The incredible Bali deep water Acros that we first heard about in early November and which made top 10 corals of 2011 are now in the US of A. Both Oculus Aquatics and Route 66 Marine received a sizable…
Odontanthias hensleyi is the first species of this genus from the Caribbean, Puerto Rico
The Odontanthias from Puerto Rico that was discovered about a year ago has been formally described as Odontanthias hensleyi. The new Odontanthias hensleyi was first discovered by some deep sea fisherman off the Western Coast of Puerto Rico and subsequent holotypes…
New video highlights use of Ecoxotic Cannon LED over a nice bommie of SPS corals
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US3z-z-f6Jg[/youtube] One of the coolest things to do with LED lights is not how good they make corals look or how efficient they are, but their use in slightly remotely placed spotlighting. IN this example of Ecoxotic LED…
Lightning strikes twice with two incredible red Fungiid disc corals
We don’t know what the heck is going on with the incredible disc coral above but whatever it is, it’s unbelievable. Elongated red tentacles on top of a dark colored coral polyp looks like this Ctenactis is on fire, it…
unboxing the JBJ Unibody LED light fixture and DUO box LED driver
It’s been a few moons since we’ve had a good ole-fashioned product unboxing, not because we haven’t had any cool products to review, but because the JBJ Unibody is the first product this year to be boxed in some kind…
Flipper algae scraper is a near perfect clone of the Mag-Flip
The Flipper magnetic algae scraper is somewhat confusing to us; on the one hand it looks like a near perfect copy of the Mag-Flip algae scrapers we’ve been using in our tanks for years but they claim to be using…
Blue Harbor’s close up video of Lipogramma robinsi shows this fascinating basslet in great detail
Just last week were thrilled to share the first great photograph of the almost completely unknown Lipogramma robinsi, the first specimen to be captured in a live photograph. This week the high rolling fish collectors at Blue Harbor have put…
Vivid Aquariums using 800 gallon display for a large scale comparison of LED and metal halides
We happened to be visiting Vivid Aquariums yesterday and noticed that their overhauled 800 gallon display reef aquarium is sporting a curious dichotomy of old school and new school lighting. With the 2011 LED showdown now over and tons of…
Sparisoma choati is a new species of Atlantic parrotfish from West Africa
Parrotfish are pretty large reef fish so it is a little surprising to see the description of an entirely new species. Sparisoma choati hails from the tropical eastern Atlantic ocean off the coast of West Africa and it was distinguished from similar…
Reef Builders presents Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic at ReefStock 2012 in Denver CO
We are extremely proud to announce Colin Foord as the second speaker for ReefStock 2012, alongside Tony Vargas. Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one…