Unknown Trachycaris shrimp from Lembeh is exquisitely camouflaged

The shrimp you see in this video is so perfectly camouflaged that even we have a hard time telling which end is which Looking mighty similar to Trachycaris restricta from the Eastern Atlantic, Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula, this little…

Frédeau Marrec’s Reef is a beauty from France

Albeit not rocking the latest LEDs and equipment, and not necessarily ground breaking in concept or design, we’d be lying to ourselves if we denied the beauty of this French system. Frédeau Marrec’s reef is just plain beautiful, and there…

AquaBlade from Continuum Aquatics is all kinds of made in U.S.A.

The AquaBlade is a new aquarium algae scraper from Continuum Aquatics which bears the hallmarks of a great aquarium maintenance device. Made in the US and keeping jobs at home, Continuum Aquatics will be making the AquaBlade with a white…

Tour de BlueHarbor – Part 2. Fixing a deepwater malady

This is the second and final installment to the two part BlueHarbor tour visit. In this article, we visit one of Koji’s customers with perhaps the biggest and most impressive collection of deepwater fish ever. Rare fish aficionados, you do…

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July 31st–Aug 6th Halophila’s Seagrass tank is a prime example of simple beauty XL Biopellets are jumbo ‘bio-bones’ that don’t need to be fluidized Friday Mega-Smorgasbord: Squid arms, robofish, shark feast, sea slugs, coral planting, living undersea, AEFW hit the…

Rare video of a real life Centropyge debelius revealed in Japanese NPS tank

Centropyge debelius – One of a select few elite and highly sought after mega-rare angelfish that is just as beautiful as it is scarce. Not many Debelius angelfish have entered the trade and only a handful, in the recent years.…

Wyoming White and Maine Blizzard clownfish from Sea & Reef Aquaculture

It’s been a long time since we heard anything about the production of the Wyoming White clownfish and with the closing of C-Quest and unfortunate passing of Bill Addisson, it seemed like the strain might die out. The Maine Blizzard…

Halophila’s Seagrass tank is a prime example of simple beauty

This Halophila-dominated seagrass aquarium is built and designed to take care of itself. No protein skimmer, no calcium reactor, no sump, no biopellets, carbon or GFO. No automatic water changes or a super controller with email function. Heck this system…

XL Biopellets are jumbo ‘bio-bones’ that don’t need to be fluidized

XL BioPellets are getting supersized into jumbo Bio-Bones that are so big and heavy that they don’t need to be fluidized, and therefore fit right into any kind of canister filter or compartment. Being much much larger than the previous…

Aquaponics kit turns fish waste into food for you

This unique aquaponics system was designed as an indoor therapeutic garden utilizing the fish waste as plant food to grow vegetables. Shown off at a tradeshow in Japan, this aquaponic system takes advantage of the symbiotic relationship of plants and…