ATB is doing a good job of pushing the boundaries with its washdown systems as we’ve seen in previous posts on automatic dual washdowns. Now the company is adding the automated washdown to an extra-large concept skimmer that includes automatic…
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Mycedium robokaki chalice with raspberry colored eyes introduced by LiveAquaria
Mycedium robokaki is a chalice coral that continues to surprise us. We’ll never forget the first time we spotted Mycedium robokaki with a plain tan base color and tiny bright orange mouths. Back in 2007 the reef hobby was still…
170 lumens per watt light bulb made a reality by Cree
There once was a time when lighting industry experts hoped that one day we would get LED-powered light bulbs with an efficiency of 100 lumens per watt, that was the hoop dream. Following on their bleeding edge 152 lumen per…
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Meet Mantabot, a bio-mechanical manta ray, developed by researchers at the University of Virginia that mimics the real thing. So move over robofish, you have company! Described as one of nature’s most smooth and graceful swimmers, the manta ray is an…
Fish in Space: The Aquatic Habitat is how you build an aquarium in space
Leave it to the Japanese to be responsible for sending up an aquarium into outer space with the Aquatic Habitat research mission. The Aquatic Habitat space aquarium sent to the International Space Station by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is…
We need more digital ‘self-reporting’ like Walt Smith Fiji’s videos of hand caught fish collection
Walt Smith Fiji has recently uploaded a series of short videos showing some expert divers cautiously and effectively wrangling up fish along the reefs using on a net. Not only is the skill involved with capturing these fish with a…
Micro-Reefs bringing pico, temperate systems to an office cubicle near you
Micro-Reefs has some great pico aquarium kits for those of you looking for a well thought out kit to move beyond the betta bowl on your desk and even make the only small, complete coldwater system we know about. These…
You can add Skeletal Erosion Band to the list of known aquarium diseases
Ugh, as if we didn’t have enough coral diseases and parasites to worry about, now we can add Skeletal Erosion Band caused by the heterotricch ciliate Halofolliculina corallasia to the list. The tiny little creature is a cingle celled protozoan that…
