The new website for Vertex Aquaristik has us excited not because it’s really flashy and animated, but for all the technical specifications that it dives deep into for all of their products. Their skimmers and reverse osmosis water purifiers are…
Two New Blue Eyed Gobies from Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is once again the locale for the discovery of new reef fish, this time with two new species of miniature gobies. Trimma blematium and T. meityae are two newly described species from this very numerous genus which both features very…
Come See Sanjay, Vincent and Shane Danger at ReefStock Australia
Since ReefStock is the first event of its kind in Australia we are thrilled to have three very knowledgeable and experienced hobbyists presenting at this inaugural conference. We may not have thirty speakers like the 30th anniversary MACNA but we’ve made…
Rare Hybrid Multibar X Venusta Angelfish Collected by RVS Fishworld
Of all the hybrid angelfish sought out by exotic fish fanatics, the cross between the multibar and venusta angelfish is one of the rarest. Where Tigerpyge angelfish have become semi-‘common’ with a few dozens specimens being collected every year, the…
The Glorious ‘Lifted Reef’ of Evan Luo [Video]
We visit a lot of reef aquariums every year and every now and then, we come across hidden treasures like Evan Luo’s Lifted Reef aquascape. This 300 gallon aquarium is installed in-wall as a room divider meaning that there’s amazing corals to…
LED & T5 Face-Off in the White Corals Display Tank
The display reef tank of White Corals is a spectacular reef aquarium display no matter how you look at it, and it will be the focus of a future Reef Builders video. But in the interim we wanted to share…
The Clearest Macro Time Lapse Video of Growing Acropora
Time lapse and macro videos are one of the best tools we have to shine a light on coral ‘behavior’. Since corals don’t move like other animals, and their reactions to the environment are a very different time scale from…
Stunning ORANGE ‘Tiger Tail’ Coral Beauty Has Hybrid Traits
The Coral Beauty angelfish is one of the most highly variable of all pygmy angelfish species. Ranging from East Africa in the Indian Ocean to the Central Pacific Ocean, it’s no surprise that this fish has a huge number of…
Top 5 Speakers We’re Excited to see at MACNA 2018
MACNA 2018 in Las Vegas will be the thirtieth time this venerable show celebrates the saltwater aquarium hobby and for this milestone MASNA is pulling out all the stops. With thirty speakers this year’s MACNA is the most packed with…
Cirrhilabrus sanguineus – Red Blotched Fairy Wrasse Collected in Mauritius
Cirrhilabrus sanguineus, the red-blotched fairy wrasse is a very rare, deepwater species of fairy wrasse from the Indian Ocean that we’ve never personally seen in the aquarium trade. A few lonely specimens of Cirrhilabrus sanguineus have made their way to Asia…