Fluval is elevating its game with one of the largest launches of LED lights we have seen in a while unveiling eight new lights in the US with plans to roll them out globally this fall. The mainstay of the…
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Reef Reboot Phase 4, “Just Add Salt!”
So where did I leave off? Oh yeah, a tank full of RO water ready to become a reef! Now the fun part.. Salt was added and the pumps were fired up. I was thrilled that the new tank was…
Next Reboot Phase 3, “Let’s put this new tank together..”
So reboot phase 2 was all about the tear down. It wasn’t an easy time. A lot of corals were lost in the holding tanks despite my best efforts. It was definitely a low point. I would say there were…
New accessories and upgrades make Innovative Marine tanks even more desirable AIO
Innovative Marine has been laser focused on producing the best All in One aquarium for several years now. At Aquarama 2015 Innovative Marine announced a handful of improvements to the Skkye LED lights and Auqa Gadgets line are bound to…
A look inside the promising Aqua Sanrise LED
Sanrise is a newcomer to the aquarium lighting scene but their flagship Aqua Sanrise fixture is getting a lot of attention lately. It doesn’t hurt that this fixture looks really great on its own, with both onboard and wireless control…
2.1 Fairy Wrasses: The scottorum group
Moving away from the first major Cirrhilabrus clade, we explore the various species groups that differ by having larger and longer pelvic fins. The scottorum group is a small conglomeration of two confirmed species, one of which is highly polychromatic…
Qian Hu’s RevoReef LED + T5 lighting system really has a lot of potential
We’ve been yearning to see more hybrid fixtures of T5 and LED lighting and we were quite surprised to find ourselves smitten with a light from an unlikely player, Qian Hu Corporation. Qian Hu’s recently unveiled RevoReef line of marine…
Acro Optics officially launches with a bewildering array of LED colors
The AcroOptics LED lighting company out of Boulder Colorado came out of left field when we first discovered it. After a few months of incubating beyond its official unveiling at ReefStock 2015, the first fixture from AcroOptics called the Reef…
1.3 Fairy Wrasses: The lanceolatus group
The members of the lanceolatus group are some of the largest and showiest fairy wrasses, collectively celebrated for their grandiose caudal fin and chromatic brilliance. The group spans most of the Indo-Pacific, with its various species occupying a series of…
Xynosphaera: the Parasitic Nephthea Shrimp
Green Nephthea is one of the most colorful and popular soft corals in the aquarium hobby, but most aquarists (and scientists) have never heard of the curious crustacean which calls it home. The above illustration [credit: Bruce, 1994] depicts Xynosphaera colemani,…
