Vertex Aquaristik UF 15 Universal Media Reactors

Vertex has released their UF 15 media reactor which is great for a small amount of media. You’ll need to include a pump like other Media Reactors, but you can get by with just tubing, no need for messy PVC.…

Reef Builders is loungin’ at IMAC West

We’ve been here at IMAC west in Long Beach since before the booths were set up but now that the Reef Builders lounge and other booths are showing, we have to say that the Queen Mary as a venue for…

biOrb Algae Cleaner is cool and unique

Here is a very interesting type of algae scraper for your aquarium which is said to give you “better cleaning results” with a unique blade design that “removes algae in sheets rather than in a cloud allowing easier removal and…

Mysterious 400 watt mogul base Ocean Light pendant from Aqua Medic

While perusing the store rooms of LiveAquaria in Wisconsin this past weekend, we spied this unusual 400 watt mogul fixture from Aqua Medic which we had never seen before. This fixture is unusual in being a 400 watt light and…

First Defense Stress Relief for Reefs by Dr Tim’s Aquatics

First Defense was developed to help fish adapt to new environments by assisting the fishes’ natural immune system.  Changing the environment of a fish causes stress that robs fish of essential nutrients and can weaken their immune system. First Defense…

Nutramar Ova fish food is made from prawn eggs

Nutramar produces a product called Ova. Ova  is made from all natural prawn eggs. “These eggs are highly nutritious and are an ideal size for feeding corals and smaller fish. Ova makes soft corals, small and large polyp scleractinia (SPS…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes CITES Proposals

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service published a notice which describes proposed resolutions, decisions and agenda items that the United States may submit for consideration at the conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild…

Filtration at LiveAquaria is taken very seriously

The filtration system to keep LiveAquaria up and running is amazing. There isn’t anything else that can compare that is selling livestock commercially. To give you an example of how big LiveAquaria is, they have 1200 fish in stock and…

LiveAquaria’s Reef Crystals buckets are a wee bit bigger than the norm

These Reef Crystals ‘buckets’ at LiveAquaria are just a wee bit bigger than your typical 160 gallon store size. These are actually 500 gallon water vats made to look llike giant version of the real thing, ya think they use…

LiveAquaria’s incredible Centropyge interruptus angelfish

If you thought all Centropyge were small and cute, then obviously you haven’t met a full grown, 6+” Centropyge interruptus from the Sea of Japan. There’s nothing ‘pygmy’ about this ginormous blue-spotted beauty, not even the price. The specimen pictured…