At Pitcairn Island, macro algae are one of the main reef builders

At Pitcairn Island in the Southern Pacific Ocean, a plethora of beautiful and unique macro algaes are well represented in myriad forms. Beautiful fleshy algaes, branching coralline and leafy brown algaes are extremely well represented according to a new survey…

Aquapparel offers fun t-shirts, donates to a good cause

Aquapparel is a new company printing some interesting t-shirts for people interested in aquatic activities from aquariums to diving to paddle boarding. Besides offering some fun shirts (and a few corny ones too), Aquaparel is going to donate $1 from…

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April 3– April 10th Bali Aquarich leaks sneak peek of Picasso Sebae Clownfish Quality Marine’s new “Collector Series” fish Jimmy Ma’s incredible Koi Coral Beauty angelfish gets a much needed update Blau LuminaLED coming this summer Lytro light field trip…

Part two of ReefStock 2012 coverage by Mr. Saltwater Tank

As promised, here is the second part of the video coverage of ReefStock 2012 by Mr. Saltwater Tank. Like previous years, ReefStock had lots of new products to show off and Mark Callahan went around to all the booths and…

Sustainable Aquatics debuts captive-bred Allardi Clownfish and Molly Miller Blennies

The crew at Sustainable Aquatics has been continuing to push the boundaries of commercial captive breeding with two new introductions made late last week: Allardi clownfish, Amphiprion allardi and the Molly Miller blenny, Scartella cristata. Neither fish is a “species first”, both have…

Full Spectrum version of KR90DR will be released from eco-lamp and Blue Harbor

As you know, eco-lamp released special KR93 called KR93SP in Japanese market by working with Blue Harbor and Eiji at 1.023World.  KR93SP contains 400nm, 420nm and cyan spectrum LED to mimic Sun light spectrum.  Now, eco-lamp and Blue Harbor are…

Eclipse Smart, Max and Color LED lights from Veritas Controls offer great features in an attractive fixture

The Eclipse LED lights are some of the first we’ve seen that make excellent use of the heatsink to wrap the components in an attractive enclosure. Coming in three types, the Eclipse Smart, Eclipse Max and Eclipse Color, the LED…

Lytro light field trip at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

https://pictures.lytro.com/lightmatter/pictures/72476 It’s no secret that we love the Lytro light field camera, and we are not the only ones to think that the bleeding edge light field camera is perfect for aquariums. This sequence of shots taken at the Monterey…

Wardley Tropical Fish food recalled for Salmonella risk

Wardley, which makes Tropical Flake Fish food is recalling their Advanced Nutrition Perfect Protein. The reason? The food could be may have been potentially contaminated with Salmonella. In total 7,056 1-oz. containers of Wardley® Advanced Nutrition™ Perfect Protein™ Tropical Flake…

The itsy-bitsy gangly Callogobius gobies are a curious bunch

Gobies are undoubtedly one of the largest species of fish comprising thousands of species living in all water types from fresh, brackish and salt. Many of you would find yourself dealing with the colorful saltwater gobies sometime or other in…