Red Sea Max S-500 440 liter (116 gallon) reef aquarium specifications

The Red Sea Max S- 500, which was released at Interzoo 2010 has finally been revealed with a bevy of specifications. The Max 500 from Red Sea is 440 liters (116 gallons) with total system water volume coming in at…

Red Sea Max 500 unveiled at InterZoo 2010

The Red Sea Max 500 is a new all in one reef aquarium from the company that delivered on the popular Red Sea Max 130 and 250 setups. Since InterZoo 2010 hasn’t quite officially begun yet, details on the Red…

Facing pipeline, Saudi oil company moves coral reef

A Saudi Arabian oil company recently completed a relocation of a small coral reef found to be in harms way of a planned pipeline in the Arabian Gulf. Aramco, the Saudi state owned oil company, discovered the small reef in…

Jellyfish-eating coral caught in the act

Recently scientists from Israel encountered a strange sight—a coral eating a jellyfish in the Red Sea. We saw this news posted on the BBC’s website and did a bit more digging. Typically larger predators are the animals taking advantage of…

New Red Sea Max model coming in 2010?

You remember those rumors about the Red Sea Max 250D model? The “D” referring to upgraded internals, faster pumps, better lighting, in other words it would be more drool worthy to any reef hobbyist. After a quiet period with the…

Dimmable T5 lighting added to Red Sea Max 250

While the all-in-one aquarium craze continues throughout the industry there have been some aquarists not content with the stock equipment included in these setups and admittedly so. It hasn’t been until recently that companies have finally figured out that adding…

Red Sea Max 250 in the wild Part 4: the lighting

Well we would have loved to bring you more on the highly coveted RSM250 but when we returned to our LFS to take more pics and do another tour of the kit, the all in one set up had been…

Red Sea Max 250 in the wild Part 3: The filtration

We are still flabergasted as to how Red Sea was able to cram so may features and innovations into the RSM250 while keeping the overall assembly and operation simple and idiot-proof.  The first things that struck is is that there…

Marine Depot gets cozy with Red Sea Max 250, pre order is up

It looks like Marine Depot is the first in the US to put a pre-order up for Red Sea’s Max 250 model. A model that is increasingly popular. While we reported the retail price to come in around $1499, Marine…

Steven Pro switches to ICE-CAP, says aidos to Red Sea

Well this is certainly getting interesting. Steven Pro who was a rep for Red Sea has switched jobs. Effective January 1st he has starting working at Ice-Cap. What job title? We haven’t confirmed it for certain but rumors point to…