I’ve been personally fascinated with Turbinaria heronensis ever since the first time I saw one in a book, but never could I have believed that I would ever get my hands on a whole colony of this fantastic species. Looking more…
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Self-sustaining ecosystems in a box, how close can we actually get?
Something that I’m continually fascinated with and ponder about; the idea of creating aquarium setups that require minimal human intervention. Growing up in the 90’s, the biosphere experiment held my imagination quite a bit. And then there were those ecospheres…
The coral tree of life is being rewritten one LPS at a time
Warning: the following is a nerdgasm of coral taxonomy, guest-written by Joe Rowlett, one of the many talented fish geeks working the fish tanks at Old Town Aquarium in Chicago. Historically, corals have often been grouped at the genus and family level based…
Three Old School corals that are still really cool to grow
There are many SPS corals available to the eager advanced hobbyist today. Far more than we ever had 10 years ago. I remember when the reef community was a much smaller one, a lot like a small town where everyone…
Not Every Small, Benthic Fish Is A Goby
This is a guest contribution from Joe Rowlett, one of the many talented fish geeks working the fish tanks at Old Town Aquarium in Chicago. The taxonomy and classification of fish is not a subject that your average reefkeeper investigates…
Mame Nano Overflow review
This is a guest contribution from Briana Brasch, owner/operator of Applied Reefing in Denver Colorado. I have always been a fan of rimless aquariums for my nano reef systems but such tanks present a bit of a challenge: how do…
The vitiligo angelfish, and Centropyge colouration
The dwarf angelfishes of the Genera Centropyge and Paracentropyge are amongst our favorite reef fishes, in part for their fabulous array of colour morphs and hybrids. We’ve always been fascinated by the variety of these aberrant individuals, and seem to…
Digiman revisits BlueHarbor and closes 2013 with a spectacular bang
We are closing this year with one last travel story and it’s contributed again by rare fish expert Digiman from Singapore. Following up on his Hong Kong trip, Digiman visited Japan as a final pit stop to his year end…
Plectranthias face-off: Two incredible species, P. fourmanoiri and P. garrupellus
We LOVE Plectranthias! Now repeat it with conviction, and then again while you read this post. Here at ReefBuilders we’re always on the ball with the genus Plectranthias for new discoveries, new species for the trade, you name it. We’ve covered…
Hong Kong through Digiman’s eyes part 2: A hat-trick of ultra lemonpeel hybrids
This is a continuation of Digiman’s two-part Hong Kong travel experience. In part 1, we took a look at the collection of two renowned HK reefers, namely Dr. Chung and Jimma Ma. Here, we take a quick look at Digiman’s…