Brown Clown Gobies are anything butt…and Naked Green Clown Gobies?

Seems like we’ve forgotten the clown gobies of the genus Gobiodon lately. Generally truly inexpensive and often thought of as common, they lack the exclusivity factor of something like a captive bred Brazilian Goldline Goby (Elacatinus figaro) or the mystical qualities of…

Live fish keyring, tattooed fish and preserved fish ‘art’ are really, really tacky

We don’t even know where to start with all the disrespect and cruelty we see being inflicted on live fish everywhere. China is selling live fish in sealed keyrings, fish are being tattooed more and more and one Japanese man…

300 watt Plasma vs. 1000 watt halides compared over an 800 gallon SPS reef

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4fqg2bE3F8[/youtube] Plasma lighting is an exciting technology with extremely efficient light production. The latest crop of light emitting plasma fixtures using the Luxim ST 41 have better color rendition, a higher light output and they play nicer with…

Neuco’s Deep Blue Star 20K lamp coming

Neuco, providers of premium lighting in various flavors is now growing in the US with their Deep Blue Star 20k. CoralVue has announced that they will start bringing these bulbs into the United States with their existing agreement with Neuco.…

More details on the Neptune Systems Apex Jr

We were able to get more information on the upcoming Neptune Systems Apex Jr controller we touched on yesterday. While we incorrectly dubbed the unit AquaController Jr initially, the additional details from Neptune Systems on the Apex Jr showcase where…

Sunpulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halides are as small as 20 watts

SunPulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halide lamps are a new line of HID lights with sizes down to 20 watts. The SunPulse Nano Series metal halides come in 20, 35, 75 and 100 watts and in 3, 4, 6.5 and…

Sharks Taught to Hunt Alien Lionfish

Roatan Marine Park divers are training sharks to like a new snack–that of the invasive lionfish. Some wonder if the taining sharks to feast on these fish the best way to make any difference. “It may be more effective for…

Reed Mariculture introduces a new product line, and wants you to name it!

Reed Mariculture is well-known around here, both for their aquarium hobby line of products  (Reef Nutrition), but also for their commercial aquaculture products generally sold under the Reed Mariculture umbrella.  Seeing their large-scale aquaculture products being used in smaller-scale applications…

GrowsSpot LED grow light from Sunshine Systems has colors for reefing too

The GrowSpot is an LED Grow Light in a spotlight form factor from Sunshine Systems, the makers of the popular GrowUFO grow light for hydroponic and horticultural use. The GrowSpot LED comes in four colors that stimulate different parts of…

Kessil’s new H350 LED spotlight features high tech vapor heatsink cooling

We’ve barely begun to review the Kessil A150w LED for growing corals and yet they’ve already announced the a150’s bigger brother. The Kessil H350 LED is a new 90 watt spotlight announced today which uses an advanced vapor heatsink for…