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Flathead perch video shows why Rainfordia opercularis is awesome
There are some fish that are really photogenic and look lackluster in real life, and other species that look unremarkable in images but really grab your attention in the flesh; the flathead perch falls squarely in the latter category, with…
Innovative company uses CO2 to create carbonate cement
Using coral as inspiration, researchers have taken an idea and have turned it into a company looking to reduce carbon dioxide levels and reduce the reliance on CO2-laden Portland cement in the construction industry. Stanford scientist Brent Constanz turned his…
Love thy local fish store, Vargas in Omaha and a big sale at Greenwich Aquaria
Lots of great things happening in the retail aquarium space this weekend. The aquarium hobby could use some more editorial reflection on the state of affairs in our awesome hobby and to this end PFK’s Nathan Hill has written a…
Maxspect Mazarra P, the Full Review
I recently shared the unboxing of Maxspect’s latest LED offering, the Mazarra P series. Well here’s the review. I’ve recently replaced the metal halide/T5 fixture over my 180 -gallon with the Mazarra modules. The minimum number of modules for a…
True Efflatournaria appears in the Diver’s Den, looks more like Xenia than Cespitularia
Finally, true Efflatournariahas appeared in the aquarium trade, as a maricultured coral in the Diver’s Den no less. Efflatournaria is a genus of soft corals whose name has been misapplied to various corals in the trade in recent years. Xenia, Hetroxenia and Cespitularia have…
Teszla LED is Giesemann’s first pure LED aquarium light fixture
The Teszla LED from Giesemann has been a long time coming from one of Europe’s swankiest aquarium light manufacturers. Giesemann’s first foray into LED lighting began with a trifecta of LED + T5 fluorescent hybrids and a striplight, the MatrixPlus,…
Simple, clean nano aquarium makes big impression
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5MqxHR7sHI[/youtube] We love well edited aquariums and in many cases, less can be more. This nice video of a very clean aquascaped ADA nano aquarium by YouTube user digitallyblue took a simple approach to make a big impact in a…
Using water droplets as an LED lens and diffuser
We recently set up a new gyre flow frag tank, a 33 Long aquarium which is 48 inches long and lit by an assortment of lights including a NanoBox Reef LED. Since it’s winter and really dry in Colorado a…
Valenciennea bella is a goby you’ll definitely want sifting your sand
Most reefers get a little bit iffy at the thought of adding a sand sifter goby to the reef tank. The thought of a sand spewing fish dropping aragonite particles all over the ever precious acan frags and scolymia is…
