Bali Aquarich is known around the world for being first to breed many new species of reef fish, and being the most prolific, commercial scale producer of angelfish, surgeonfish, batfish, and of course clownfish. Mr. Su and his experienced team…
Deltec Fleece Filter Review – the New King of Automatic Filter Rolls
The Deltec VF6000 is one of two new auto filter roll models from the German company best known for its protein skimmers. These fleece or vleece filters were first teased by Deltec at InterZoo 2018 but have recently begun becoming…
Leptastrea gibbosa & L. magaloni, Two New Species of Stony Corals
Leptastrea gibbosa and L. magaloni are two new species of stony corals that were recently described from this widespread group. We’ll be the first to admit, that despite having ‘an eye for coral’ identification, the Leptastrea are a very challenging group,…
Simon’s Nature Preserve is an Ark of Coral Diversity [Video]
Around this time last year we shared with you some tantalizing stories from the Solomon Islands about forests of soft corals, feeding wild corals and restarting coral farming efforts where they began in Marau Sound. But in traditional Reef Builders…
The Hazards of Catching Fish in a Euphyllia Tank
When a casual onlooker asks ‘do corals sting’ we always wonder if we should give them the short answer, or the real answer. Of course all Cnidarians sting, including corals and anemone, but for most species the sting isn’t strong…
Machadoporites, Poritipora, Calathiscus – What IS This Coral?
There’s a curious little coral that we’ve been on the lookout for ever since first learning about it in the 2001 release of Charles Veron’s seminal Corals of the World. You most likely already know about Porites and the closely…
Clever Spinning Chaetomorpha Reactor is the Perfect DIY Project
Very few tanks absolutely need a form a vegetative nutrient export like an algae scrubber or reactor but most tank certainly benefit from having one of some kind. Whether you’re trying to buff the pH, reduce nutrients, or outcompete nuisance algaes,…
We’ve Never Seen This Uber Rare Angelfish Look Like This!
The black angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger, is a species so mysterious that it’s hard to know where to begin trying to understand it. First described from the Hongsha Islands in the South China Sea in 1965, the only modern records that this…
Tunze Care Booster Review, Floating Magnets are Stronger!
The Tunze Care Booster is in an interesting category as to the best of our knowledge, it represents a rare case of a manufacturer making an accessory for an accessory. The Care Booster was released by Tunze to compliment their…
Radion Gen 5 Blue & Pro, XR30 & XR15, the Definitive Review
The Radion Gen 5 LED lights are some of the most technologically advanced LED lighting fixtures ever offered to the reef aquarium hobby. If these Ecotech Marine lights had just come out of nowhere, we would be gobsmacked at their…