Take the testosterone out of reef keeping!

Just what is it about us reefers these days? Here we are, a quarter century after the “mini-reef” craze struck the hobby- and we’re still as amped as ever. We throw everything at our tanks to create this biggest, baddest,…

ATI’s new Purple Plus T5 Lighting lamp will compete with KZ Fiji Purple

The new ATI Purple Plus T5 lighting lamp that should hit market very soon. ATI has been on a mad rush getting new products to market, including redesigning their website and out pops a new T5 lamp named the ATI…

Link Blitz: Flying Mantas, Warming Seas, wiring the Ocean, Rainbow Crush Chalice and a tailless emperor angelfish

Manta Rays are known to occasionally breach the water surface and splash down, presumably to remove parasites. Once in a while, many Manta Rays can gather and show off their aerobatic skills in some kind of aerial display that we…

Red Sea reforumlates Red Sea Salt, gets new packaging

Red Sea apparently has decided to reformulate their popular Red Sea salt with a different formula. As taken from Red Sea Directly: “Red Sea Salt is designed to provide the exact parameters of tropical reef water with a slightly elevated…

Amphiprion pacificus, a new species of clownfish discovered

Amphiprion pacificus is a new species of anemonefish discovered by Gerald R. Allen, Joshua Drew and Douglas Fenner described in the latest issue of the Aqua, the International Journal of Ichthyology. The researchers discovered A. pacificus in the Wallis Island and Tonga in…

GHL ProFilux Wireless controller Vortech module

GHL ProFilux has finally released more details about their Wireless Vortech module for their controller. The  Profilux Wireless vortech module will support all operational modes currently available with Vortech pump controllers including Constant speed and lagoon random mode to name…

one week left to enter the giveaway for the high performance Io LED pendant

This is just a friendly reminder that we’re still running an awesome giveaway for a very valuable reef light. The Io LED pendant includes 75 watts of Cree XP LEDs, full controlability built in display and bluetooth wireless connectivity and…

Genesis Renew and Storm automatic water change and top off systems

Genesis Reef Systems is a name which is soon to be very familiar to aquarium automation enthusiasts, pro aquarists, service companies and the plain lazy reef keeper. Genesis has developed two new modules for aquarium use, one is called the…

Joe Lichtenbert and Reef Propagations, Inc. retiring

A quiet Midwestern dynasty spanning two decades is coming to a close.  After 21 years as a commercial ornamental marine fish hatchery operator, Joe Lichtenbert, proprietor of Reef Propagations, Inc., is hanging up the nets. I first became aware of…

Orphek LED is one sexy aquarium light with mystery LEDs

Orphek’s new LED aquarium light sure is a looker and the 120 to 160 watts of power for $500 is also a very attractive price. The merger of aluminum and acrylic is a very nouveau LED light design which is…