The rare fish hits just keep on rolling this week with a fresh new video of Gramma sp. dejongi, the most sensational new Caribbean fish in years which has yet to be formally described. We first broke the news of…
Liopropoma africanum is a rare fish for the connoisseurs of exotic reef life
Seeing Liopropoma africanum for the first time at the House of Fins SPLASH event last weekend was a big surprise, and a welcome one at that. It’s only a few months ago that the Africanum basslet started popping up in…
Neon Hogfish, Bodianus sanguineus stars in the House of Fins SPLASH event
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aglwFJtL9HE[/youtube] The Neon Hogfish, Bodianus sanguineus, is by far one of the rarest fish we’ve spotted in a long time. The first and only one we’ve ever seen was in a private collection over ten years ago, back…
Friday smörgåsbord: Sharktopus, evolution, frozen fish, old submarines and Elvis
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQGIRA5x7eQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Another installation of fun, tasty tidbits for the first Friday afternoon of October. Leading off the inning is a great clip from the folks at SyFy creating a whole new hybrid sure to make your days at…
Ecoxotic’s Symphony of LEDs
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81OjobFOZ0o[/youtube] Our homey John Ciotti put this masterpiece LED video together. Would it have been better with a Black Star soundtrack? Yeah we thought so too.
Manta Ray hijacks camera, goes on a “shooting” spree filming along the way
Here’s a fascinating tale of divers filming manta rays at night off Kailua-Kona, Hawaii last month. What started out as an incredible experience diving with these magnificent creatures turned into an underwater mugging. Cameraman Travis Matteson was filming the mantas…
Trigger Systems Bursa skimmer caught on film
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxXPu-56P-g[/youtube] We all know you skimmer-heads love seeing skimmate videos so we decided to share this short video of new Trigger Systems Bursa protein skimmer in action. Just what we love to see — plenty of bubbles making the…
The tang collection at World Wide Corals ought to make the Tang Police implode
You may not have heard of the Tang Police but they surely have heard of you. As we speak the Tang Police has surveillance on all the reef tanks in North America making sure that everyone has only one surgeonfish…
Vortech MP60 video shows the power of Ecotech Marine’s heavy duty pump
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/14931021[/vimeo] The Vortech MP60 water pump is a new device from Ecotech Marine which is specifically designed for use on the very largest of private reef aquariums. Although the Vortech MP60 is rated for 5500 gallons per hour,…
AI Nano Sol LED light gets a hands on demonstration of the touch controls
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/14848145[/vimeo] The AI Nano Sol LED is a hot little number from Aqua Illumination which delivers on three channel control of the tricolor LED pucks, with top of the line internals and quality American design and construction. Although…
