By Brian Blank While many are still getting over their MACNA high (or getting over missing it), we’re ready to get back into the swing of things with the last edition of the Friday Smorgasbord of the summer. We have a few stories from the Read more here…

By Jake Adams As popular as marine angelfishes are, there’s still a few species which hardly register on the radar of aficionados. It doesn’t help that several of these species like Apolemichthys guezei, Genicanthus spinus and Centropyge hotumatua are very rarely encountered by people, …

By Scott Groseclose VarioS-8 DC Circulation pump The new and soon to be released VarioS-8 Controllable Circulation pump was on display at the CoralVue booth at MACNA this past weekend. For those of you that couldn’t make it to the show, here’s a peak of Read more here…

By Scott Groseclose Just a little over a month ago the Vertex Cerebra aquarium controllers entered the US market by storm. After it was announced that the controllers were finally about to hit the market and after nearly 6 years of development, the owner and Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. It is an exciting time for reef fish aquaculture. A lot of major breakthroughs have been made by Rising Tide Conservation‘s collaborative effort including: the captive breeding of yellow tangs at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Read more here…

By Albert B Ulrich III What is the best aquarium chiller brand? A few weeks back, I had a major set-back with my display tank. While working under my tank, I messed up the temperature my heater was set at…unfortunately at the same time I Read more here…

By Jake Adams This weekend we got a nice big update on Neptune Systems’ new Fluid Metering Module, the FMM. Originally introduced to be the hub for their flow metering accessories, the FMM will actually work as a hub for several other functions. To perform Read more here…

By Jake Adams Orphek has a couple new lights to show off, and one of them is a big honkin’ reef light. The Orphek Amazonas is a 500 watt LED spotlight which could easily be mistaken for just another commercial LED light. However, unlike the Read more here…

By Andrea Ehlers The Barbour’s Seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri, is born a striking yellow with an eye catching zebra striped snout. Its textured skin with spines protruding from its body make it an unusual species. Like most seahorses, it likes to hang out in intertidal zones Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. The Indiegogo crowd-source funding for Biota Aquarium is now underway. Despite the Indiegogo title, Biota Aquarium isn’t just another AIO (all-in-one) aquarium. Having teamed up with recognized industry leaders, the complete system includes all …