The Blakctip Snailfish is a Fascinating Deepwater Oddity
Besides live video from deep diving ROVs, specialty aquariums are the only way that the general public can ever hope to see and appreciate the bizarre marine life of the deep sea. The graceful blackti…
Reef Fanatic Still Makes one of the Best pH Controllers
Reef Fanatic is a name that is synonymous with quality electronics for reef tanks, and a track record that stretches way back to the first explosion of reef aquarium popularity. The Reef Fanatics Micr…
This Super Green Kenya Tree’ from Reefkoi is the Bomb!
Soft corals are one of the most overlooked group of corals in the aquarium hobby, which is a darn shame since there’s so much variety to appreciate. The most recent softy to really perk up our p…
Bubble Tip Anemones Make for a Great Science Fair Project
Budding aquarist Jaylen Stout recently submitted a creative and original science fair project for his school’s science fair project which should blow most of the others out of the water. With th…
Indophyllia macassarensis, The Rarest of the Donut Corals
Today while diving in the South east of Bali, we got lucky to be welcome by ‘extremely’ cold temperature waters (21C, 69F). Because this is unusually cold water for Bali, it is actually a …
Prognathodes obliquus Subject of Deep Ecology Study [Video]
The oblique butterflfyfish, Prognathodes obliquus is a striking species of marine fish with a very unique pattern and also a true micro-endemic. Like the Clipperton Angelfish we covered last week, the…
Doser Milestone 6 is a High Performance Single Channel Pump from Aqua Trend
Aqua Trend is a popular brand of saltwater aquarium products from Poland which has a long history of making advanced reef aquarium dosing pumps. The R Doser Milestone 6 is a handful of a name for Aqua…
New Wave Made a Striking Tetris Shaped Concept Aquarium
The overwhelming majority of aquariums and fish tanks are square or rectangular in shape so it’s always nice to see some experimentation with the form factor. We’ve seen cylinders, spheric…
Tankmatez Came Up With A Very Innovative ‘Bubble’ Fish Trap
Tankmatez is a company promoting a new kind of fish trap which is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. The Tankmatez ‘Bubble Trap’ uses a combination of unique attributes to trap …
The Versatility of 3D Reefing’s Diffusers fro AI Prime and Hydra Lights
In recent years not only have our aquarium LED lights become more than bright enough for the needs of reef animals, but we’ve had to get creative with techniques to distribute and blend that lig…
Cove I-250 Protein Skimmer Review: the Antidote to Average Skimmers
The Eye of Horus is a Great New Accessory for Mobile Photography
The Eye of Horus lens coral filter is a new addition to the mobile phone coral filter lense. These lenses that help remove the blue color to let other…
TMC’s new REEF Easi-Dose Plus 3 and Easi-Stir
Tropical Marine Centre has been on a roll lately (no pun intended) and have a few new products for all your dosing needs. The new Tropical Marine Cent…
The Xmas Tree Worm Aquarium, Five Months Later
The Reef Builders Studio was created to be a place of reef aquarium learning, discovery and experimentation, especially when it comes to setting up different kinds of reef aquariums. Many of us have o…
Clownfish
Audible for Fish? 10 rare or beautiful fish that would have made this gag better
In case you missed it, yesterday was April Fool’s Day and there were many corporations and tech companies sharing some serious groaners with a f…
aberrant angelfish
‘Black’ Regal Angelfish is one of the Wildest Specimens Ever
The iconic appearance of the regal angelfish is so recognizable across its wide range that it is one of the visual ambassadors for coral reefs. Since …
New Species
Propherallodus longipterus, an Adorable New Clingfish from the Philippines
Clingfish are a very unique group of marine fish who are so absent from the reef aquarium hobby that we can’t even name one by heart. That’…
Gear
Cove I-250 Protein Skimmer Review: the Antidote to Average Skimmers
Cove protein skimmers are a unique breed of acrylic aquarium products from China which stand apart from other equipment manufacturers in a number of w…
