JBJ Unibody LED light is as solid as it is versatile and stylish

There are a ton of LED lights vying for your reef aquarium dollar right now but the JBJ Unibody LED light stands alone in its approach. We had the good fortune to be able to use one on out little…

Diode lasers for lighting looks promising, still a ways away

Recent research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown the human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular LEDs. Why is this significant? While laser diodes may be farther from…

Innovative Marine’s Nano 16 aquarium actually has something good going on in the back

We’ve already seen the sexy single bent-glass front of the Nano 16 and Nuvo aquariums by Innovative Marine and we know that they won’t cost too much either, but we were definitely withholding an impression of the entire kit until…

An adult Golden Basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, featured on video in an aquarium for the first time

The last time we featured the Golden basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, we were dealing with the first excellent photo of a nice juvenile. Now that Blue Harbor has scored a larger specimen they’ve wasted no time producing a new photo and…

Purple Purple Tang and White-barred Asfur Angelfish are not your average Red Sea imports

For quite some time now the Hawaiian Yellow Tangs and Scopas Tangs have been hogging the limelight in the aberrant department for Zebrasoma surgeonfishes. Piebald yellow tangs, tricolor Scopas tangs and even pure white yellow tangs with fancy super-hero names given!…

Sustainable aquatics shows off captive bred pinnatus batfish

Sustainable aquatics has on display a really cool captive raised Pinnatus Batfish. The flamboyant jet black fish outlined in orange makes for an amazing display that has gathered tons of attention since the beginning of the show. The contrastingly colored…

Great turnout and response at Reef-A-Palooza this year

Day one of Reef-A-Palooza is almost at its end and what a great turnout it has been. We’ve had plenty of queries and interest in our little Captive Bred Flame Angelfish exhibition here at the Reefbuilder’s lounge. Check out the…

Captive bred Flame Angelfish displaying by Reef Builder’s lounge at Reef-A-Palooza

With Reef-A-Palooza 2011 almost in full swing, the Reef Builder’s lounge is up and running and packing some heat. Housed in the new JBJ 8 gallon nano tank and equipped with the new JBJ Unibody LED reef lighting are two…

Reef-A-Palooza right around the corner – Jake’s speaking and Reef Builders’ lounge will be open

With the Fall season in full swing, that means just one thing — its almost time for Reef-A-Palooza in Orange County. Happening on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, RAP is the largest marine aquarium event in the world…

Trio of super rare Chrysiptera traceyi lands at live aquaria

When we speak of rare fish, damselfish are rarely the first thing that comes to mind because most aficionados would rather collect angelfish, butterflyfish and wrasses. But the trio of Chrysiptera traceyi damselfish that LiveAquaria posted up last night are…