Aquarium a key focal point in this modern kitchen design

This modern kitchen design utilized an aquarium as one of the main focal points as an interesting backsplash. The kitchen was designed by Darren Morgan with clean lines, white cabinets and a combination of surfaces and lighting to create this one-of-a-kind…

ROWA AS VitaCor Life Elements put back in all the stuff that ROWA takes out

ROWA AS VitaCor is a new trace element additive from Rowa Marine. Depending on how you look at it, ROWA AS VitaCor could be either a peculiar or a totally natural product for the maker of fine GFO. The ROWA…

Reef Fishes of the East Indies is a new book from Allen and Erdmann with 25 new species (updated)

Reef Fishes of the East Indies is a new forthcoming book which will be a hefty publication on reef fish from Gerald Allen and Mark Erdmann. With almost 1,300 pages spread across three volumes, Reef Fishes of the East Indies…

Belonoperca soapfishes are striking predators that prefer cool and dimly lit setups

Belonoperca is small genus with only two species which includes the amazing clown like Dr. Seuss Fish and the lesser known B. chabanaudi. These predatory fish are elongated and fierce looking and prefer living under overhangs and ledges in deep…

Lagoon Blue Powerchrome T5 lamp adds to Giesemann’s rainbow of fluorescent bulbs

The Lagoon Blue Powerchrome T5 bulb is a new lamp color from Giesemann which is designed to complement the other blue lamps in the Powerchrome series. Like the Aquablue+ and Actinic lamps, the Giesemann Powerchrome Lagoon Blue lamp is a…

BlueHarbor releases new pictures and videos of Cirrhilabrus claire along with the other deepwater rarities

BlueHarbor released new pictures and videos of their latest haul and here’s a better look at the insanely rare Cirrhilabrus claire. As we’ve mentioned previously, C. claire has never had its live picture featured anywhere before and this pair marks…

2012 MACNA keynote speaker announced – Jean-Michel Cousteau

Announced in the overnight hours on ReefAddicts, the Dallas Fort Worth MACNA team revealed Jean-Michel Cousteau as the keynote speaker for the Saturday night banquet at this year’s Marine Aquarium Conference of North America. Jean-Michel Cousteau is the son of…

Cirrhilabrus claire – First ever live pictures of what could be the world’s rarest fairy wrasse

Cirrhilabrus claire is quite possibly the world’s rarest and least known fairy wrasse and holy grail is all but a plastic cup to this species. Since its discovery in 2001, there has only been two dead holotype pictures and absolutely zero…

Madness ZERO LED prototype packing some Cree goodness

The Madness ZERO LED is a prototype aquarium light packing 40 Cree XP-E LEDs with a manual two-channel controller that can push out around 100W of power. There are plenty of one-off LED vendors but we are always interested in seeing…

Arcadia LED Bar teased in this spanking new demo video

The Arcadia LED Bar appears to be a new LED-only striplight from the UK manufacturer that produces the OT-2 LED + T5 hybrid and the Eco-Aqua LED spotlight. At first glance the LED Bar from Arcadia bears an uncanny resemblance…