The CETO Wave Maker is a new “wave making” device with the ability to hang on the side of the aquarium while oscillating your pump of choice. Coming from aquarium product manufacturer CETO from Taiwan, the “wave dance machine” as…
Tomato x maroon clownfish is a wild cross-generic hybrid
When we think of hybrids we imagine extremely rare one-off specimens of an unlikely cross between two closely related species from the same genus. In most of theses cases the parents are pretty similar looking but this recently collected hybrid…
Phyllodiscus semoni mimic anemone is almost cooler than its stony coral model
If we were swimming along a reef and saw this crazy creature we’d lose our cool at the sight of this incredible mimic anemone. Looking every bit like its stony coral model, this Phyllodiscus semoni is nearly indistinguishable from the…
Ocean Nutrition Coral food and marine Nano Pellet review
Besides gauging how much coral polyps react to the addition of coral foods to the aquarium water, there is not a very practical way to quantify how good these coral nutrition products perform. After all you could add a few squirts…
Palauastrea ramosa coming to aquarists in the future
Palauastrea ramosa is an interesting small polyp stony coral which despite having a broad geographic distribution is all but unknown in the aquarium. Looking somewhat like a cross between a Montipora digitata and a thick branched bird nest coral, Palauastrea is actually related to Seriatopora, Pocillopora and…
White Horse Saddle Back clownfish sports the all white body mutation
The White Horse Saddle Clownfish is a new strain of saddle back clownfish which is the latest species of Amphiprion to sport the nearly all white body mutation. Coming from Thailand, the White Horse Saddle Clownfish was first produced by…
Hypomelanistic flame angelfish looks completely transformed from the original
Unusual flame angelfish seem to get a lot of attention here on the front page of Reef Builders but considering the vast numbers of Centropyge loricula made available to aquarists every week, these unique flames are truly rare. The latest example…
LSS Laboratory debuts clip-mount for Kessil A150w and A350 LED spotlights
The Kessil family of LED spotlights including the A150w and A350 have been popular reef aquarium lights in America since their introduction and now that they’re spreading in Japan, Lss Laboratory has seen fit to dress them up. While Kessil…
Dactylotrochus cervicornis is a new species of solitary and deepwater coral
This year a very peculiar solitary stony coral called Dactylotrochus was described from small colonies collected from the deep sea. What makes Dactylotrochus cervicornis special is that unlike the large meaty solitary deep sea corals which we are familiar with…
New iPhone 5 cases features amazing star coral artwork
Last Spring we participated in a First Friday Art Walk in Denver’s fashionable art district and came across some truly stunning artwork by local artist Chris Beikmann. Beikman has an outfit called DaVinci Cases which operates a virtual store on…