Cracked out bicolor pigmy angel morph is collected in PNG

The master of rare fish colelcting has done it again. We just received this picture taken by Steve Robinson of a mostly xanthic morph of the bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, from the hotbed of fish biodiversity of Papua New Guinea.…

Reef Nutrition doubles up the density of pods in Tigger-Pods

One of the most popular sources of live copepods for home reef aquarium is about to have us seeing double the density. Reef Nutrition, the manufacturer of unprocessed feeds for marine corals and fish has announced that they are doubling…

Fabulous pair of Shaw’s Boxfish shows up in the Diver’s Den

We try to only post about fish which are available for sale when they are exceptional specimens and this pair of Shaw’s boxfish is one of those deals. This coolwater boxfish is an exceptional beauty from Southern Australian waters. at…

ATB scraps current hang on back skimmer model, redesigns

ATB Skimmers which has been working on a hang-on-back skimmer for some time, and have decided to scrap that model which we reported on earlier for a newer model. Of the changes, it appears that a option of having the …

Ultra skim Fauna Marine Blue Line protein skimmers recieve price drop

You remember those blue line protein skimmers we showed you? Yeah those. Apparently there comes a time when a price drop is needed to increase sales and that time has come. The Blue line Ultra Skim 1 which usually carries…

This 1200 gallon reef is in the mile high club

This awe-inspiring reef aquarium belonging to Stephen Hurlock sets a very high bar in many ways, not the least of which is residing at over 9000 feet. Such a mammoth aquarium like this is really a community project with many…

New Reef Keeper Elite Firmware 1.07 coming, 2.0 due later this year

Digital Aquatics was kind enough to respond to an earlier report about Reef Keeper elite owners not being happy. Of the issues reported, most if not all of them will be fixed in the coming 1.07 update. That update will…

CASCO releases Aqua FX LED light in the UK

We wish that CASCO would be a little more revealing about their new Aqua FX LED light which they introduced at Interzoo a few months ago. The first of the LED light tubes produced by CASCO will be the Aqua…

Just in time for Winter: Tropic Marin reef snow

It wont actually make your tank any colder, but it might make your inhabitants happier. Reef snow, a new product from Tropic marine is a concentrated powder that when mixed with RO/DI forms a nice thick snow layer that can…

New Advanced Aquarist issue online, tribute to late Peter Wilkens

A new issue of Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine is available as of today with tribute to the late great Peter Wilkens, the godfather of basic reef aquarium keeping as we all know it. Whether you keep a Berlin Reef, Ecosystem…