Will 2010 mark the marine hobby’s shift to captive breeding?

We may look back at 2010 as the year the marine aquarium hobby truly realized the importance of captive breeding and started doing something about it.  I’ve just returned from speaking at Reef Ed, the annual educational event put on…

Tricolor and gem tangs a plenty at Southwest Marines, UK

Southwest Marines was the first all marine aquarium store we visited in the UK and we must say it was quite a pleasant surprise to round the corner and spot LED lighting, two gem tangs, one tricolor tang (aberrant scopas)…

Beta mini cube is a stylish nano tank with built in filtration

The Beta Mini Cube is a novel, modern looking small aquarium which is packing some serious features for a beta setup. Low power LED light, curved acrylic front pane and a built-in filter in the rear makes this small aquarium…

Live from BAYMAC! Reef Aquarium Show

We’re coming live from BAYMAC bringing reefing goodness to the heart of the Silicon Valley! Plenty of cool exhibitors and coral vendors on hand with great stuff at incredible prices. If you’re looking for something to do today and are…

Aquatic Self-Discovery: The art of Learning Something New

As I often do, I was chatting  “fish” with Jake the other day, and the conversation inevitably turned towards our upcoming aquarium projects. If you read my blog regularly, it’s no secret that I have rekindled my love affair with…

BAYMAC coming to Bay Area tomorrow, make sure to check out this free event

Mark your calendars and make sure to head out to BAYMAC tomorrow if you’re in the Bay Area. Not only is this a great lineup of manufacturers, speakers, coral vendors and clubs — but its absolutely free! This year’s BAYMAC is…

Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann sports nutritious amounts of LED blue

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann may exist for only in these digital renders but they are still enough to quicken the pulse. This morning we first posted about the MATRIXplus T5 light from Giesemann which also…

PowerChrome Aquapink T5 lamp looking to give KZ’s Fiji Purple a run for its money

The Aquapink flavored powerchrome T5 lamp from Giesemann is the latest flavor in the venerable lamp maker’s rainbow of T5 tubes. Lately Giesemann seems to have been sitting on the sideline while competitors like Korallen-Zucht and ATI power it out…

MATRIXplus hybrid fixture from Giesemann combines T5 and LED light

Giesemann looks to have an exciting and brad lineup of new products coming out in 2010 and were were able to get our coral-fragging mitts on information in advance of the public releases later this month at InterZoo 2010. The…

First pictures of the shiny GUI for the Phobos and Deimos LED light controller

The Phobos and Deimos LED reef aquarium lights from Pacific Sun are just starting to exist beyond digital renders and are now in the hands of aquarists in Europe and the U.S. Besides using top shelf hardware with the latest…