Happy April Fools Reef Builders. No, this isn’t another instance of Peanut Butter curing brown jelly disease. Instead, I decided to do something different this year. Many people may not click on this article because they’ll likely see the goofy…
The OR4 iCon 30 Brings Orphek’s Lighting To Nano’s
Orphek’s has brought the optics of spectrum of their lighting to nano tanks with their new OR4 iCon 30. This 12″ (30 cm) model of their OR4 bar sports 9 dual chip mixed color LED’s (18 chips total). The OR4…
Two Little Fishies Releases Little Lifesaver Portable Air Pump
At ReefStock Denver, Two Little Fishies announced the new Little Lifesaver air pump. This portable air pump retails for $26.99 and is built with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, allowing users to have continuous air even if the power goes out.…
Ecoscape Reef Rock Is Sustainable, Ultra Light, Porous and Supports Indo-Pacific Reef Communities
EcEcoscape Rock is a line exclusively available from Quality Marine and stores that carry QM’s products. Ecoscape’s reef rock is made of natural materials sourced from the same regions in the Indo-Pacific that used to export large amounts of live…
Two Little Fishies Releases CoralScape Powder & Bonder
Two Little Fishies unveiled their new aquascaping product CoralScape Powder & Bonder at ReefStock Denver this year. CoralScape Powder retails for $20.79 for a 4 kg pouch. CoralScape Bonder retails for $63.26 for a 1 lb bottle. These products are…
The Forever Reef Project Hopes To Create A Coral Ark
The Forever Reef Project, based in Australia, hopes to collect, propagate, and sequence every coral on the Great Barrier Reef and beyond to create a living coral ark akin to the World Seed Vault. So far, they’ve collected 138 of…
Two Little Fishies Releases New PolypPower Coral Food
Two Little Fishies unveiled their new coral-feeding product at ReefStock Denver this year. I spoke with Mr. Sprung about the product in person and received a sample to try out. The product currently retails for $45.41 for a 120-gram vial.…
Vibrant Corals Purple Monster Acropora Presents Ideal Case Study For Coral Genetics
The last few months Vibrant Corals has been bringing in wild Solomon Island Acropora they claim are the same as the original purple monster. In a recent Reef Therapy episode I spoke with Dr. Eli Meyer and Dr. Andrew Bouwma…
Quality Marine Imports Aberrant Purple Pascalus Anthias
Last week, Quality Marine imported aberrant Pseudanthias pascals, otherwise known as the Purple Pascalus Anthias. This tricky species has proven difficult to keep in home aquariums due to issues with quarantine and its requirement for frequent feeding. Nonetheless, this is…
Cali Kid Corals Releases Hot New Pink Monster Zoanthid
Cali Kid recently got into a colony of zoanthids I had yet to see in the United States. The Cali Kid “Pink Monster” is a very similar strain to the original SBB Ultimate Space Monster released some years ago. For…