Odontanthias katayamai, the yellow spotted anthias is another rarity to hit Blue Harbor first

Odontanthias katayamai is yet another big story from the rare reef fish genus formerly known as Holanthias. A couple weeks ago we learned of a completely new deepwater anthias from Puerto Rico which is believed to belong to Odontanthias, and…

Video update on the tiny personatus angelfish

Late last summer a tiny masked angelfish, Genicanthus personatus, was captured in Hawaii by Rufus Kimura. We heavily covered this tiny specimen of the demi-god masked angelfish, first with an on-site video of the tiny masked angelfish, and later on…

Forget SCUBA diving, get an Ego Compact Semi Submarine

[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xxR4Y4yIc[/youtube] The Ego Compact Semi Submarine may be the ultimate gift for the person that truly has everything. Not quite a fully “submersible” sub and better than a glass bottom boat, the Ego Compact is similar to a…

Butterflyfish sure do love H2Ocean’s Reef Paste food

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfVBl0Cq94[/youtube] This new video uploaded by Simon Garratt is an interesting demonstration of what kind of fish really respond to H2Ocean’s Reef Paste. If you’ll recall, Reef Paste is a paste of food for reef fish and corals…

Fluval G3 canister gets reviewed on camera by Practical Fishkeeping

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFiivFUN1kc[/youtube] The Fluval G3 is one of Hagen’s latest and greatest flagship canister filters. A canister filter is not the first or the fifth thing we think of when we’re thinking of setting up a marine or reef…

Marco twin cylinder aquarium pump tough enough for all your reefing needs

[youtube width=”640″ height=”510″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vIfefFDQqQ[/youtube] The Marco Air Pump Model B2 twin cylinder aquarium pump is the latest cutting edge aquarium pump being manufactured by J.B. Maris, Co. of Bloomfield, New Jersey. The twin cylinder and quiet operation compared to other pumps…

Blackspot pygmy angelfish video from B-Box Aquarium is probably the world’s first

Last week we brought you sensational never before seen new pictures of a live blackspot pygmy angelfish and this week B-Box Aquarium has the honors. After leaving Reef Solutions Vanuatu who originally collected the fish, B-Box Aquarium purchased this fish…

Sander’s reef is quite a beast at almost 11 feet

The video of Sander’s reef aquarium pretty much speaks for itself; this is one long and awesome tank.  The tank measures 130x24x18”  for a volume of around 235 gallons and is lit by two 8 x 80 watt ATI fixtures.  The T5 fluorescent…

Reeftech Prometheus LED video demoes of sunrise, cloud passing and sunset

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFeOUZjBRyM[/youtube] The Prometheus LED light from Reeftech is an interesting light which includes full on-board controllability of multiple LED channels. This level of LED control can be used to recreate very natural lighting simulations such as sunrise, sunset,…

The cold water reef tank of Steve Weast is Azoox with stealth water flow

Cold water marine aquariums are few and far between, and cold water reef tanks are an even rarer breed. While most reefers spend their efforts running tropical reef tanks with warm water and high powered lights, after building a few…