SolarStinger Nano Flex and Cluster LED from EconLux packages multicolor multichip LEDs

SolarStinger is a new line of LED aquarium lights from EconLux which is one of the few ways to taste the sweet, sweet magic of multicolor, multichip LED light. After the Kessil Dense Matrix Array LED, Econlux’s rainbow cluster LED…

Continuum Aquatics calcium compounds are free of organics for all levels

When we brought you the news of Continuum Aquatics releasing a new lines of aquarium products we did get the question of what makes them different than other products on the market. Granted many reef aquarium products are similar and…

Orphek Nilus multicolor LED light tested and reviewed over a mature Dutch reef tank

After about 20 years of reefkeeping, I can look back on many experiments with reef aquarium equipment but I left my fingers off one thing: the use of metal halides supplemented by blue fluorescent tubes. After seeing my reef tank…

Bubble Magus Curve 9 semi-cone protein skimmer aiming for the mini-footprint crowd

The Curve 9 cone skimmer from Bubble Magus takes a lot of aesthetic design cues directly from the Royal Exclusiv Kone Skimmer. With a tapering cone shape, the small hole diffuser, large holes for the baffle and the outflow set out from…

Largest illegal coral seizure in UK history made at Manchester airport

The largest illegal coral seizure ever made in the United Kingdom happened when officials discovered over 750 kilograms of illegal coral and rare clams at the Manchester Airport.  The cargo originated in Vietnam then flew through Singapore on its way to the…

Man arms shark with laser, sets free in ocean

Dr. Evil may have his request finally met after marine biologist Luke Tipple attached a 50-milliwatt green laser to a lemon shark last month. The “evil plot” was hatched by Wicked Lasers, a Hong Kong-based company that produces some of…

New Tuamotu reef fish exports could increase supply of west Pacific species

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqOTUmpB2og[/youtube] It was an awesome day when we began seeing Tuamotu Maxima clams, but we could hardly contain ourselves when we learned from Sea Dwelling Creatures that they would begin receiving fish exported from this far flung region…

H2O Ocean Reef Paste is a great food for finicky feeders

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMDf-GVh33U&feature=related[/youtube] One of the cool, relatively “newer” food products by D&D Ocean Pro+ food range includes the Reef Paste, which is a nutritious, pasty dough that is very pliable and can be kneaded and stuck on almost any aquarium surface,…

6 gallon SPS pico reef pushes the boundaries for nano tank enthusiasts

SPS corals are known for their higher level of care and sometimes difficult nature as far as corals go – most SPS aquarium set ups include high flow, high light, and big aquariums teeming with other invertebrate and fish life.…

Kent Marine Reef Carbon issued stop sale—has high levels of heavy metals

Kent Marine, a saltwater aquatics brand based in the United States is asking that retailers return Kent Reef Carbon manufactured between December 5th of 2011 and February 8th of 2012. The Kent Reef Carbon is suspected of “contain[ing] unusually high…