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One thing that never gets old for us is getting a look behind the scenes and thanks to Piscine Energetics we get this behind the scenes look at how the company makes its PE Mysis blister packs. Company president Nuri Fisher takes us along this video showing how one machine processes the shrimp to create the

Two new species of octocoral have been discovered off the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. The new corals were discovered in a tide pool in San Diego and the other off the coast of British Columbia. Octocorals are named because each coral polyp has eight tentacles. The coral found in San Diego was

Seachem’s NutriDiet flake foods are getting four new flavors — MarinePlus, Chlorella Flakes, Discus and Shrimp Flakes. The new line of flake foods eliminates low-value fillers to offer high nutritional value for your fish plus are fortified with garlic, chlorella, and extra Vitamin C. The new Seachem NutriFlake MarinePlus is similar to the regular Marine flake

Right or wrong, rapid tissue necrosis (or RTN) is in this hobby often is seen as a newbie mistake — a sign of bad husbandry and a sign of bad decisions. Ironically this is a view mostly held by inexperienced aquarists, as even the most experienced and hardcore reefer can experience RTN. Recently event the

Scrolling through Ecoxotic’s Flickr feed, we came across this intriguing RGB PAR38 LED lamp that we suspect might be making its way into the product catalog. This RGB PAR38 lamp holds 12 high-power LEDs with 15 degree focusing lenses, allowing light to penetrate deeper depths. The ubiquitous wireless remote control we’ve seen with other RGB LEDs

It was over a year ago that we first covered the Banggai Rescue Kickstarter project, which was ran to fund a book about the Pterapogon kauderni and the project to bring the Cardinals back from the brink of extinction along with a small Banggai Cardinal breeding operation under the care of Matt Pedersen. Although the original deadline for

Reverse osmosis (RO) filtration systems are one of the best investments any hobbyist can make and the new Aquatic Life RO Buddie is a compact, three-stage RO system designed to fit in tight spaces and tight budgets. Instead of using the typical plastic housing for carbon and sediment filters, Aquatic Life uses the smaller, sealed

Our first look at Ecoxotic’s new Cannon LED Floodlights at the Reef Systems Aquarama booth was a really pleasant surprise. Although rated for the same 100 watts of light using a multichip LED package, the Cannon LED Floodlights are a completely different animal. Gone is the Cannon-style form factor with highly concentrated light source from a tiny