Austin Lefevre
  • Austin Lefevre

    Austin Lefevre founded and owns Aqua Box, a group of passionate professionals who bring unique aquarium systems to fruition worldwide and offer fully quarantined and conditioned fishes to the US retail market. Austin has been a bonafide fish nerd for his entire life. When the kids in elementary school were reading Dr. Seuss, Austin was reading Jacques Cousteau. He's been in the aquarium industry since 2002 working in local fish stores, coral farms, and headed up a fish breeding program. He's been an avid SCUBA diver since the age of 12 and consistently seeks new aquatic adventures.

Recent Content

R/C Plane Crashes on Reef Lending Awesome Footage

R/C Plane Crashes on Reef Lending Awesome Footage

While I like to keep my writing directed towards things that will help readers be successful at reef keeping, this one is too good not to share. A man was flying his R/C plane over Osprey Bay in Cape Range National Park (Exmouth, Western Australia) and became...

World Wide Corals Reef Farm Grand Opening

World Wide Corals Reef Farm Grand Opening

Today World Wide Corals is hosting a grand opening of their new frag farm. Not only will they allow the public to peruse (today only!) the amazing selection of corals these guys grow, but they have three speakers present: Julian Sprung, Mike Paletta and Jake Adams. If...

Ecotech Drops Price on Vortech MP40

Ecotech Drops Price on Vortech MP40

Early yesterday we saw several major online dry good vendors promoting a price drop on the infamous Ecotech Vortech MP40w ES pump. The pump is now being offered for $299.99, down from the most recent MSRP of $395.25. This is super exciting news for anyone who has been...

LRS Fish Frenzy adds Live  Blackworms

LRS Fish Frenzy adds Live Blackworms

LRS Reef Frenzy foods continue to amaze me with their ongoing effort to produce the best frozen food available. Most recently LRS has added Live Blackworms to their standard "Fish Frenzy" ingredient list. LRS owner Larry Dupont contacted me a few weeks back asking if...

ORA Releases Whitespotted Pygmy Filefish

ORA Releases Whitespotted Pygmy Filefish

ORA has added another fish to their growing list of successful captive bred offerings, this time it's a little filefish! Filefishes in general just make me smile. Their goofy demeanor and camouflaging ability make them very intriguing. Most of the time when I add them...

Aquarium Disposal King

Aquarium Disposal King

Ever been so angry with an event in your aquarium that you were ready to throw it out the window? Or smack it with a hammer? Username "Zia" takes the cake on the most creative and brutal way of disposing of an aquarium I've ever seen... First he deserves big time...

Winter is Coming…

Winter is Coming…

As winter approaches many of us in cooler climates must prepare our aquariums for inevitable cold ambient temperatures. This generally means the introduction of one of the hobby's most evil pieces of equipment, the dreaded heater. If you've been around the aquarium...

Production Model of Maxspect Gyre Unboxed at Coralvue

Production Model of Maxspect Gyre Unboxed at Coralvue

Coralvue recently received the final production sample of the 50w Maxspect Gyre, and based on the pictures they shared I fully concur with their statement of, "WOW". A couple things have been improved upon since prototype units were released, including a stronger...