Bell’s flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus bellae, is one of the most elusive of the ornamental labridae. With the lyretail of P. angulatus, the dorsal filaments of P. filamentosus and more blue linework than P. octotaenia, Bell’s Flasher wrasse is at the…
First hands on feeding tests of Mysis-Feast from Reef Nutrition
Mysis Feast from Reef Nutrition is one of the most significant new food product offerings from the company that brought us convenient feeding of Arctic copepods, concentrated phytoplankton and oyster “parts”. What is particularly exciting about Mysis Feast is that…
Ecoxotic’s Symphony of LEDs
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81OjobFOZ0o[/youtube] Our homey John Ciotti put this masterpiece LED video together. Would it have been better with a Black Star soundtrack? Yeah we thought so too.
CARN brings hobbyists, the industry and researchers together to promote coral knowledge
The Coral Aquarist Research Network (CARN) is a young program launched in the UK to combine the efforts and knowledge of three unique groups of stakeholders, all in the name of coral. Hobbyists, industry representatives and researchers each share a…
G2 Maxspect LED light giveaway from Fins Reef for one lucky young reefer
Today on Reef Builders we’re putting one very exciting giveaway where our mouth is: Following the MACNA conference a few weeks back we wrote an editorial which addressed our concern about where all the young reefers have gone. In an…
Hydor Slim Skim Prototype falls into the right hands
The Hydor Slim Skim internal protein skimmer is a highly anticipated reef aquarium filter product which we can’t wait to see become available. The Slim Skim was first showed off in the U.S. at the MAX show back in April…
Classic: Blue Reef Photography is a rare fish lover’s wet dream
The following post is a classic which we originally posted way back in April 2009. It features fish which are still so rare that this post is definitely worth another turn. Ballina, semicinctus and conspicillatus angelfish, Amphichaetodon butterfly, latezonatus clownfish…
Marine Bio Pearls renegotiates to be distributed by Tropical Marine Centre
Bio Aquatek Marine Bio Pearls have renegotiated its distribution agreements and announced Tropical Marine Centre has sole, exclusive rights to distribute these new biopellets. We had a sneak peek at these at the D-D booth at MACNA but it appears the plans…
Reef Aquariums and Babies Make a Perfect Pair
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBLC3LCnHw[/youtube] I recently contributed an article to reefbuilders about carefully neglecting your tank during busy times. In my case, it was the birth of our daughter Elise. The article was geared towards maintaining a reef tank, despite the extra…
New Era Aquaculture cold-extruded food now available in America from Living Color
New Era Aquaculture is a manufacturer of high quality fish foods which has been rapidly gaining market share in the UK, Europe and abroad for the past five years. More recently New Era signed an agreement with Living Color Enterprises…
