Red, white and blue LED strips form the three basic color found in the Koven Aquatics LED striplights. With just 5 watts of power spread out over each foot, the Koven Aquatics are not exactly reef capable but their thin…
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At Pitcairn Island, macro algae are one of the main reef builders
At Pitcairn Island in the Southern Pacific Ocean, a plethora of beautiful and unique macro algaes are well represented in myriad forms. Beautiful fleshy algaes, branching coralline and leafy brown algaes are extremely well represented according to a new survey…
Sicce LED aquarium light packs an army of diodes in an attractive design
The Sicce LED is a welcome yet unexpected product from the company that specializes in making really, really good aquarium water pumps. Coming in two models, the 110 watt AM466 and 170 watt AM650, the Sicce LED is a passively…
ReefBrite TECH LED strip light is a coral quarantine lifesaver
While spending time with the DFWMAS crew last year and getting a rare bit of time to tour around the vendor area, I ran into Joy Meadows of ReefBrite and I was blinded by her table of LED lights. ReefBrite…
Aquarium Specialty and My Reef Creation team up to build the Mother of All Trade Show Aquariums (MATSA)
We’ve seen more than our fair share of ghetto-fabulous and not-so-great display aquariums at marine aquarium trade shows but the Mother of all Trade Show Aquariums [MATSA] is not one of them. Built with a vision by Aquarium Specialty and…
Change is good, a summation of a transition from metal halide to LED lighting
After reviewing the Mazarra LED light on a 180-gallon and the AI Nano LED on a 34-gallon, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about whether I’m happy with the transition overall. There are a lot of aquarist on the…
Vivid Aquariums using 800 gallon display for a large scale comparison of LED and metal halides
We happened to be visiting Vivid Aquariums yesterday and noticed that their overhauled 800 gallon display reef aquarium is sporting a curious dichotomy of old school and new school lighting. With the 2011 LED showdown now over and tons of…
First unboxing of the Ecoxotic Panorama Pro LED Fixture
With Ecoxotic releasing their new Panorama Pro Fixture to hobbyists, it got me thinking – this seems like as good of time as any to set up a frag tank. Due to the high cost of electricity here in California,…
Male yellow pygmy angelfish from Cebu exhibits a handsome splash of black
For some reason anytime we see a picture of a ‘blackened’ yellow angelfish it is always the fuzziest, out of focus or mediocre looking specimen but new pics from Jimmy Ma are a complete exception. This large showy male Centropyge…
The “pygmy kingi” Eibli x Halfblack angelfish gets an update
When we first shared about this unique hybrid four months ago, we provided pretty subpar pictures of the fish, disallowing us to showcase it’s truly unique appearance. The squiggly maze like markings that is inscribed in this fairly common hybrid…
