Another Friday and another fun installment of the Friday Smorgasbord. First off is the way cool glowing shrimp we found on NatGeo. The deep-sea shrimp Parapandalus has bioluminescence capabilities and actually hurls a glowing cloud of organic matter to confuse…
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New color line-up added to Cree XB-D and XM-L series
While we are reporting this a few days later, we are happy to see that Cree announced new color options for the XB-D and XM-L series of LEDs on the 50th birthday of the visible light LED. Adding color options…
HGTV adding new aquarium show “Ultimate Aquariums,” taps Infinity Aquarium Design to host
HGTV is getting into the reality aquariums show game with the addition of Ultimate Aquariums making its debut on the channel on Friday, October 12 at 1 PM. The show will highlight the team at Los Angeles’ Infinity Aquarium Design as they go…
House of Fins has another amazing SPLASH event coming up this weekend
The SPLASH celebration is an annual sale, aquarium event and mini conference put on every year by House of Fins, one of the biggest rare reef fish dealers in the country, especially at the brick-n-mortar retail level. House of Fins…
Hongtam’s reef aquarium in Hong Kong takes the display refugium to a whole new level
The display refugiums is a neat concept in itself, but this display “refugium” takes things to a whole other level. This aquarium is not really a refugium at all since it lacks macro algae and the purpose of nutrient export,…
Sicce Minu LED fixture for high end nano tanks gets unboxing treatment
The Sicce Minu is the smallest LED fixture in Sicce LED line. At 5.5 by 5 .5 inches and 20 watts, the Sicce Minu LED fixture is definitely meant for nano aquariums, but with it’s MSRP at $249 the Minu…
No fewer than four new species of zoanthids discovered in Florida waters
Colin Foord recently co-authored a peer-reviewed scientific paper on four new species of Zoanthids in Florida waters. The zoanthids were discovered by expeditions undertaken by Coral Morphologic and several of the new species are occasionally offered on the Caribbean livestock…
The huge success of MACNA 2012 bodes very well for the marine aquarium hobby
Without any numbers to go on, it’s safe to say that the crowds and energy of MACNA 2012 was objectively very big and very excited this year. MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, is the oldest and largest conference…
Reef Octopus BioChurn Biopellet reactors range from small to super sized
BioChurn Biopellet reactors are the latest biopellet reactors released by Reef Octopus through their US distributor CoralVue. The new line of BioChurn Biopellet reactors externally look externally very similar to other reactors, but promise advanced design that allows a more…
