You can kiss those coral bones goodbye because ever since a huge bust which seized countless tons of the stuff, the domestic supply of coral fingers has dwindled to nearly zero. One of the first and more prominent calcium reactor media in the US for years has been CaribSea’s aragonite reactor media. ARM has gone [...]

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Singapore reef aquarium manufacturer Skimz will be introducing their new Monzter II Protein Skimmer at the highly anticipated pet trade show InterZoo this coming May. Details are slim at this point, but take note of the yet to be identified pump. Enlarged volute on a Laguna? Related posts:

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3. ATB Flowstar 1800 Features Silent Operation and High Flow Rates As the glassbox revamp is in process I decided...

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About a month ago we posted this image by Tony Wu of a shoal of banggaii cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in Lembeh, Sulawesi where they do not natively occur. That post received some skepticism as to how many fish that single image could represent. Well it turns out that Mr. Wu had the inclination to snap [...]

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Watch as a Pair of Sadleback Clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus) tend their clutch of eggs while staying nearby the protection of their host anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Related posts:

1. Tony Wu Shoots the Izu Islands The seasonal changes at the Izu Islands has brought in...
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This past Saturday was the vernal equinox, kicking off spring for us in the Northern hemisphere. With Spring comes an influx of juvenile and often rare fish--one of which is the always in demand Holanthias borbonius. Large adult specimens have recently made their way to retailers via Bali, but expect juveniles to arrive in the next few weeks. Check out this HD video of an early juvenile Borb. Related posts:

1. Holanthias fuscipinnis and Johnrandallia nigrirostris Caught on Film H. fuscipinnis Pair – Photo by Mr. Koji Wada...
2. Tosanoides Anthias Enter the Trade – Industry First Around this time last year a female Tosanoides flavofasciatus was...
3. Photos of a Bali Coral Farm I was sorting through some old bookmarks and re-stumbled...

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Skimz, a company located in Singapore that produces reef aquarium products like protein skimmers has started to tease their new Skimz Monzter II. This is a new protein skimmer design that features a double bubble plate as well as a very efficient main water pump that uses a needlewheel. You won’t see any cone skimmer [...]

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5 gallons, 6 months old. No live rock, no live sand. No skimmer, no additives, no testing. Small internal filter, Nano Customs 15 watt PAR 38 LED spotlight and ESV B-ionic Seawater. Full article coming soon in Advanced Aquarist. Related Posts: The Rise of Nano Tanks, A New Reason to Think Small B-ionic Seawater System is a [...]

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Let me ask you about the coral above: Would you consider this to be Acropora pulchra? Aspera? Formosa? What about the Porites below: is it P. stellata? P. hirsuta? P. pukoensis? The exact identity of these corals doesnt matter but what does matter is that if a single species of a genus of relatively common [...]

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