MACNA 2011 annouces 5 People’s Choice Speakers and the polls are open

The organizers of MACNA 2011 are changing things up again — apparently no one could agree on who should fill the five remaining speaker spots at this year’s MACNA, so instead a Facebook-based MACNA People’s Choice Speaker Poll has been…

H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions

H2Ocean Pro-Formula food from D-D Marine Solutions are a dry follow-up to the H2Ocean Reef Paste for fish and corals.  The H2Ocean Pro foods include special dry and moist formulas for feeding a range of reef aquarium animals including SPS…

Yellow Hawkfish, Paracirrhites xanthus, is a rare import from Christmas Island

The yellow hawkfish, Paracirrhites xanthus, is an extremely rare relative of the arc eye hawkfish that was only just described in 1997 by Baensch and Debelius. The yellow hawkfish is not to be confused with Cirrhitichthys aureus, the Golden Hawkfish…

Vietnam may soon begin exporting hard corals

Details are scant but we’ve just got word that Vietnam may soon begin exporting stony corals. So far we’ve only seen some soft corals, giant clams and fish species exported from Vietnam. The most notable Vietnamese marine life exports have…

D and D Aquarium releases Iodine, Nitrate, Phosphate and one master Calcium, Alkalinity and Magnesium test kits

D&D from the United Kingdom is getting into the test kit game. They have released testing kits for Iodine, Nitrate, Phosphate, along with a multi test kit that will handle Calcium, Alkalinity and Magnesium. These new kits will be hitting…

AlgaGen Coral Smoothie is a tasty blend to feed your corals

AlgaGen Coral Smoothie is a brand, spanking new product aimed to get you a coral food that mimics what is found in nature. Reading over the ingredient list it sounds like a pretty tasty and nutritious blend — for a…

Bubble King Double Cones get outed by Royal Exclusiv

Royal Exclusiv has released their new Bubble King Double Cone protein skimmers out to the masses. Taking design cues from past Bubble King Models these new cone skimmers incorporate all the latest tech wizardry since 2006 when the first Bubble…

DIY acrylic refugium “cube,” making more with less

Do-it-yourself (DIY) projects help many of us stretch our dollars in getting set up and continuing the hobby. Some people can make magic from a screwdriver, roll of duct tape and a 2×4 and others work their skills to the…

Prodibio finally offers more precise instructions for using it’s products to achieve low nutrient levels

We’ve been active users of the Prodibio line of probiotic aquarium products for a long time now, but we’ve always been more than a little frustrated when explaining how to use the stuff based on the vague and general guidelines…

The non-Photosynthetic reef tank of Mike Cao is what Azoox reefing all about

Unless you’ve been living under a piece of live rock for most of 2010, you may have noticed that non-Photosynthetic and azooxanthellae corals have been increasing in popularity. New species have been entering the trade, aquarium stores have started dedicating…