ReefAPalooza 2012 raising the roof this weekend, free day for all clubs and LFS

If you live in America and you do not know what ReefAPalooza is by now, we do not know what you have been doing with your reefing life. This time of year like so many before it, the Southern California…

SEASMART sets up Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund restart in the Philippines

The SEASMART program is taking to Indigogo — a crowdfunding website — to raise funds for its goal to transform the aquarium trade. You might remember EcoEZ SEASMART’s pilot program from Papua New Guinea that helped change the trade over there but…

Fluval Sea Nano LED and its nifty swing arm get hands on treatment

The Fluval Sea Nano LED is an entry level fixture priced at $139 meant primarily for Pico style aquariums. Its small size and small price do not mean that this fixture lacks any cool features however. The Fluval Sea Nano…

Rare marine fish aplenty at House of Fins SPLASH 2012

If House of Fins hadn’t already made their mark on the marine aquarium world with their annual SPLAS anniversary sale, this year’s event proved to be quite the fertile place for spotting (and buying) exotic reef fish. Whereas previous years…

Closer look at the Aqua Medic Kauderni

We heard about the Aqua Media Kauderni, the latest version of Aqua Medic’s all-in-one aquariums, in April and were able to swing by the Aqua Medic booth at MACNA to see this aquarium up close. Our first impressions are favorable…

Hands on with the incredibly thin Maxspect Razor

The Maxspect Razor (or R420R as it is often referred to) is incredibly thin, quiet, easy control with a great color pop which has us seriously impressed. Although the main LED body is not mindbogglingly thin at 0.9” (which is still really…

Klein butterflyfish hybrid could grow into a fantastic clownish pattern

If hybrid butterflfyfish have shown us anything it’s that the recombination of different Chaetodon species can take on many forms. Case in point is this super unusual hybrid Klein’s butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleini crossed with a very rare species for the region. Wayne’s…

LED Thermometer from Lifeguard Aquatics is readable from a distance

Lifeguard Aquatics’ LED Thermometer is the first submersible device of its kind in a hobby where the LEDs are currently getting all the attention for lighting. We’ve seen submersible LCD thermometers, but this is the first time we are going…

Illustrated key to azooxanthellate Scleractinia is high def identification gold

An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the recent Azooxanthellate Scleractinia, is one of the coolest in depth LPS azoox identification keys we’ve come across. Even if you have zero interest in azoox corals, you absolutely have to check…

GHL Mitras LX 6100 hands-on: diverse LED color in a sleek German crafted package

The GHL Mitras LED light is the first aquarium light fixture from the experienced designers and manufacturers of aquarium electronics, most notably the GHL Profilux controller. We had to go all the way to Germany to get our first look at the…