Reef Octopus appears to be releasing a biopellet reactor sometime soon and we were surprised to see an innovative feature on these reactors. These images of the Reef Octopus BP Reactor show a nifty acrylic inverted cone at the bottom with the aquarium water being fed directly into the center of the cone allowing a consistent turnover of the [...]

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The Multiline Basslet, Liopropoma multilineatum, may not be the highest target of deepwater basslet enthusiasts but this video of a Liopropoma in it’s natural habitat is extremely informative. It is well known that many basslets and Liopropoma in particular live in deeper parts of the reef and this is well documented in the literature. However, [...]

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AI’s latest twist and go, LED aquarium light has had its fair share of name searching. At MACNA the Cree XP-G tubes were presented as the AI Wave, but they have since been renamed to the AI Flare. A befitting name for the small LED tubes that were hitting 100 umol (PAR) at the September [...] Related posts:

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2. New AI Wave: XP Based LED Light Bars Take a look at Aqua Illumination’s newest, yet to be...
3. Revolutionary Cree XM LED Blasts 160 Lumens / Watt Cree has announced their new ‘revolutionary’ Xlamp XM LED that...

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You know that Combo LED pendant from Blue Moon Aquatics that we’ve been all hot and bothered about? Well it appears that Blue Moon Aquatics has given us another reason to think their multichip LED spotlight is bomb-diggidy: Instead of offering a fixed Combo LED Spotlight Blue Moon has instead developed the satellite blues into [...]

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The new redesigned Eheim Scuba cube is a cubed sized aquarium that is designed for keeping a saltwater tank. Apparently we have been living in a cube ourselves as this is the first time we have seen the redesigned aquarium since the freshwater version launched at Interzoo 2008. Glancing over the images for the new [...]

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As we predicted, discount or bulk sellers are now getting into the solid carbon dosing or BioPellet game. Most notably, Bulk Reef Supply (BRS). Based on the limited number of suppliers, we feel safe in guessing that the BRS Bio Pellets are PHA or Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Seeing as most of the PHA suppliers do not give [...] Related posts:

1. NpX Bio Beads, Denitrification Pellets with an X ? NpX Bio Beads are a new name, but are apparently...
2. Solid Carbon Source Grows NO3 and PO4 Reducing Bacteria With the onslaught of the organic carbon source craze, new...
3. Two Weeks In with “Solid Vodka” NP Bio Pellets NP Bio Pellets are a solid organic carbon polymer that...

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Kindle and Nook / Sony eReader editions are now available for this issue!

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It’s Sunday, so a photo of Pipe Organ coral (Tubipora musica), seems appropriate.—Gary

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