Exclusive first unboxing of the Reef Capable LED fixture from Marineland

The Reef Capable LED from Marineland is a very hyotly anticipated aquarium LED light which has not yet been released. However, the fine folks at UPG sent over a review unit for us to share with you. As we predicted…

Halichoeres hilomeni and H. erdmanni are two new wrasse species described from the East Indies

Halichoeres erdmanni and H. hilomeni are two new species of wrasses that Dr. Gerald Allen recently brought to our attention with their official description. The two new Halichoeres species were described in the latest issue of issue of the Raffles…

Horizontal Calcium Reactor masterpiece from My Reef Creation is a design that was way overdue

The Horizontal calcium reactor above may be photographed standing up, but this is one little number that was specially built to lay flat. If necessity is the mother of invention, then tight space restrictions in the stand of William Scherbath…

Rethinking The Local Fish Store

In this postmodern, internet-based hobby world, it seems that the venerable local fish store (“LFS”) is under constant attack. E-tailers, hobbyist’ garage based start-ups, group buys, eBay, Craigslist, and even frag swaps are but a few of the challenges facing…

Wingo LED strips are accent lights for your fish or reef

We find it odd that the race for LED lights started at the top with everyone vying for having the best or brightest reef light. Companies are still aiming to grow mini reef corals with LEDs but now it seems…

Anyone interested in doing an Archeological Reefscape?

This past weekend we attended the Fragstock coral farmer’s market at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. Along with many amazing corals and some neat, new products, we spied this interesting arrangement of home made reef rock. The maker Rich had arranged…

Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific coming soon for the love of inverts

Reef Creatures Identification for Tropical Pacific invertebrates is about to give us a whole lot more insight to the inverts of the biggest Ocean on earth. Humann and DeLoach are some of the most prolific underwater photographers and authors bringing…

Evolution LED delivers great PAR and color with caveats

The Evolution LED may be just another Chinese black box OEM LED but dang it sure does look good over a tank. With 119 one watt LEDs and a 2:1 ratio of blue to white LEDs, the Evolution delivers respectable…

C-Quest Is Coming Home!

The news spread quickly this morning as C-Quest announced that it will be moving from it’s longstanding location in Puerto Rico to the Addison’s home town of Wheatland, Wyoming, roughly 1 hour north of Cheyenne.  C-Quest is arguably the world’s…

Gridwheel added to new ATI PowerCone

ATI is sporting a new gridwheel design to its new ATI Power Cone protein skimmer we touched on recently. Dubbed the Gitterrad, this gridwheel is one of the handful of new designs to the Sicce PSK 2500 pump helping to…