Back in my day, bright blue or purple carpet anemones were the bee’s knees, and I distinctly remember where I was when I heard there were RED carpet anemones, and again when I first saw one. That’s all ancient history now because…
PRS Japan’s ‘Uplifting’ 3D Spiral Skimmer Neck Cleaner
The new Unkai Protein Skimmer Neck Cleaner is the first design innovation we’ve seen in this product category in quite a number of years. Way back in 2010 Deltec introduced the manual neck cleaner which was integrated into the lid…
Lipogramma schrieri & L. barrettorum, two new species of Caribbean basslets
Deepwater basslets are a source of constant fascination, and a virtual wellspring of unknown fish. The latest species to come from this broad group are Lipogramma schrieri and L. barrettorum from the southern Caribbean. We tend to loosely classify any fish living…
Ask Reef Builders #1: How to save your Biological Filter in a tank move or upgrade
Welcome to the first installment of ‘Ask Reef Builders’, a column where we’ll take some of your best questions and share our responses from which all our readers can learn. For years we’ve answered questions fielded through twitter, facebook and…
Video Recap of our best 2017 YouTube Highlights
While ramping up the filming last year for our YouTube channel a ton of video clips were produced. These included coral closeups, neat fish, incredible reef tanks, and plenty of underwater footage of natural reefs that I’ve just started wading through. …
Mile High Reefer’s Video of Jake’s Reef Tank, Part 1
We’re always so preoccupied with seeking out new tanks, reef gear and reef life to tell you about that we rarely have the time, or inclination, to look inward. To remedy this I invited Scott Anderson of Mile High Reefers to…
Illlumagic LED Lights get ‘Certified’ for lighting Australian Acros
Cairns Marine is well known as one of the most prolific sources of shallow water Acropora from Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. For five years now Cairns Marine has been using the robust light fixtures from Illumagic to light…
Lembeh Frogfish gets a proper Re-Description
The Lembeh Frogfish is an interesting cryptic fish which represented a species that was has been known and beloved to underwater photographers for decades. While this species was first described as Antennarius subteres way back in 1909, and placed in…
Announcing ReefStock 2018 in Denver Colorado, Feb. 24th & 25th
On March 8, 2008 we hosted the first ReefStock aquarium conference at a time when most reefers hardly knew what frags were, and going to an event to but them wasn’t even a thing. Ten years ago we were all using…
Trimma hamartium, the Mistaken Pygmy Goby is the newest species from Palau
We knew it wouldn’t be long and it barely took a week into the new year for us to get a new species of nano goby to share. Trimma hamartium is the first new species of tropical marine fish of 2018…