The snow basslet, Serranus chionaraia, is a beautiful and interesting deepwater basslet from the Carribean Sea. As with many of these curiosities of the rare fish world, the snow basslet above was recently collected by Dynasty Marine and sent to…
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Grassy Glow 25,000 K metal halide bulb from Volx Japan hits the mark for blue light addicts
The Grassy Glow Super Blue 25,000 K metal halide bulb from Volx Japan with the potential to take blue reef lighting up to eleven. Although we consider ourselves evangelists of LED reef aquarium lighting, we promise we haven’t given…
Apogee MU-200 Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation meter with pink faceplate
The MU-200 is a UV radiation meter from Apogee which follows in the design of the recently refreshed Apogee QM-200 PAR meter. Like the much sleeker body and modern-quality LCD display of the PAR meter, Apogee’s MU-200 includes a separate…
Hands on with AquaMedic’s skinny NanoProp 5000 water pump
The Nanoprop 5000 propeller water pump from AquaMedic is a skinny pump which is more mini than nano. On the side, the NanoProp looks like an absolute porker but when you see it head on, the NanoProp is a propeller…
AquaMaxx starts Importing JNS Skimmers in the US
AquaMaxx, an upstart company brand that entered the marine aquarium industry in mid-2008 with a line of metal halide bulbs has added to their catalog with their new line of Protein Skimmers produced by JNS Skimmers. Marine Depot is the…
The Danger of “Regurgitation”
If you’ve been “around the block” a few times in this hobby, you’ll often hear fellow hobbyists dispensing words of aquatic wisdom to anyone who needs it. You know, the usual stuff, like “you need to quarantine new animal purchases”, …
Eheim Powerscraper is a motorized algae cleaning blade
The Eheim Powerscraper is a motorized algae scraper that borrows from the technology of powered toothbrushes and razorblades. In a rather stunning marketing move Eheim has elected to not share any photos nor details on their upcoming Eheim Powerscraper. This…
Illumina LED light from Vertex is charting it’s own path, outside the US for now
The Illumina LED light from Vertex is a new high performance reef light which is really taking a dynamic course to growing aquarium corals. Hearkening back to the days of the PFO Solaris and it’s infinite suite of modes and…
Reef Foundation A, B, C and Complete are ratio-based supplements from Red Sea
Reef Foundation is a new line of supplements from Red Sea which aim to replenish the minerals of reef aquarium water with a strong emphasis on maintaining specific ratios. Sure we’re all aware that our reef aquarium chemistry needs to…
