Lima scabra or Flame Scallop displayed in HD video

The guys at Coralmorphologic have been playing with their HD camera again. You know what that means. An awesome video.  This time they have something new worth showing, a Lima scabra. Otherwise known as a flame scallop. These guys are…

CaribSea’s promotional samples of ReefCal and BufferPlus begin shipping

Way back in September we told you about the promotion CaribSea was doing through CORAL Magazine offering a free sample of either the new ReefCal or BufferPlus products and after a very long wait, these samples are finally starting to…

Genicanthus personatus spawning & rearing video by Karen Britain and Bruce Carlson

Genicanthus personatus, the masked swallowtail angelfish is a holy grail angelfish species that is endemic to the Hawaiian Island chain. Paradoxically, this is one of the few angelfish species which has been raised in captivity and it is the only…

Read the Digital version of CORAL magazine for free for Reef Builders Readers

CORAL magazine, a popular saltwater aquarium publication is promoting their digital version which allows you to take the magazine wherever you go. If you are already a print subscriber you will receive the digital version for free. Nifty yes? Single…

Historical images of Marine Fish living at the Steinhart Aquarium from the 70s and 80s

The Liopopoma fasciatum above and the Achilles Goldrim Hybrid surgeonfish below are evidence that it was possible to get very neat and rare fish even if you were an aquarist working at the Steinhart Aquarium back in the 70s and…

Omni Flex Nozzles from Oceans Motions replace Locline at the 1″ and 1.5″ level

1″ and 1.5″ Loc-Line and modular tubing in those diameters are the unicorn of aquarium plumbing: surely they must exist in some form for industrial applications but whatever the case, these holy grail outlets have never made an appearance in…

Meanwell ELN-60-48D dimmable LED driver now available from NanoCustoms (sort of)

NanoTuners may have just started carrying the Meanwell ELN 60-48D dimmable LED driver but their initial order must have been meager because they are already sold out. The meanwell ELN 60 can power up to 13 high power white or…

Tunze Pumps Module ACQ460 from Aquatronica

Mirko is our European reefing correspondent and currently the front man behind the premier Croatian reefing website, CroReef. Aquatronica is pleased to present you its new module in preview, the Tunze Pumps Module (ACQ460). This module will provide yet another…

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest Control, for coral dips

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest control will be available soon. And as much as we would like to think we don’t need products like this we all do at some point in our saltwater keeping lives. This Ultra Pest Control…

Cree breaks 200 lumens per watt LED efficiency barrier

The 200 lumen per watt efficacy barrier has just been breached by a fresh round of testing on Cree’s latest generation LEDs. Seems like just this past summer we reported the new advancements of Cree’s XP-G LED reaching a record…