Tsunami reaches across Pacific, damage toll still climbing

The devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake hitting Japan yesterday threw a powerful tsunami across the Pacific Ocean that has reached the U.S. mainland, leaving a trail of devastation in its path. It may be days and weeks before the overall damage…

First look at the AquaMedic Yasha reef tank

We saw it at Interzoo, wrote about it coming to North America a few months back and now the AquaMedic Yasha nano reef aquarium is getting closer to being available to the public. We had the chance to get our…

Three chances to win a complete EcoPico aquarium at ReefStock

Ecoxotic will be giving away three complete EcoPico nano reef aquariums at ReefStock 2011; two “Truly EcoPico” mini-reefs and one freshwater planted pico with rare submerged grown aquatic plants.  These Picos are not your everyday dry tank combos: Marine EcoPicos…

ReefStock this Saturday at the Denver Downtown Aquarium

This Saturday March 12th Reef Builders will be presenting the fourth annual ReefStock conference. ReefStock is a fully rounded conference with lots of captive raised corals for sale, all the latest and greatest products, experienced reef aquarium speakers and an…

Robotic fish almost as good as the real thing

Robotic fish are nothing new. Researchers have studied and developed different robotic fish that mimic the real thing and provide valuable data to scientists. Often it is manking reaping the benefits of these robotic fish as they glean data and…

Amazing Xyrichthys and Novaculops razor wrasses land at Reef Corner

The razor wrasses Xyrichthys novacula and Novaculops halsteadi are virtually unknown in the aquarium trade, but not for lack of color and interesting habits. Razor wrasses are not the first labrid that comes to mind when the popular wrasses are…

ReefStock’s Raffle is so big we’re doing it three times

We’re just one week away from hosting the fourth ReefStock marine aquarium conference at the Denver Downtown Aquarium and the raffle has become so large, we’ve had to split it, twice! Due to the generosity of all the movers and…

1000 gallon French reef tank has a lot of room to grow

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dt5M17VqA[/youtube] This extra large reef tank belonging to Sébastien Ginguené is an excellent display of a balanced fish and coral reef aquarium. Sébastien who goes by the handle ‘SebNantes’ on the forums has a well documented history with…

H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions

H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions are a dry follow-up to the H2Ocean Reef Paste for fish and corals.  The H2Ocean Pro foods include special dry and moist formulas for feeding a range of reef aquarium animals including SPS…

Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus described from deepwater trawls of Taiwan

Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus are two new species of deepwater reef fish which have just been described by Wu, Randall and Chen in the journal Zoological Studies. The two new species of Plectranthias were described based on single specimens…