Monthly Archives: September 2016
Friday Smorgasbord: Bay Area Edition
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…
Clipperton Angelfish Still Going Strong At The Aquarium Of The Pacific
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, but Read more here…
VarioS-8 Controllable Circulation Pump Spotted At MACNA
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…
Vertex Technologies Promisses “Transparency” With It’s Cerebra Controller
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…
University Of Florida Seeking Biologist For Their Tropical Aquaculture Lab
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…
What Is The Best Aquarium Chiller?
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…
Fluid Metering Module Will Do Leak Detection And ATO Functions
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…
Orphek Introduces 500 Watt Amazonas LED With Cool Tech Inside
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…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Barbour’s Seahorse
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…
The Biota Aquarium
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 the equipment Read more here…
