While Ryan is always busy digging up the liberal media, elitist obscure aquarium products from behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe (do you really need a tool to remove starfishfrom a tank?), I, Jake Adams, am in these streets…
Ocean@Home gives the full run-down on Aquahub’s premium Auto Top Off kit
The automatic top off (ATO) of our aquariums has been receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years. One of the nicest kits released recently is Aquahub’s Top-it-Off Kit Premium. The gear includes all the wiring, floats, switches and…
Winter 2009 edition of Reefs Magazine now online, the Fish Issue
Another great issue of Manhatan Reef’s Reefs Magazine is now online. This year’s winter edition of the community produced magazine is mostly dedicated to fish related topics such as what to do when fish go bad, tips on successful morrish…
Coral growth of the Great Barrier Reef slows to 400 year low
A recently published research paper in the Journal Science demonstrated that the growth rate of massive Porites corals has declined by 13% which is the lowest rate in at least 400 years. Massive Porites grow at a steady rate and…
IMAC lives! Now known as IMAC West
The International Marine Aquarium Conference which was formerly produced by Dennis Gallager in Chicago will now have new handlers and a new home. The 2008 IMAC was billed as “The Last IMAC” but at the insistance of Frank Burr, Dennis…
Rare Fish: Joculator Angelfish, Centropyge joculator
Yey First! The first gratuitous rare fish post of the year is of this darling juvenile joculator angelfish. This species originates from a very small range of islands in the western Indian Ocean called the Cocos-Keeling Islands. This region is…
Happy New Year from Reef Builders
We here at Reef Builders would like to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year. We are tossing around lots of new ideas for Reef Builders in 2009 and you all can look forward to more news,…
Big News! CORAL magazine switches publishers.
After a 4 years of publishing with the guys who brought you Miracle Mud, the founders of the fabulous CORAL magazine decided to take their product to see new handlers. From the makers of “C…etc” and the Microcosm Books, CORAL…
Dubai Aquarium boasts the world’s largest aquarium viewing panel
With all of the game-changing construction and development projects going on in Dubai, UAE, it was only a matter of time before the Las Vegas of the Middle East laid claim to another “World’s Largest” title related to aquariums. Set…
New Advanced Aquarist now online
Another great issue of Advanced Aquarist went online today. As expected, there are great submissions from the usual crew. Dana Riddle reports on a coral growth lighting study recently published in the journal Aquaculture. Our pal Chris Jury presents a…