Tales from Thailand: Chingchai’s incredible DSPS tank

Having just returned from an amazing trip in Bangkok, it would almost be considered criminal if we weren’t going to spill and share on the reefing goodies this amazing city has to offer. Like our previous recount of BlueHarbor in…

Top down look of Chingchai’s amazing corals and fish

You’ve seen the DSPS tank from Thailand a myriad of times; in the beginning and a little bit further along. Now that Chngchai’s reef tank has been coming along for a while now, this top down video of the reef and…

The Masterpiece Aquarium of David Saxby

As an Italian, I consider the three great masters to be Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci. Similarly, there are also masters in this hobby and I have been fortunate to see their works of art, the tanks of Wayne…

Hong Kong through Digiman’s eyes part 1: Legendary reefers Dr. Chung and Jimma Ma

Here’s another exciting Reef Builders travelogue showcasing the sights and adventures of the reefing scene in a foreign country. Like our Japan and Bangkok travelogues, we visit yet again another Asian country – the mystical land of Hong Kong. This…

Peppermint Angels are officially making their way around the world

As we all know, there are thousands of different species of fish available in the aquarium trade, and we all have our favorites. There is no denying, however, that the Peppermint Angelfish, Paracentyropyge boylei, is by far one of the most highly…

MACNA will debut some Fantastic new speakers this year

MACNA, being the ultimate marine and reef aquarium event on the planet, inherently showcases some of the world’s best marine aquarium talent with leading authors and professionals from across the hobby-industry. This year FMAS has really made a push to…

AquaRaise Marine Refine is a new salt from Thailand

AquaRaise is a company in Thailand that has it’s roots in the commercial aquaculture business. AquaRaise manufacturers a whole line of different products including several additives and test kits, but they are most known for their Marine Refine salt which is the…

MACNA 2013 website goes life revealing more details about show

MACNA 2013 will be hosted in Miami by the sea, as we revealed yesterday. Today the MACNA 2013 website went live revealing exciting additional information on the 25th birthday of the aquarium show, including the line up of the first…

Siam Reef Club’s dynamic and ever changing 30 gallon cylinder reef

Thailand is home not only to ChingChai’s amazing DSPS tank and the SRC’s softy tank, but also to the quaint little 30 gallon cylinder you see above that houses some pretty amazing inhabitants. This convex mini reef aquarium sits right in…

Piebald zebrasoma tang swimming around a crazy ‘quarantine’ reef tank

The piebald Zebrasoma tang featured in this video has some of the most unusual color patterning we’ve seen in this genus. Leave it to Chingchai, creator of the 1200 gallon DSPS reef tank, to have what appears to be a…