Without exaggeration, a clip-on yellow or orange smartphone filter to take pictures in blue light reef tanks is one of the most important accessories a reefer should have in 2018. Since we can’t take our tanks with us and we…
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The Official Reef Builders Video Tour of Worldwide Corals
For years we’ve raved about the reef aquarium powerhouse that is Worldwide Corals and basically they’ve become synonymous with American reefing culture. Through their frags, reef aquarium displays, and two massively successful Reefapalooza conferences, WWC has made their mark on…
Highlights of the ReefStock Australia LFS Tour
If you’ve been wondering why it’s been unusually quiet on the blog, it’s for a very good reason. With the first ReefStock Australia coming up in just under two months in Sydney, we decided to do a tour of most…
Colossal Coral Colonies Found In Halmahera Indonesia
Colossal Coral Colonies Unless you have a 1000+ gallon aquarium and are growing a single species of coral it’s unlikely you would have seen corals get anywhere near this size. Even for wild colonies, the corals in Halmahera are left…
How To Grow The Most INTENSE Purple Rim Monti Cap
The purple rim Leng Sy cap is one of the most desirable and recognizable coral strains in the hobby of SPS reef keeping. Like zebra plecos and peppermint angelfish, images of the purple rim cap have been plastered on the…
ReefStock Australia Tickets now On Sale!
We are very excited to be putting on our very first aquarium event outside of America, with ReefStock Australia. Australia has a lot to offer the world of reef aquariums and this is exactly why ReefStock Australia will be an…
Dr. Rocha is Treating us to some Delectable Anthias Photography
Anthias are the quintessential reef fish which can occur in huge schools on shallow sunlit reefs. But anthias are also quite common in deeper reefs as well, these being species we rarely get to see, unless deep diving collectors go…
Halmahera Indonesia Is The Center Of Coral Diversity
Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found the coral reef of our dreams is an understatement. Now we are excited to share…
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, the Blue Throated Fairy Wrasse Finally gets Described
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis is the official name for a ‘new species’ of fairy wrasse that’s actually been enjoyed in the aquarium hobby for quite some time now. With some similarities with other common species like Tonozuka’s fairy wrasse and the redfin…
Top 10 New Reef Products Introduced at InterZoo 2018
Traveling all the way to Nuremberg Germany for InterZoo is a ton of work, it ain’t cheap, but it’s oh so worth it! If you needed any indication that this is one of the most important shows for releases of…