Aquarium NFTs and how they could help shape the aquatic hobby

An aquarium NFT platform has launched, in what is a first for the global aquatic industry. NFTs stand for Non-Fungible Tokens and in simple terms, it is a unique, one-off digital code applied to designate an item of property, and…

Royal Exclusiv release price for Re-Light aquarium LED fixture

Royal Exclusiv, the makers of Bubble King skimmers and Dreambox sumps have officially entered the LED market with the release of the Re-Light luminaire. Established as long as 1986, this German-made product line-up is synonymous with producing saltwater aquarium equipment…

New deepwater butterflyfish extends its range to North East Taiwan

A recently described butterflyfish has been reported for the first time from northeast Taiwan. Roa haraguchiae was described in 2020, but the only member of its genus represented in Taiwan until now has been Roa modesta. Most of the eight…

Aberrant Domino damselfish is one in one thousand catch

Kusuma Aquarium in Bali, Indonesia, has sold what they say is an aberrant Domino Damsel. The leucistic fish pictured clearly lacks the jet-black color its species is known for but you can just about make out where the black pigment…

Show soft corals some love with a shallow lagoon tank

We don’t show enough of our tanks from the other side of the Atlantic so I thought I would show my own little project from the UK – this 200 liter/52 gallon soft coral-dominated lagoon tank. It was devised over…

Ultum Nature extends with a new tall aquarium range

Aquascaping brand Ultum Nature makes some of the most beautiful low iron aquariums in the world, with 45-degree mitered corners, the cleanest, clearest glass, and minimal silicone. This summer they have expanded their aquarium range to include tall versions of…

PRS CO2 CUT removes carbon dioxide better by controlling humidity

CO2 CUT is a CO2 scrubber by Perfect Reef Systems, Japan. Like other scrubbers, it uses CO2 absorbing media inside a reactor to prefilter atmospheric air and decrease its CO2 content before being sucked in by the protein skimmer. Unlike…

Anti-Cyano Symbio kit is a Tag Team treatment for Cyanobacteria 

The Anti Cyano Symbio Kit is a new two-part red slime algae treatment coming out of Reef Workshop in France. The treatment tackles cyanobacteria in saltwater tanks by combining two freeze-dried bacteria products, Anti-Cyano Symbio, and Bacto Symbio, which when…

Reef Rock 2.0 live rock lands at Advanced Aquarium Consultancy

Some latest generation Walt Smith cultured live rock has arrived at one of the UK’s top marine stores for appraisal and initial review. Not to be confused with Reef Rock 2.1, a dry man-made rock, Reef Rock 2.0 is also…

Flipper Auto Top Off is an elegantly designed “Glug Jug”

The Flipper Auto Top Off is a new device that has just been launched by the aquarium scraper people. Like the bottle refill ATOs we’ve seen recently the Flipper ATO doesn’t use any electricity, float switches, optical sensors, or even…