Ushio has been one of the most respected names in quality lighting components in the aquarium hobby since the beginning of high tech lighting. Better known for their high quality metal halide bulbs, Ushio is now offering a small catalog…
Sanjay’s 500 Gallon Mega Reef Tank Video
In the American reef aquarium scene, the name Sanjay Joshi is synonymous with reefing knowledge, experience, and especially brightly lit reef tanks. Also known as ‘Photon Man’ to his inner circle, Sanjay is a down-home reefer just like the rest…
Top 10 Unknown Azoox Corals
The American reef aquarium hobby is always looking for the latest and greatest new strain of corals to grow and exalt. Strains of very familiar corals like the Homewrecker Acro and Kun Pao Monti may turn some heads and have…
Five New Products Shaping The Future Of Reef Tanks Part 4: Smart Controllable Pumps
If there’s one thing that is inherently different about water pumps we’re using today compared to ten years ago, it’s the explosion of direct current and controllable water pumps. Propeller pumps from Tunze and Ecotech Marine have always been of…
The Best Pictures Yet Of The Rare Greytail Angelfish
The greytail angelfish, Chaetodontoplus poliourus, is one of the newest species of marine angelfish. It’s also pretty special to us because it was the first ‘new species of angelfish’ we ever got to write about here in Reef Builders. First described…
How To Program Your LED Lights For A Reef Tank
Back when we were just using T5s or metal halides, the ‘programming’ was only concerned with how long to run the lights of a given intensity. But now that we’ve got access to multiple channels of light, in various colors, it can…
Chrysiptera burtjonesi Is A Gorgeous New Damselfish From The Solomon Islands
Chrysiptera burtjonesi is a beautiful new species of damselfish which has just been described from the Solomon Islands. This damselfish is very special to me because as recently as a couple years ago I saw this fish in many habitats…
BRS Reveals New Light Diffuser Accessory For Radion LED
Over the last five years or so the Radion LED lights from Ecotech Marine have proven themselves to be a great foundation of lighting for all sorts of aquariums, both fresh and salt, and even some terrariums. The multicolor spectrum,…
Taking Target Feeding To The Next Level By ‘Walking’ Azoox Corals
For some time now I’ve had a deep curiosity and interest in all the corals that we don’t regularly see in our home aquariums, namely the non-photosynthetic and azooxanthellate corals. Unlike the photosynthetic corals that can get most of their…
Chaetodon argentatus Butterflyfish Hybrid Spotted in Japan
So many times when we see aberrant or hybrid reef fish it’s in the setting of an aquarium livestock dealer. So it’s always a nice surprise to see some of these animals being spotted in their natural environment, and GT…