Monthly Archives: August 2016

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Making A DIY Chaetomorpha Reactor Is Incredibly Easy

By Jake Adams Since the dawn of mini reef tanks, exporting nutrients to keep aquarium water clean has always been one of the most important tasks to having a successful, thriving tank. Between activated carbon to protein skimming, carbon dosing and denitrification, algae scrubbers have Read more here…

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World Wide Coral And Planet Aquarium MACNA Giveaway

By Nicole Helgason MACNA San Diego is only ONE week away, and we’ve got some exciting news to share. World Wide Corals and Planet Aquarium are teaming up to bring you their biggest giveaway yet. All you have to do is be one of the Read more here…

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Monsoon Fairy Wrasse Hits The U.S. Market For The First Time

By Scott Groseclose Monsoon Fairy Wrasse hits the U.S. Market Monsoon Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus, arrives in the United States. Offered exclusively by Carolina Aquatics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJAVg9c5k8 Kernersville, NC, August 29, 2016) — Carolina Aquatics has acquired the exclusive rights to distribute the newly discovered and Read more here…

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San Diego LFS Demonstrate That This City Is Ready For MACNA

By Jake Adams MACNA 2016 will be held in beautiful and sunny seaside San Diego California, bringing this monumental event to the West Coast for the first time in over a decade, and only the second time ever. We went down to San Diego to Read more here…

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Kessil A80 Will Be The Company’s First Fanless LED Light

By Jake Adams The Kessil A80 LED is a new light which will break from the form factor that Kessil has perfected over the last few years. Instead of being a can-shaped LED spotlight with a built-in fan, the Kessil A80 is more of a Read more here…

Century-old Aquarium At Green Aqua

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Green Aqua is an aquascaping blog turned service team and retailer, founded in 2009 by three Hungarians: Attila Néder, Balázs Farkas and Viktor Lantos. This vintage aquarium was first installed in 1910 by the great-grandfather of Read more here…

Diving Back Into The Reef

By BummersReef Diving Back Into the Reef Flippers on. Mask secure. Breathing tube feels good and I’m ready to go – over the side and into the water. I’ve found my way back into a reef for the first time in over 13 years, and Read more here…

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Aquaforest Giving Away Free ICP Tests At MACNA 2016

By Jake Adams Aquaforest is a relatively new manufacturer of marine aquarium products that has been taking the hobby by storm lately. In a relatively short time, Aquaforest exploded onto the European reef scene and now it’s got its sights set on America at the Read more here…

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Scientists Discover Vast Reef Behind The Great Barrier Reef

By Scott Groseclose James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology scientists working with laser data from the Royal Australian Navy have discovered a vast reef behind the familiar Great Barrier Reef. JCU’s Dr Robin Beaman says the high-resolution seafloor data provided Read more here…

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Cherry Fairy Wrasse Is An Exciting New Cirrhilabrus From The Philippines

By Jake Adams The Cherry Fairy Wrasse is a new species of Cirrhilabrus which has just been discovered in the Philippines. The new fairy wrasse is wildly distinct from any known species of Cirrhilabrus, but shares a few similarities with some common, popular marine aquarium Read more here…