Orphek (an Advanced Aquarist sponsor) announced yesterday the introduction of a new T8 form-factor LED tube that, with the provided adapter, will fit into a standard T5 fixture.

I’m a sucker for books on breeding marine organisms and at one point I had actually contemplated breeding these little nudibranchs for fun (profit questionable).

Bioluminescence is the ability for an organism to produce it’s own light and this ability is observed in many marine organisms. Anglerfish (order Lophiiformes) use it for hunting.

Leukemia is a type of cancer that causes an unusually high concentration of white blood cells in the body. In this particular study researchers targeted a leukemia called “T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia” (T-ALL for short), which is the most common type of leukemia found in children.

In 1899, Irving Colburn began experimenting with making flat sheets of glass that eventually led to patents on the process. After an unsuccessful business venture attempting to commercialize the technology, he sold the patents to Toledo Glass in Toledo, Ohio where he continued to develop the process.

The networked cables will be placed along the Juan de Fuca Ridge as well as other oceanic sites, in the water column, and on the ocean floor. These sensors and cameras will be linked via the Internet using electro-optical cables and will measure things like underwater eruptions, earthquakes, storms.

Stuart is the co-director of Europe’s D-D The Aquarium Solution, an UK supplier of specialty equipment for both saltwater and freshwater aquariums. His amazing 2,200 liter (484 US gal) reef aquarium is featured in the June 2011 issue of Practical Fishkeeping, the popular UK aquarium magazine. 

Flatworm infestations are a bane to reefkeepers. Once our tanks are infested, flatworms are very hard to get rid of even with medicated treatments to kill them off.

According to Reef Interests (the same company that introduced both ReefPearls and NP BioPellets to the aquarium hobby), PO4x4 Phosphate Remover is a “unique chemical engineered polymer-based mini pellet” that can absorb up to 4x the amount of phosphate compared to other granular ferric oxide (GFO) products.

Fisheries waste is a big deal as so much waste is produced on an annual basis that much of it ends up getting dumped into the ocean in order to deal with the growing mountain of “yuck.”