A Paradigm Shift for the “Postmodern Era” of Reef Keeping

An old expression goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” In my humble opinion, that expression does NOT apply to our hobby anymore. Sure the fine art of reefkeeping has stayed basically the same as it…

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra LPS Grow + Color

Fauna marin has a new LPS food formula that is said to increase the growth of your LPS corals. Fauna Marin lists several additional features of this food versus others including a “Soft granule” size which “protects the corals when…

NeoMarine Kalibrate saltwater ‘premix’ from Brightwell makes seawater in bulk

NeoMarine Kalibrate is a new saltwater mix which includes everything but the Sodium Choride. NaCl makes up close to 80% of the dissolved material in natural seawater so when aquarium salt is shipped around, a significant amount of the cost…

‘Seahorses and their Relatives’ by Rudie Kuiter is the new Seahorse Bible

When veteran sealife author and photographer Rudie Kuiter puts together a book on a group of fish you can be quite assured that he will take the bar and raise up more than a few notches. The first aquarium-relevant book…

ReefStock 2010 pictures part 3: a fisheye view

Unless you were one of the few dozen captive bred fish brought to ReefStock, chances are you didn’t get to see the show from a fisheye lens. The tight crowds made it difficult to capture how densely packed the floor…

Transparency shrimp on HD Video

Another video from Coralmorphlogic has been released as they guys there say: “Featured in the the video is a unidentified shrimp that lives commensally on Ricordea sp. corallimorph polyps. Unlike the other commensal anemone/corallimorph shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni, P. yucatanicus) that…

ReefStock 2010 pictures part 2: so many LEDs under one roof

With over 30 aquarium LED products showed off by more than 15 companies at this year’s ReefStock, were going to go ahead a call it: The future is now and LED lighting has truly arrived to the aquarium world. Spotlights,…

ReefStock 2010 pictures part 1: Setting up

With 60-70 participants and about 400 attendees the third ReefStock was the best show yet. The crowd came early and it stayed late for the ReefScape competition, the talks and the raffle. While we were doing all we could to…

Reef Angel programmable controller for that DIY fix in you

The Reef Angel, a new programmable controller, is coming to market and looks to be a great way to get a fully customizable controller at a lower cost relying more on DIY programming and some assembly rather than the turnkey…

March 2010 Advanced Aquarist now Online

The March Edition of Advanced Aquarist is now online. In this edition you read about a very interesting article by Dana Riddle, Aquarium Corals: Stony Coral Parasites: Red and Black Bugs: Identification Guide, Preventive Measures, and a Review of Treatment…