Tiny Kingi angelfish is the lagoon collection of a lifetime
We’ve been closely following the saga of a very special fish that was recently collected by its owner in South Africa. While on holiday Pieter Uys and his family were vacationing around the Kei River, he managed to squeeze in some quality snorkeling time in the lagoon formed past the mouth of the river. Near Read More
Adee’s Sunlit Reef is Looking Even Better With LEDs
We covered Adee’s sunlight driven reef back in January, when it was still supplemented with 1500 watts of metal halide and T5 power. Since then Adee replaced his Metal Halide and T5 line up with 400 watt of LED. Although it hard to imagine, his tank now looks even better than it did before. The Read More
Inaugural AquariumExpo happening in South Africa next month
The inaugural AquariumExpo is being held in South Africa next month bringing some of the latest freshwater and marine aquarium products and livestock from a variety of exhibitors over the three-day conference. AquariumExpo 2012 is taking a unique approach. Not only is the event co-produced by brought to you by TASA (Tropical Aquariums SA) and MASA (Marine Aquariums SA) it is co-locating Read More
Adee’s reef is a sunlight driven beast from South Africa
Although we spend hours covering the latest lighting fixtures here on Reef Builders, nothing really comes close to actual sunlight. Adee’s aquarium is a 1340 L (355 G) reef, measuring 2oocm x 1oo cm x 67cm (78in x 40in x 26in). The tank is illuminated exclusively by skylight during the summers, although a MH/T5 fixture Read More
Liopropoma africanum basslet lands at SAreefkeeping in South Africa
Liopropoma africanum is arguably one of the worlds rarest reef basslets in the marine aquarium hobby but one lucky shop n South Africa has just come into possession of only the third specimen we’ve heard of. rare fish fanciers will surely listen up and take note because specimens of fish as rare as this one Read More
Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi found living in a South African pond
The tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi is a species so rare that it is very seldomly seen outside of it’s South African home. Although the tiger angelfish might cost many thousands of dollars if it ever was sold in the US, Europe or Asia, when a fish is locally collected it may as well go into Read More
Double dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi arrives at Crownfish
The double-dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi is a cool water endemic of South African marine habitats. Chaetodon marleyi is a very rarely collected species and for this the tiny specimen above was quickly sold by Crownfish for just under 100,000 yen, or about $1100. Since the nearly identical species the Robustus butterflyfish can usually be purchased Read More