Acanthurus polyzona is a very seldom seen fish that closely resembles the obscenely common Acanthurus triostegus, more commonly known as the Convict Tang. Unlike the Convict Tang, A. polyzona is a Western Indian Ocean species and can be found in Mauritius, Madagascar, the Reunion islands and surrounding locales. Divergence and speciation probably accounted for the [...]

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The JBJ Unibody 36 and Unibody 108 are smaller and larger iterations of the industrially machined LED reef light. The JBJ Unibody LED reef light hasn’t been shipping all that long but due to demand for the popular light, JBJ R&D is already moving forward with the pre-production of two new sizes with the Unibody [...]

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  January 24th– January 30th CONIC Bio-reactor from CAD lights is a plug and play biopellet mixer ASM cone skimmer doesn’t really stand out in materials and cost LSS laboratory releases new nozzle wave maker Anampses femininus entering the market with a little more regularity Home automation still a hot topic at tech trade shows, [...]

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If you weren’t able to make it to last week’s Diversity and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes, fret not because this informative talk is already up and live on the interwebz. Dr. Luiz Rocha, the ichthyologist who has described for us great new reef fish species including Sparisoma choati, Chaetodontoplus poliourus and Halichoeres sazimai delivers an excellent [...]

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Plectranthias

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Cryogenics and coral banks are nothing new but as one of the largest and most famous reefs in the world, Australian scientists are exploring using cryogenics to preserve corals from the Great Barrier Reef. We’ve previously seen the University of Hawaii and the Zoological Society of London start similar coral banks and we are hoping to see the [...]

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The ProScraper II is the first follow up to the sturdy and practical Kent Marine ProScraper that we’ve come to know and love over more than a decade. Although we already have a small arsenal of ProScrapers in our aquarium scrubbing toolkit, the ProScraper II’s adjustable length handle could take the place of most of [...]

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B-Box Aquarium treated us with a sensational close up video of Gramma dejongi the last time, and then teased us again with what appeared to be a photo of a G. dejongi x G. loreto hybrid. They topped themselves this time by releasing a short video of the hybrid Gramma. Gramma dejongi hybrids are rare and few, [...]

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