A tiny but beautiful new blenny species has been discovered off the coast of Curacao in the Caribbean. Named Haptoclinus dropi after the Smithsonian Institution’s Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP) where the new fish was discovered. The proposed common name…
New Albert Thiel book documents nano aquariums
Reefkeeping pioneer Albert Thiel has a new book out, Nano-Reef Aquariums, documenting how to care for smaller reef aquariums. Because of their size smaller, nano aquariums have become a significant part of the hobby over the last few years. But…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish finally coming to Blue Zoo Aquatics
Call if karma or the circle of life or whatever you will, but Lightning Maroon Clownfish are finally coming back to Blue Zoo Aquatics. We originally reported that offspring from the original specimen that was captured in Papua New Guinea three…
Even more images of sexy Dichromatic Trachyphillia
We have a few more stunning images of the dichromatic Trachyphillia Walt Smith was teasing us with yesterday. One of Smith’s employees, Cameron Bee, clarified a bit more information on the coral and then shared a few new images on…
LED Intelligent Lighting IT2060 the next generation of rebadged LED lights
We like chasing down leads to get to the bottom of stories here at Reef Builders, so when we saw an interesting LED fixture, we starting digging for more information and that led us to this interesting next generation Chinese…
Coral Shop adds new P.R.O.S. protein skimmer to filtration lineup
Coral-Shop has added a few new products to its lineup recently including its new P.R.O.S. protein skimmer to its filtration products. Using the square, boxy shape consistent with its other filter products, the new P.R.O.S. protein skimmer can either be used as…
CAD Lights PLS-50 a perfect pipeless nano skimmer
Besides the news that CAD Lights is releasing larger, conical pipeless protein skimmers we also learned the company has made a nano version of the pipeless skimmer we felt deserved its own post. We’ve noted before how impressed we were…
CAD Lights adds conical design to larger 2nd generation pipeless protein skimmers
The CAD Lights PLS-100 Pipeless Protein Skimmer flat out worked and with a winner on its hands, the company added a few more sizes to the pipeless skimmer line. Two larger sizes were added taking advantage of a conical design…
Walt Smith teases us with the stunning Dichromatic trachy
Walt Smith shared this stunning dichromatic Trachyphyllia on Facebook. For any of you looking for a jaw-dropping, showstopper LPS piece for your aquarium, this one just might do the trick. We’ve seen a fair share of colorful Trachyphyllia, Wellsophyllia and Scolymias and…
Kessil toying with a panel fixture, looking for your input
Kessil has made a strong impression on the aquarium market with the release of its A150, A350 and A360 pendent LED lights and is now looking at building its first panel-style LED aquarium fixture. Teasing its followers on Facebook, Kessil…