If there’s one thing that Reef Builders has become known for during our career of writing about aquarium topics, is having the pulse on all the rarest, and most expensive, fish in the aquarium hobby. These range from the tiniest…
Gates Housings Deep Dragon: What $90,000 Of Underwater Video Camera Looks Like
SCUBA Diving is an expensive activity, and the price can shoot up dramatically if you’re keen to do some filming or photography underwater. But have you ever wondered just how expensive it can get for a fully loaded top of the…
Get Inspired By This Forest Of Soft Corals in Raja Ampat
Besides Zoanthids and the new wave of shrooms, the aquarium hobby is ruled by our love for stony corals. But soft corals are an important part of the reef environment, sometimes becoming so dominant that they form veritable forests of softly swaying…
Grassy Edge LED From Volx Japan
The Grassy Edge LED is a new light fixture from Volx Japan which was just published on Reef Builders Japan. Volx Japan is on a roll of new product announcements lately, with the Grassy Edge following closely on the heels…
LED Retrofits For Fluorescent Lamps Are Becoming Mainstream
The idea of having an LED tube as a direct replacement is such a no-brainer you didn’t think Euroquatics was going to be the only company to do this, did you? The concept of being able to replace fluorescent lamps…
Amazing First Pictures of Helfrich Firefish Hybrid (Updated w/ Video)
Dartfish hold a very special place in our reefing hearts, and none more so than the magnificent firefish. We absolutely adore the Nemateleotris firefish species, so we definitely perked up when we came across this incredibly rare firefish hybrid. The regular and…
New Via Aqua Titanium Heater Gets Improved Reliability
Via Aqua has a new aquarium Titanium Heater which brings with it some incremental upgrades. There’s not much to improve on heating elements and thermometers so it’s the thermostat where Via Aqua made the biggest improvements in their titanium heater. …
Introducing The Reef Builders Recap Video Series
We’ve been cranking out the news of the marine aquarium world for nearly ten years, and these days we’re truly burning the candle at both ends. With our correspondents and contributors all over the world, we’ve been publishing so much…
Lubricogobius tunicatus Is A Wonderful New Species Of Slippery Goby
Lubricogobius tunicatus is the newest species to join this fascinating group of slippery gobies. The Tunicate Slippery Goby was discovered in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, adding to the long list of species that continue to be discovered in this biodiverse…
First Captive BRED Blue Tangs Arrive At Sea Dwelling Creatures
The captive bred blue tangs that we first reported on a month ago have landed, and Sea Dwelling Creatures is the first to get them. The batch of more than two hundred captive bred blue tangs are all around two inches…