LED lighting is all the rage and with these flexible LED lights from QE Global you can inexpensively add low-heat, energy-efficient lighting to your setup. Granted, these lights may not pack enough punch to use strictly for aquarium lighting for…
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Reef Hot Spot opens Aquaculture system in Los Angeles
Reef Hot Spot, the online retailer based in California, has recently completed the installation of a new culturing system at its Los Angeles Airport warehouse. What this means is Reef Hot spot will begin to offer aquacultured corals to the…
Eric Borneman doesn’t pussyfoot around regarding Global Climate Change
We want to thank Eric Borneman for writing up a very frank statement regarding global climate change and it’s impact on our planet including the coral reefs and marine environments. The message below is a powerful read regarding the issues…
December issue of Advanced Aquarist now available
The December issue of Advanced Aquarist is out and with it are PDF issues of past magazines up-to-date through October’s issue. In the last issue of 2009, Terry leads off with an editorial revisiting the dreaded “old tank syndrome” that…
Octopus goes “Gilligan’s Island” making a home out of coconut shells
In a scene more reminiscent of a Gilligan’s Island, octopuses are caught on film digging up discarded coconut shells from the ocean floor and scampering away with their booty to build shelters that would have made “The Professor†proud. The…
GroTech’s new Reef Stream Professional RSP pump
GroTech has a new pump called the Reef Stream Professional RSP that looks a lot like a OEM pump from Honcar Honya. The same pump that the Red Dragon II is based off of abeit a different model. You remember…
Ultraviolet LED light from VolxJapan now in development for the Grassy LeDio spotlights
The UV spectrum is a segment of light which is notably absent from the range of LED lights now widely available for the aquarium market. VolxJapan (maker of the LeDio LED spotlights) and Eiji at 1.023World are colaborating to develop…
Manhattan Reefs has new iPhone app
Manhattan Reefs, the very popular NY reef club has launched an iPhone app for their loved reef forums. The App which you can download from the iTunes store is available for $1.99 and is currently in version 1.0. Current features…
Aquascaping techniques, tips and thoughts
As a reef geek who is more than just casually interested in creating great looking aquariums, I’ve made it my personal mission over the past few years to rid the reef aquarium world of dull and mediocre aquascaping. To this…
How a small warming can completely change an ecosystem
Yesterday Guin and I went snowboarding in Vail, Colorado. We took highway I-70 west from Golden towards all the slopes and through the heart of the Colorado Rockies. I’ve been making this trip countless times throughout the years but more…
