Volx Japan earlier this summer are now officially available with a baseline of features departing from the norm. Volx Japan is best known for making the first crop of higher performing LeDio…
Robofish – these small fish robots are about as cheap as the toy they are
There exists countless examples of toy and robot fish but besides those giant lighter than air fish-blimps, these new little robofish are actually cheap enough to be an impulse buy. Debuted at the Tokyo Toy Fair the small Robofish are…
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The new Tropic Marin SunaLED XL Ocean Blue fixtures are sleek looking lights that can utilize the MultiControl 8 to create your custom lighting profile. Coming in two sizes, the SunaLED XL 600 and the SunaLED XL 1170, the SunaLED XL fixtures…
Sharkman’s Megalodon and Great White pumps look strikingly similar to Tunze Stream
The Megalodon and Great white pumps from “Sharkman” are a pair of powerful prop pumps from China with more than a little bit in common with the Turbelle Stream pumps from Tunze. The ball shape, spheroid holder-mount and even the…
