Africanus angelfish juvenile is one of the bluest fish in the sea

This tiny Africanus angelfish, Holacanthus africanus, is one of the smallest that we’ve ever seen a picture of. The tiny blue gem was recently imported by a Taiwanese marine fish dealer who informed us that this tyke is somewhere between…

This Rainbow Acanthophyllia is one of the nicest we’ve ever seen

The rainbow Acanthophyllia coral we came across this weekend is one of the nicest meat corals we’ve ever seen. We spotted this gorgeous meat coral at Mile High Aquatics in Parker, Colorado and we were impressed at how this coral…

Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads’ Real Reef Live Rock Go Head-To-Head

Online saltwater livestock retailer Drs. Foster & Smith’s Diver’s Den at Live Aquaria caught our attention over the past couple weeks with a new product quietly “snuck in” to the daily Diver’s Den emails.  Listed under the invertebrates category, there…

Proaquatix releases Captive-Bred Akindynos Barrier Reef Clownfish

Today, Proaquatix announced their release of captive bred Great Barrier Reef Clownfish, Amphiprion akindynos.  This species only rarely enters the hobby, normally as wild caught specimens.  Depending on the size and quality, they can fetch upwards of $250 for a…

Bubble King Double Cones get outed by Royal Exclusiv

Royal Exclusiv has released their new Bubble King Double Cone protein skimmers out to the masses. Taking design cues from past Bubble King Models these new cone skimmers incorporate all the latest tech wizardry since 2006 when the first Bubble…

Sicce Wave Surfer pulses Voyager water pumps

The Sicce Wave Surfer is a new electronic propeller pump wavemaker intervalometer which allows you to get some different flow patterns with Sicce Voyager pumps. Designed to accommodate one or two of the unusual Hexjet Voyager 1-4, or more conventional…

Sfiligoi Genesis T5 hybrid fixture features RGB LED integration

The Sfiligoi Genesis is a light we first spotted at InterZoo back in May as an all LED setup and now we have learned that it will also come in a hybrid T5 flavor. With this new reef light, Sfiligoi…

DIY acrylic refugium “cube,” making more with less

Do-it-yourself (DIY) projects help many of us stretch our dollars in getting set up and continuing the hobby. Some people can make magic from a screwdriver, roll of duct tape and a 2×4 and others work their skills to the…

Marine Depot launches “Like It” giveaway

We like Marine Depot, we like Facebook and most of all we like free stuff. Marine Depot recently rolled out a new contest where all you have to do is “Like” them on Facebook to enter. The pick one random…

RD3 Speedy is new variable speed brushless DC pump from Royal Exclusiv

Royal Exclusiv has just released specifications on their Red Dragon 3 speedy variable speed brushless DC pumps. These new pumps are actually an entirely new series called “Speedy” and they incorporate major improvements over other generations of Red Dragon pumps.…