AquaSun Aquarium Controller by Zoo Med looking to power up your tank

Timed power strips are not anything new but Zoo Med is looking to bring their success is the reptile market deeper into the aquarium side with the new AquaSun Aquarium Controller. An analog timer combined with four timed and four constantly…

Marine animals group into clusters, in the deep sea and on reefs

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgrcgrNTSAE[/youtube] Energy and nutrients are not evenly distributed in the ocean, and sea creatures have evolved to zero-in on areas of their habitat which will be most conducive for the survival, growth and reproduction. The clustering of sea…

Xyrichthys and Novaculops razor wrasses get featured in a video slideshow by Dietmar Schauer

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ircd7jBDEIg[/youtube] A couple weeks ago we shared with you some great shots of razor wrasses from Ghana and Vanuatu by Dietmar Schauer and then another of a sand wrasse from Australia by Russo’s Reef. If those images piqued…

Reef Octopus releases Bio Sphere solid carbon biopellets

Reef Octopus, purveyor of low cost aquarium goods and equipment has released their Bio-Sphere product. Bio Spheres are a pure solid carbon source to help reduce nitrates and phosphates in a marine aquarium much how you have seen other products…

LeDio ReefDeep new uber blue LED spotlight from Volx Japan

The LeDio ReefDeep is a new 27 watt LED spotlight from Volx Japan which delivers a punch of unadulterated blue spectrum in a single spotlight. Like the other 27 watt Ledio spotlights, the new ReefDeep uses all Cree XP series…

Reef Octopus Water JET a novel way to produce subsurface laminar water flow

Reef Octopus appears to be in development of a novel and mysterious water moving device. The Reef Octopus Water JET was spied at LSS Laboratory and it appears to move a blade of water through a long, narrow vent. As…

Happy People Eater is the neatest new Zoanthid we’ve seen in a while

The Happy People Eater zoanthid from Happy Corals Inc. is a new and lovely strain of People Eater zoanthids which deserves a little air time. People-eater zoanthids of the Protopalythoa genus have always been among the most populars polyps in…

Kessil LED spotlight is lookin mighty fine over a 22 gallon nano reef

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtLxYorUts[/youtube] Kessil LED is a new company to the aquarium world which will soon be offering their Kessil A150W LED spotlight in white, blueish and blue colors. While the A150w LED spotlight is not yet widely available, that…

Mr. Saltwater Tank covers ReefStock 2011

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/21157957[/vimeo] ReefStock 2011 was an amazing reef show which attracted a huge crowd from the local area and visitors from coast to coast. The speakers gave ground breaking talks and the coral vendors had more coral than you…

Aquatronica lets loose 8.7 update to aquarium controllers

Aquatronica has just announced the availability of 8.7 for their line of premium aquarium controllers. The new 8.7 update contains several bug fixes in the PC software realm of things. The new update also includes numerous bug fixes for the…