Imagine our surprise when we visited a brand spankin new aquarium shop in the Denver area to discover something we had never seen before. The place is Dorkfish Aquatics, and when we swung by the new retail location we were flabbergasted by this inverted coral bowl which served double duty as a magnifying lens and target feeding [...]

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The Blue Dragon Acro, a variant of Acropora walindii, has been available in the reef aquarium hobby infrequently ever since Bali first started shipping maricultured Acropora. With all those cool Mariculture Acros coming out of Bali these days, recently the Blue Dragon Acro has been a more regular sighting and  it’s super cool to see what kind of [...]

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The buzz for Kessil’s Tuna Blue LEDs has been building and leaking for a few weeks and now we’re finally able to tell you all about the A350 and A350 LED spotlights from Kessil. For $399 you’ll get your choice of two models of the 92 watt LED spotlight, the Kessil A350 LED available at [...]

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It’s no secret that Ascorbic Acid is all kinds of good for various living things but Quantum Marine Labs believes their nano particulated form of Vitamin C, A. K, B1, B2, B6 and B12 has some special coral growing skills. Quantum Marine Labs is selling their coral accelerator along with a triple pack of nano particulated calcium, [...]

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There are a ton of different DIY LED options out there for everything from flashlights, home lighting and we’ve seen more than our fair share for aquarium lighting purposes. ModAquatics has been collaborating with a company called Solid State Lighting to develop an integrated solution to LEDs that runs circles around the current status quo. [...]

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Antilligobius nikkiae is the name of the deep water sabre goby that was first reported by collectors in Curacao. Not only is the sabre goby a new genus and species to science, it was also discovered in our own tropical backyard of the Caribbean Sea and Antilligobius nikkiae has also been reported from Puerto Rico. Before [...]

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This story originally posted way back in september 2008 is a timeless account of how beautiful aquariums can look in a modern decor environment. Help us update it by sending in your ideas of well designed aquariums.  Modern aquarium design could be described as using contemporary styling and adding features such as chrome, wood to [...]

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Fish Tank Kings has just released the first few clips of their forthcoming aquarium reality TV show and we’re liking what we see. The new TV show produced by Nat Geo Wild features the professional aquarium installations of the esteemed Living Color aquarium company and the format of the show is likely to be much better received [...]

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