The beautiful Belgian reef aquarium of Luc Loyen (Jawsee)

The following is a contribution from Ducth reefing veteran Tanne Hoff better known as Tanu on the interwebz. [youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBG_6clEVE[/youtube] I first visited Luc about 6 years ago as I saw his previous tank being featured in a topic…

The problem with romanticizing the reef hobby and idolizing demagogues

After reading Scott Fellman’s post about bad reefing ideas, I started to think about where a lot crazy shifts in reefkeeping have originated. Usually it’s from some reefkeeping “expert”.  More often than not, I have had to ask myself what…

Tricolor Scopas strikes again

The large mutated tricolor scopas tang just pulled up in Bali by Neptune Fish is the nicest tricolor surgeonfish we’ve seen since we featured the nice tricolor scopas tang from Southwest Marines, UK. This particular tricolor scopas has a striking…

BIG Banggai Cardinalfish Book for the scholar of Pterapogon kauderni

Dr. Alejandro A. Vagelli’s 224 page tome, “The Banggai Cardinalfish : Natural History, Conservation and Culture of Pterapogon kauderni” is on presale now through Amazon for the discounted price of $154.11. Obviously this is no ordinary fish book; Dr. Vagelli…

Charlene’s Anthias, Pseudanthias charlenae from Western New Guinea, Indonesia

Charlene’s anthias, Pseudanthias charlenae is a relatively newly described species of anthias which was first discovered in Cenderawasih Bay, western New Guinea during the big biodiversity exploration trip to the Bird’s Head Peninsula. The species like many others discovered around…

Bon’s lagoon takes second Zeovit dream tank of the quarter, we totally called it

About six months ago some comments held our feet to the fire when we called Evan Tsang’s (bonbon) brand new reef tank a “Masterpiece in the Making“. Then two months ago we revisited Bon’s Lagoon with a video of the…

Elos Evision gets initial pricing in Europe

The expandable Elos Evision aquarium control system we saw last month at Aquarama in Singapore has just gotten some pricing details. While the simplicity of the modular design is appealing the first round of pricing coming out of Europe is…

Picasso Clarkii Clownfish video

When we first heard that Picasso clarkii were coming from Bali Aquarich, our initial thought was that these Amphiprion clarkii were only slightly picasso-barred. But once we saw the Picasso clarkii clownfish at House of Fins it was clear that…

Pseudochromis erdmanni, a new dottyback species from Ambon and Sulawesi

Pseudochromis erdmanni is a new species of dottyback from Indonesia which has just been described by Jack Randall. The specimens used in the description of P. erdmanni were collected from Ambon and the Rajah Ampat Islands of Indonesia but is…

Seneye reef controller sets a new bar for aquarium monitoring

Seneye is a new water monitoring device that is set to go into beta soon and is UK based. Seneye works by dropping a digital all-in-one monitor into your  water that reports a wide variety of parameters and controls them…