Red Sea REEFER tanks get pricing and early 2015 delivery date

Red Sea made quite a splash this week when it was revealed that they have a new line of REEFER aquariums in the work which address a completely new niche in the aquarium hobby and market. The Red Sea Reefer…

Red Sea Reefer Aquariums blur the line between DIY and All in One

The Red Sea Reefer series is a new concept in aquarium products from the company that kicked off the upscale All in One aquariums with the original Red Sea Max. Currently, if you want to set up a marine aquarium…

Red Sea Max E Series will start shipping in 2015

The new Red Sea Max E Series that we saw back in May 2014 might not be arriving anytime soon. Red Sea a major manufacturer of aquarium equipment and supplies worldwide has not specifically promised a release date anytime this…

6 great iPhone applications for identifying and learning about reef fish

If you’re one of the 10 million people who got a shiny new iPhone 6 this weekend, or just happen to have a shiny slab of computing power that fits in your pocket, you should really take advantage of it…

Orchid Dottyback: Hardy, Peaceful, and Just Right for Reef Tanks

Captive breeding of marine fishes has been a boon to our hobby in any number of ways, one of which is democratizing access to formerly really pricy species such as the orchid dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani). While I wouldn’t characterize the…

Fish or Fishes? Shoal or School? A Few Fishy Terms Defined

In my nearly two decades as an aquarium writer and editor, I’ve noticed that certain terms routinely used in hobby literature when discussing our fine, finny friends are often a source of confusion to readers. So for today’s post, I…

Pachyseris inattesa is a newly described coral from the Red Sea

Pachyseris inattesa is a new species of plating stony coral recently described from several locations around the Red Sea up and down the coast of Saudi Arabia. Colonies of the newly described Pachyseris inattesa was previously confused as belonging to the Leptoseris genus…

Red Sea MAX E Series tanks come with LEDs, controller, rimless open top and upgradeable to sump filter

The Red Sea MAX E Series is Red Sea’s big release for InterZoo 2014 joining its staple of popular all-in-one marine aquariums. The Red Sea MAX E series aquariums will come in three sizes expected to ship in early 2013. These…

We can only recommend Red Sea’s Refractometer for measuring aquarium salinity

A couple years ago we were really thrilled when D-D came out with the first ever aquarium refractometer that is calibrated for seawater salinity, a true aquarium salt measurement device that trumped all the salt-water refractometers that we were using…

New Red Sea Seawater Refractometer to others, “You Have it All Wrong!”

A new Red Sea Seawater Refractometer is setting the bar a bit higher for other refractometers. Many of us started out in the hobby with a hydrometer of some sort and when we graduated to the refractometer, it was like night and…