There’s never any shortage of things to do around the Reef Builders Studio and topics to bring to the Reef Builders Studio video series. Instead of focusing on a single thing this week, we thoug…
Akula UKS Skimmer by Ultra Reef is a Work of Art
Ultra Reef has been making protein skimmers for over a decade, but being based in Europe the only time we ever got to spend with these fractionating machines was brief stints during trips to Europe. W…
Coenocyathus sebroecki, a New Species of Azoox Coral from Brazil
Coenocyathus sebroecki is a new species of non-photosynthetic scleractinian coral from Brazil that was surprisingly discovered in reasonably shallow depth. Unlike so many descriptions of new azoox cor…
Watch Out for a New More Damaging Euphyllia Flatworm
Coral pests are pretty much a fact of life for any reef aquarist or coral gardener, and these parasites and diseases range from slightly irritating to downright lethal. Recently we documented our expe…
Non-Native Stony Corals Removed from Hawaiian Reef
Hawaii is renowned for its high concentration of endemism both in the sea and on land, and the biggest threat to native hawaiian species is almost always introduced species of plants and animals. Ther…
Vanderhorstia vandersteene, a Stunning New Goby Species from Papua New Guinea
Vanderhorstia vandersteene is a striking new species of goby just described from the Milne Bay province of Papua New Guinea. V. vandersteene is in very good company in this exotic part of the wor…
History of a Massive Colony of Blue Acropora yongei Staghorn Coral
The Solomon Islands are world famous for their abundance of coral reefs and a huge diversity of tropical fish and reef building coral species. Because of this, naturalists and reef diving enthusiasts …
Unboxing Three Rare Nano Reef Fish from Among The Reef [Video]
The Liopropoma basslets are one of the most interesting and widespread group of small fishes available to aquarist, and we think they’re not nearly as popular as they should be. Their coloration…
API AquaSpin – More Details About The Automated Testing Machine
The API AquaSpin is a new device to the reef aquarium hobby-industry that we first wrote about a couple weeks ago. Since then we’ve learned a whole lot more about the device, its origins, the or…
Hybrid Euphyllia Coral are (Slightly) More Common Than we Think
Torchspawn, Frammer, Hamspawn and many others are colloquial names for the many different ways that Euphyllia corals are known to hybridize and interbreed. Some of these are quite remarkable in their …