Rare orange Fungia plate coral shows up at Reefkoi

We really cringe when we see nearly all orange plate corals labeled as ‘orange Fungia’ corals since the typical, standard-issue orange disc corals are by and large all orange Cycloseris corals. However, we have seen one extra large orange Fungia…

Skkye Light LED from Innovative Marine in 4, 8 and 30 watts

Teh Skkye Lights from Innovative Marine are a new line LED lights with a clamp on design and a modicum of moon lighting. Innovative Marine Skkye LED lights use single one watt LEDs which appear all white from the renders…

Nuvo Aquarium Micro 30 and Mini 38 are a fresh take on the all-in-one aquarium from Innovative Marine

Nuvo Aquarium is a new line of all-in-one tanks from Innovative Marine, the company recently formed by former movers and shakers at JBJ. JBJ’s Nanocube all-in-one aquariums were some of the trailblazers of the sub-segment of the nano reef aquarium…

ORA changes ownership, all else remains the same

Oceans Reefs & Aquariums has been shopping for a new owner for many years and as of this weekend ORA is now under new ownership. With the transfer of ownership comes no changes in management in either the Florida-based ORA…

Treehugger has a serious lapse in judgment while promoting coral skeletons as decoration

You may not know Treehugger.com but as their name implies, this popular blog frequently posts news about how to live life more sustainably and advice on how to be a friendly consumer to the environment. Apparently Treehuggers are not Reef-huggers…

3D BluRay Aquarium video reviewed by Barrier Reef Aquariums, Washington

The following is a guest contribution from Cy Forell of Barrier Reef Aquariums who was closely involved in the production of this new 3D bluray aquarium video. Recently, the film crew at Lightspeed Design Inc. took over Barrier Reef Aquariums…

ecrof-LED is one unique looking LED lamp

The ecrof-LED is a 16W high-powered LED aquarium lamp that really has a unique form factor we haven’t seen before. The ecrof-LED may be a rectangular box shape but instead of having the LED emitters being spread along the longest…

RB Personal Shopper: Attack of the killer Cycloseris

Cycloseris are some of the hardiest and most colorful LPS corals available to reefers. We love all kinds of Cycloseris including Rainbow Cycloseris and we even had a Cycloseris of the year contest at the end of 2009. About a…

Uhuru’s stellar Azoox nano reef

We are always on the lookout for unique and beautiful aquariums and this Azoox aquarium from “Uhuru” that was selected as the featured this month on Nano-Reef fits the bill. A non-photosynthetic aquarium is no easy task in itself, let…

Sfiligoi Astra update and pictures

We first saw the Sfiligoi Astra LED aquarium light at Interzoo last spring and while poking around we found a few updated images of this small-form, nano LED fixture from Aquatics Elite, the North American distributor of Sfiligoi products. The…