The Aquatic Life Power Deluxe Reverse Osmosis unit has been available for nearly four years and I have been using one for the better part of that time. I’ve been using the automated water purification device for so long I…
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A rare look at the virtually never seen young Kingi Angelfish
If Kingi Angelfish are one of the holy grails of Pomacanthid lovers then the juvenile Apolemichthys kingi takes that notion up a notch. Like other members of the genus Apolemichthys, the Kingi or Tiger angelfish undergoes a dramatic transformation from the juvenile to…
Video tour of the Triton Reef and more will leave your jaw on the floor
You know we feature a lot of different reef tank videos and usually they display only a single slammin reef tank. This is a different matter altogether as Mr. Jawsee has seen fit to take his video camera along for…
Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: best products of 2012
We had a great deal of numerous and diverse marine aquarium products to tell you about last year. Many products are incremental upgrades to existing products lines and just another addition to existing categories. Some other products however, refine and redefine product…
2012 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review
As has become a tradition, it’s time again for a look back at the past year’s advances in marine fish breeding with our annual Marine Breeder’s Year In Review. (see 2010, and 2011 Part 1, and 2011 Part 2, for…
Top 20 new reef fish species of 2012
Every year we look forward to all kinds of new corals, reef fish and products in the marine aquarium hobby but 2012 was an especially rich year for new taxa of various bony reef fish. Like most years we saw…
Top 5 LED lights for nano reef aquariums in 2012
2012 has been a really good year for the reef and marine aquarium hobby. We’ve seen all manner of exciting reef fish, new species of soft and stony corals, and the newly released products were so abundant that this year…
The 5 hottest reef aquarium fish of 2012
Two thousand twelve saw a lot of great new developments in the reef and marine aquarium hobby, and we were graced with an especially good twelve months of awesome rare fish. This year saw some uber rare species become available…
Sustainable Aquatics captive-bred Marine Bettas and stippled Clingfish trickling out to fish stores now
The marine betta is one of those classic marine aquarium fish that was once the bee’s knees, the pride of a fish keeper’s saltwater aquarium. With changing tastes and a whole new zoo of marine fish now available in the…
Mitras LED and Radion XR30 Pro: comparing the color and spread on a big reef tank
The Mitras LED from GHL and Radion XR30w Pro from Ecotech Marine are two of the most advanced LED lights ever made for the serious reef aquarium hobbyists. Although GHL has a lot of experience in making electronics for aquairums…