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TRITON’s New X-PAND and N-FUSE Improve Coral Feeding Efficiency

TRITON has announced the launch of two innovative new products: X-PAND and N-FUSE. Inspired by natural processes observed and researched on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia, these innovative solutions are aimed at improving the efficiency of coral feeding…

Aquarium Store’s Moray Eel Helps Describe a New Species

Gymnothorax arabicus is a new species of Moray eel from the northwestern Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Socotra Archipelago, and the Arabian Gulf. The new species was formerly confused with Gymnothorax pseudoherrei, but is distinguished from it by having slightly more…

Sicce Launches a Suite of New Products for Their 50th Anniversary 

Sicce has kept coming with new products in 2024. Back in May of this year, we caught up with Sicce at their booth and saw the prototype of the Shark Pro Nano. Those prototypes, as well as many more products,…

Smart Doser 2 is a Slimline Hang-On Dosing Pump from Auto Aqua

ATO manufacturer AutoAqua has designed what it says is the World’s first and only hang-on automatic dosing pump. Named the Smart Doser 2, the device is super slimline at just 35mm / 1.4” thick, and at only 5.6 inch x…

An Interview with NPS Coral Pioneer Boris Bielan

You think keeping NPS corals is difficult now? Try doing it 11 years ago! Florian Gaudig speaks to NPS coral-keeping pioneer Boris Bielan. While researching for my last article, I came across a ReefBuilders feature I had read years ago…

Fruit Salad Chalice Coral Looking Sweet at Nick’s Aquarium

The Fruit Salad Chalice Coral from Cairns Marine remains one of the most eye-catching, memorable corals we’ve ever covered. Jake Adams first wrote about it back in 2021 but the wholesaler procured at least two more, both of which ended…

Oceanic Institute and Georgia Aquarium Breed Squarespot Anthias Successfully

The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University and world-renowned Georgia Aquarium have successfully bred and reared the Squarespot Anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia. Wild-caught Squarespots are a difficult proposition for the average home reef aquarist, needing expert quarantine and conditioning for survival,…

15% off Hanna Instruments in SaltwaterAquarium.Com Labor Day Sale

Reef Builders Retail Partner SaltwaterAquarium.Com is having a Labor Day Sale with up to 25% off Current USA, 20% off ORA, 15% off Hanna and Sicce, 10% off Bashsea, and 10-15% off a further seventy popular non-MAP reef aquarium brands. …

Still no Hawaii Aquarium Fishing Permits as Meeting Stalls for 10 days

The future of Hawaiian fishing permits is still up in the air after last week’s meeting with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources. At the meeting The Board of Land and Natural Resources and the state…

Blueface X Sixbar Hybrid Angelfish Lands at Iwarna Aquafarm

A beautiful angelfish hybrid has landed at Singapore-based livestock retailer Iwarna Aquafarm. Thought to be a cross between a Blueface Angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, and a Sixbar Angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, this large angel lovechild features the yellow eye mask, blue pelvic…