Chrysiptera uswanasi is yet another new species of damselfish from the island of Papua, Indonesia. Uswana’s damselfish is the seventh member of the very similar looking cluster of species in the C. oxycephala complex. Other recently described damselfish from the…
White Corals’ Showroom Should Inspire All Aquarium Stores [Video]
White Corals is Europe’s leading online reef aquarium livestock and dry goods vendor and also the folks behind the unique Nyos brand of aquarium products. This quintessentially German business is exactly what you would expect to see from Stuttgart, the…
Drilling Multiple Tanks in Place at the Reef Builders Studio
Drilling glass aquariums seems like a risky proposition to anyone who’s never tried it, and to be clear it should not be undertaken without caution. But ‘installing’ access holes for plumbing, drains and closed loops has some very real benefits…
Seriatopora dendritica, Birdnest Coral Wishes it was an Acropora!
Birdnest corals are fairly common in the ocean and in our aquariums, however we really culture a handful of common species. These include the sharp branch birdnest, Seriatopora hystrix, and the blunt tip birdnest, S. caliendrum and the usually green…
Kessil A360X Review: Taking a Raw Look at The Hardware
Kessil is without question the undisputed leader in LED spotlighting for home aquariums both fresh and salt, with a variety of models from the minute A80 to the Jumbo A2000. No doubt one of the most popular models for Kessil…
First Wild Masked Angelfish Collected in Five Years Comes to U.S.
The masked angelfish from Hawaii is one of the most desirable and beautiful fish for aquariums. Despite its ghostly white appearance, the bluish face of the female and orange outline of the males is about as angelic as an angelfish…
Anatomy of a Mature & Successful Five Year Old Reef Tank
Keeping a reef aquarium going to a successful point six months or even one year down the road is a real achievement which comes with plenty of unexpected challenges. So imagine the long winding road that fellow reef builder Marc…
Eco Fleece Dreambox is the Highest Capacity Auto Filter Roll to date
The Eco Fleece Dreambox is Royal Exclusiv’s first standalone auto filter roll which we first sighted at InterZoo earlier this year and which has just appeared for sale on their website. Royal Exclusiv’s first foray into the Auto Filter Roll space…
A Selection of Micromussa lordhowensis from ‘Asia’
Lord corals are some of the reef aquarium hobby’s favorite group of LPS for many very good reasons; they are colorful, have crazy patterns, they are hardy, they grow well, and they are very responsive to aquarium conditions and will…
Aqamai KPM Pump Review: Wireless Control with Tons of Value
The Aqamai KPM is the newest and larger model of Hydor’s wirelessly controllable brand of water pumps. We already love the teeny tiny feature set of the Aqamai KPS which is the smallest controllable propeller pump for the aquarium hobby,…