This Saturday in Salt Lake City, Mountain West Reef Fest
The Mountain West Reef Fest is one of the largest reef aquarium event left this year, and with the massive Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society behind it, this show promises ...
Fluorescent Proteins and chromoprotein protect corals as antioxidants
Coral antioxidants and fluorescent proteins are about to crossroad after the publication of the paper by Palmer et. al on Coral Fluorescent Proteins as Antioxidants. According to Palmer, Modi ...
GFP “infection” radically alters the look of stony corals, like the Green Jacket
Green Fluorescent Protein is one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable fluorescent colors in soft and stony corals. In some cases the GFP is expressively produced, sometimes it's a byproduct and recently ...
In Tuamotu, Maxima Clams are the Reef Builders
Tuamotu Maxima clams are the hottest thing to hit the Tridacna reef scene since the Maxea hybrids from earlier in the year. This past week a shipment ...
Sicce USA: Italian born water pumps getting green card for American market
Sicce USA is the new US based distribution arm of Sicce, the Italian manufacturer of water pumps and other water moving devices. You may have become more and more familiar with ...
Grassy LeDio LED spotlight in 7, 13 and now 21 watt configurations
Grassy LeDio LED spotlights may be made in Japan but that doesn't stop us from being able to use the Edison incandescent base in our own sockets. In fact, our ...
Brighter colors of male reef fish are now closer to being understood by new research
It's no secret that male reef fish usually have much brighter colors and in some cases gaudy coloration compared to their female counterparts. This feature of sexual dichromatism is particularly pronounced ...
Pictichromis dinar, a new bicolor dottyback species from Sulawesi
Pictichromis dinar is a new species of Pseudochromis discovered in the Western Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although we've seen Pictichromis dinar in person on a couple occasions over the last 18 ...
ULNS is a load of detritus: an Ultra Low Nutrient ‘System’ is a desert
Ultra Low Nutrient System or ULNS is a load of crap made up by people who don't understand the words "Ultra" and "System". The ULNS moniker was pulled from the ether ...
DSPS 1200 gallon reef gets Hi-Def video update, shows some exquisite aquascaping
The DSPS tank by Chingchai Uekrongtham is a 1200 gallon reef aquarium which is a spotlight on many of the most modern features that are available to aquarists today. Not only does ...
