If the Hydro Wizard Medium is a pump for the 1% of reefers then maybe the Hydro Wizard Small might be one for 10% of us. A prototype of the Hydro Wizard Small does not yet exist in real life…
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Rising Tide – Ternate Damselfish lastest addition to “been there, done that” breeding list!
The team at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Lab continue to hit home runs, breaking new ground on every frontier. Their latest success, rearing Ternate Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis) hatched from eggs shipped from the Steinhart Aquarium in San Fancisco,…
Hobbyist documents first spawning of Black Margin Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma
The hobbyist marine fish breeding world just took another step forward today. We may be well on our way towards adding another new species to our captive bred list – we have a report of what appears to be…
Who’s in the Final Four? Check to see in the 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown
So who made it down to the final four in the last vote off in the Reef Builders Reader’s Choice aquarium LED lighting showdown? Our latest round of votes was tabulated and we have the Maxspect Mazzara and Kessil A150W…
Reef Builders presents Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic at ReefStock 2012 in Denver CO
We are extremely proud to announce Colin Foord as the second speaker for ReefStock 2012, alongside Tony Vargas. Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one…
Some of the captive bred Koran angelfish may also include Annularis
We didn’t see this new development coming back in December, but leave it to Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich to recently second guess the species identification on some of the juvenile captive-spawned angelfish they managed to rear in late 2011, as…
2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown — Round 2 of the Reader’s Choice ready for votes!
Put round one in the books and get your voting fingers ready for the second round of the 2011 Aquarium LED showdown. As we mentioned before, we picked our 32 top stories on new aquarium LED lighting that appeared in…
PETCO targeted by protesters in Hawaii
Protesters are at war with PETCO, a large multichannel retailer primarily based in the United States. In Hawaii, protesters took to the streets to complain about the death of a baby tang among other things. PETCO, which we have covered…
Elos opening 5 new Aqua Studios in 2012—France, Switzerland, Singapore and New York confirmed
Elos, the high end aquarium manufacturer based out of Italy is set to expand their Aqua Studios. These Aqua Studios are usually very impressive filled with Elos products including equipment, aquariums and additives. Of course Reef Builders has been to…
Panorama Pro fixture gets really real with official word from Ecoxotic
The Panorama Pro Fixture from Ecoxotic is a new LED aquarium light that is sure to please a very diverse crowd of coral lighting needs. In contrast to the rigid fixture design we’ve seen from almost all the major…