[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN2ypEDoop0[/youtube] We wrote about the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands exhibit at the Waikiki Aquarium earlier this year and it finally opened in August. As the first major display in nearly six years at the aquarium, the NWHI exhibit features fish and…
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From the archives: Current USA rounded corner aquarium coming?
Editor’s Note: Every so often we like to go and take a peek into the archive. We thought we’d share this post we did back in June 2008 doing what we do best — teasing you with the latest and…
New Fluval Sea Marine supplements and additives
Fluval’s new push into saltwater aquatics, is not stopping with just Sea marine salt. They have unveiled a new line of additives for saltwater aquariums. Fluval’s Sea additives cover the gamut with trace elements including Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Strontium,…
Two great aquarium stores in Greenwich CT having big annual sales this weekend
House of Fins and Greenwich Aquaria are two of the finest retail aquarium stores in the country which we have written about extensively over the years – only LiveAquaria and Old Town Aquarium do as much shaking down of rare…
Welcome to Ecoreef Zero, population 1
Forget everything you know about reef tanks – this is a coral tank. What you see is the very limit of what a coral needs to survive and thrive, neatly packaged into a setup we call Ecoreef Zero. This nano…
Stacking up the AI Nano, NanoBox Reef and Slimline S LED lights
Now that Aqua Illumination’s AI Nano LED has been thoroughly covered and reviewed, it’s time we stack it up against some other Nano LED lights that are in the same size range. The Slimline S from Sunbrite LED is a…
Mauritian Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus, Lands at House of Fins
Although the genus Rhinecanthus contains seven known species, the so-called “Mauritian Triggerfish” has not, to our knowledge, been imported into the U.S. before. House of Fins of Greenwich, CT secured this colorful specimen, and will have it on hand for…
AI Nano LED review: good things can exist in small packages
I recently updated the lighting on my low tech reef tank with an AI Nano LED which is a world apart from the conventional lighting I had been using. I had some disdain for the included 150-watt “disco-ball” metal halide…
Genicanthus semifasciatus angelfish makes a surprise appearance in large numbers
Genicanthus semifasciatus is perhaps the rarest of the obtainable six species of swallowtail angelfishes that make up part of the Genicanthus genus. The other four members are extremely rare and conventionally unobtainable to the average aquarist, perhaps with the exception…
Oregon blue tort show an exceptional view of acontia filaments in action
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPD1Ajp75k[/youtube] Most reefers are aware of sweeper tentacles that are large and noticeable in LPS corals, but we don’t think about the reach of SPS corals very much. Galaxea, Scapophyllia, Oulogyra and Euphyllia all have large and long-reaching…
