[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2828PGefvns[/youtube] The flathead perch, Rainfordia opercularis, is an extremely rare fish not only for its limited distribution but also because of its reclusive nature. The flat head and big eyes or Rainfordia are especially suited to swimming and…
Leptocephalus eel larvae filmed in Bali, an amazing transparent proto-fish
[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee7lhNOCGhY[/youtube] The amazing Leptocephalus eel-larvae filmed during a dive in Bali is incredible not just for its graceful swimming but also in the way that it is prowling the reef like a regular eel. The Leptocephalus larvae of…
Coral growth time lapse video of a Caribbean reef tank for two years
There’s so much more to this time lapse video than the growth of an Acropora cervicornis hitting the glass and then encrusting its entire surface. Over the span of more than two years, 734 days to be exact, we can…
Coral Search becomes Corals of the World online, every stony coral species now a click away (again)
Corals of the World online is a modernized version of the old staple website for coral identification, Coral Search. Before Coral Search the average aquarist would have been hardpressed to name more than a dozen species of stony corals, and…
SMD’s ‘LED Lamp Giant Flash’ harnesses the power of high output multichip RGB LEDs
The LED Lamp Giant Flash from SMD Aquaristik is probably the first aquarium light fixture to use a multichip RGB LED, something we didn’t even know existed yet, but which was bound to happen at some point. We love all…
DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 gets a needle wheel makeover for protein skimmer duty
With the redesign of the Red Dragon III line of high performance pumps from Royal Exclusiv it was inevitable that there would be a protein skimmer model in the mix. The DC Red Dragon Mini 5000 and its variable speed…
Chrysiptera cymatilis among a thousand new species from New Guinea in the last decade
The Island of New Guinea is an absolute treasure trove of new marine fish species not the least of which are cool Chrysiptera damselfishes and unique Pseudochromis dottybacks. To the untrained eye the Chromis cymatilis above may appear like just…
Cyclops Bull Shark captured in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico
We cover a lot of hybrid fishes here on Reef Builders but the one eyed bull shark recently discovered in the Sea of Cortez really takes the cake. The cyclops shark was an unborn pup that was removed from a…
Rotating Flow Accelerator coming next from Pacific Coast Imports
The Flow Accelerator from Pacific Coast Imports is not exactly a high performance eductor, but its wide retail distribution means that many hobbyist still mistake the device for a good substitute for a real penductor, a shorter version of the…
DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 is the new variable speed workhorse pump from Royal Exclusiv
The DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 is another newly unveiled water pump from Royal Exclusiv. Borrowing from the engineering and design of the RD3 4500, the DC Red Dragon 5000 is also based on a brushless DC motor with very…