The mom and pop grocery store, the local hardware store, the corner Five-and-Dime are all stores that have for the most part vanished from our lives due to big box stores replacing them. Unfortunately the same thing is happening more…
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SnapPower turns your outlet into a USB charging station
SnapPower is a neat product that is hitting the market after a stellar Kickstarter launch last year. As more of our gadgets are featuring a USB power port of some sort, we have traditionally had only a few options to…
Red Sea REEFER 250 Review part 1
For some of us, planning an aquarium system is a joy. It’s a process that allows us to makes list and complete tasks and people love making lists and checking off those tasks. For the rest of us planing an…
3.4 Fairy Wrasses: The filamentosus group
The filamentosus group presents the reader with a collection of familiar, aquarium-friendly species, many of which are exuberantly colored and morphologically quirky. Despite some superficial differences in colors and fin shapes, the overall morphology strongly implies that this is the…
3.3 Fairy Wrasses: The rubriventralis group
The rubriventralis group features some of the most beloved and charming species of fairy wrasses, ornately adorned with painterly brilliance and morphological exuberance. Unlike some of the characteristically larger members of Cirrhilabrus, the rubriventralis group members remain small, rarely exceeding…
JBJ announces the new Orion LT-120 LED Fixture
The JBJ Orion LT-120 LED fixture is the first new high powered light from JBJ in a really long time. It’s been a hot minute since JBJ has released any new LED fixture, making the Orion LT-120 the first new…
How to Remove Unwanted Fish from a Reef Tank
Okay let’s admit it, we all make mistakes. And sadly I must admit that I probably make more than most. As we all know there are two types of mistakes: omission where we don’t do something we should have, and…
3.1 Fairy Wrasses: The rubrimarginatus group
The rubrimarginatus group is home to some of the most well-known (and well-loved) of the Fairy Wrasses. The group can be divided rather equally into two clades, each with their own separate diagnostic features. The males attain fairly large sizes,…
The Panda banggai cardinalfish mutation reappears
It’s been almost three years since we first reported about the the Panda Banggai cardinalfish mutation, and we’ve heard nary a peep more about this exciting fish. The Panda Banggai is the first domesticated marine fish strain to show up outside…
The speciation, biogeography and hybridization of Zebrasoma
The family Acanthuridae boasts of charismatic, charming and iconic reef fishes that are immediately recognizable both in the field and in the trade. All eighty or so species spanning the six various genera have a single unifying trait, and that is…
