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…

Pylopaguropsis keijii from Hawaii

This beautiful hermit crab is called Pylopaguropsis keijii (McLaughlin & Haig, 1989). The body is golden color and claw and legs are really bright purple. I got this hermit crab from famous rare fish diver Robert Lower in Hawaii who…

Awesome dancing nano reef is a masterpiece of common reef life

The dancing 25 gallon nano reef has a lot going for it; a vortech pump, LED lighting, great looking common marine animals, moderate use of live rock and an overall look which is greater than the sum of its parts.…

Video update on the tiny personatus angelfish

Late last summer a tiny masked angelfish, Genicanthus personatus, was captured in Hawaii by Rufus Kimura. We heavily covered this tiny specimen of the demi-god masked angelfish, first with an on-site video of the tiny masked angelfish, and later on…

Instant Ocean developer, pioneering researcher dies at 93

William E. Kelley Jr., the man behind the creation of Instant Ocean salt and the founding president of the Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, passed away earlier this month at the age of 93 and was buried yesterday…

Pacific Sun now shipping GHL LED module to add controllability to your lamps

Pacific Sun has now started shipping the GHL LEDControl4 module with custom connections to get your Pacific Sun LED fixture a full array of lighting control options. Although GHL recently released the GHL LEDControl4 the Pacific Sun version ships with custom…

Butterflyfish sure do love H2Ocean’s Reef Paste food

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfVBl0Cq94[/youtube] This new video uploaded by Simon Garratt is an interesting demonstration of what kind of fish really respond to H2Ocean’s Reef Paste. If you’ll recall, Reef Paste is a paste of food for reef fish and corals…

Fluval G3 canister gets reviewed on camera by Practical Fishkeeping

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFiivFUN1kc[/youtube] The Fluval G3 is one of Hagen’s latest and greatest flagship canister filters. A canister filter is not the first or the fifth thing we think of when we’re thinking of setting up a marine or reef…