by ReefBum | Oct 22, 2016 | Equipment, Reef, Science
Salinity is a very important parameter for a captive reef aquarium so it is certainly essential to have a good quality salinity refractometer on hand to monitor levels on a constant basis. One option to consider is the Pro-1 Normal Seawater Refractometer from Tropic Eden. The folks at Tropic Eden are touting this tester as a highly precise and well built refractometer that is a quick and easy to use, whether it is for scientists out in the field or for saltwater aquarium hobbyists. The refractometer, which is packaged nicely, comes with a user manual, 2 pipettes, calibration key and pouch. It is an optical device that utilizes the refraction of light through transparent media to determine the salinity and specific gravity of the water being tested. It by AquaNerd | Oct 21, 2016 | Equipment, Reef, Science
Neptune Systems is currently running an October special promotion on the Apex Next Generation aquarium controller system bundled with the WAV power heads. Now and through the month of October, participating Neptune Systems dealers are offering a WAV Starter Kit for $300.00 with the purchase of the Next Generation aquarium controller. The WAV starter kit includes 2 x 4000+ GPH fully controllable pumps at $150.00 per pump. This is a great value when you consider what other wavemaker pumps typically cost. One of the nice features the WAV pumps offer is the there is no need for additional hardware to purchase or power bricks so there is less clutter to deal with in your aquarium cabinet. [embedded content] by Barry Brown | Oct 21, 2016 | Fish, Photography, Reef, Science
Good morning, I have a crazy beautiful, ultra rare deep-sea fish for you today that was found yesterday at around 600 feet! The common name for this little 3 inch jewel is Golden Bass or Liopropoma olneyi. This was named after Dr. John Olney who passed away several years ago and was one of the top marine larval fish experts in the world. Through DNA, Carole Baldwin and Dave Johnson were able to match a spectacular larval fish caught off the coast of Florida to adults of Liopropoma olneyi from the deep reefs of Curacao, a true mother and chid reunion. Super busy with the Smithsonian… Barry NEWER POST: by AquaNerd | Oct 20, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish, Reef, Science
It seems Quality Marine is very interested in reef conservation. Lately, it seems every few weeks or so we learn about a new success in the captive fish breeding arena. Below is a press release we just received and we thought our readers would be interested to hear news about the latest captive bred species coming out of Hawaii; Lemon Miliaris Butterflies (Chaetodon miliaris) Rising Tide Conservation and Hawaii Oceanic Institute has done it yet again. The unstoppable duo has announced successfully breeding yet another species – Chaetodon miliaris, Lemon Butterfly, which is another Hawaiian endemic. Quality Marine is excited to be a part of this breakthrough event by receiving some of the fish from the very first batch. This project’s journey first began with by AquaNerd | Oct 20, 2016 | Reef, Science
As the competition heats up between LED aquarium manufacturers Euroquatics has added an online storefront allowing consumers to purchase Angel A1 and Angel A1P LED lights direct to the public. At the Euroquatics storefront you may purchase Angel fixtures and Angel accessories however you may not be able to purchase the popular E5 direct replacement bulbs for traditional T5 fixtures. To purchase E5 bulbs or Angel fixtures please visit the Euroquatics dealer locator page. To sweeten the deal and to celebrate the new storefront and a milestone of reaching 80,000 followers on Facebook, Euroquatics has decided to reduce pricing by $80.00 on both Angel fixture models. So for a limited time you can pick up the Euroquatics Angel A1 fixtures for $319.99 and the 150 Watt by AquaNerd | Oct 19, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science, Technology
The next generation high-powered LX 7 LED has arrived. The origional design proved to be an effective means of providing aquariums with powerful but energy efficient LED lighting technology and as other brands of lights have advanced so has the Mitras. Built on the LX 6 design the LX 7 offers perfectly matched LEDs the provide the most complete spectrum available in the market today according to Matthias Gross, GHL’s owner and engineer. For a limited time between now and November 13th, 2016 these fixtures will be offered at the introductory price of $699.90 (normal price $749.90). The Mitras LX7 now comes with power distribution that will allow the user to “borrow” power from one channel to use on another channel. GHL refers to the as their 
