First time we heard about Indonesian Pinnatus Batfish, they were rumored to be captive-bred. Then, as time went on, vendors started using “tank-raised” to describe these fish, and by 2010’s marine breeding year-in-review, we were all thinking they were likely…
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Atlanta Reef Club’s annual February Frag Meeting this Saturday, Feb 12
The Atlanta Reef Club may have already had its turn to host the MACNA conference, but that doesn’t stop them from being able to hold some sizable club events at the same World Congress Center where MACNA XX went down.…
Help fund a living sea sculpture in Cancun’s underwater art museum
We are big fans of the underwater art museum in Cancun, Mexico and now we all have a way to help bring a unique project to the museum. Colleen Flanigan, a sculptor from Portland, Ore., is currently raising funds to…
Planarians move up in the tree of life, no longer such a lowly life form
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/11416114[/vimeo] Convolutriloba retrogemma, the dreaded red planaria flatworm, is a loathed aquarium pest which just moved up in the world. Although once grouped with the Platyhelminthes, the true flatworms, the Planaria which include the familiar pest have recently…
Ecoxotic retrofits Sea Life Aquarium at LEGOLAND with LED lighting
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLH3TcHGOP4&hd=1[/youtube] Here is a great video from Ecoxotic retrofitting the Sea Life Aquarium exhibit at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad, Calif. with its 50W LED Cannon pendants. We know public aquariums can really suck a lot of juice with traditional…
Oliver Knott’s Nature Aquarium remix of “Hallelujah Mountains”
The aquarium in the video above is an aquascape created by Oliver Knott which was inspired by the blockbuster movie Avatar. This aquascape was modeled after a setting of the movie called the Hallelujah Mountains, which float in mid-air, covered…
Fish Heads’ Real Reef line adds Shelf and Nano Live Rock!
A couple weeks ago we brought you the battle royale between Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads new Real Reef Live Rock. What we didn’t know at the time was that the folks at Fish Heads already…
Ecoxotic’s 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System — a look at the aquarium itself
Matt continues his review of the Ecoxotic 25 gallon LED aquarium system which will be the future home of the Lightning Maroon Clownfish. Following up on his unboxing of the stand, here is Matt’s take on the 25 gallon, 18″…
Slimline LED from SunBrite is coming soon, and with a remote control
The Slimline LED from Sunbrite LED is the name of the slim and svelte LED light that we shared with you at the very end of December. The Slimline is now coming closer to real world availability, and we’ve learned…
Etsy is a treasure trove of creative and original reef art
Let’s face it, the reef aquarium world is so focused on fragging corals, growing corals better, keeping fish healthier and making good products that besides Kaitlyn Cameron and Karen Talbot, we don’t have much reef-art-culture coming from within the hobby.…
