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New Finnex MAX-300 Digital Temperature Controller an affordable way to manage heaters
Heater failure is one of the most common maladies to hobbyists and the effect is typically catstrophic — from overheating your system and boiling everything to losing heat in the cold and…
Chagos brain coral, Ctenella chagius is a unique species from the Indian Ocean
The Chagos Brain Coral, Ctenella chagius, is unique Indian Ocean endemic coral species which is highly unlikely to come up on the radar of the most reef aquarists. With this great video footage of the Chagos Brain Coral we thought…
Aquarium Specialty and My Reef Creation team up to build the Mother of All Trade Show Aquariums (MATSA)
We’ve seen more than our fair share of ghetto-fabulous and not-so-great display aquariums at marine aquarium trade shows but the Mother of all Trade Show Aquariums [MATSA] is not one of them. Built with a vision by Aquarium Specialty and…
Trimma tauroculum from Palau is a really unique and gorgeous species
The bullseye pygmy goby is a cute little stunner from Palau. Like all other Trimma species, the bullseye trimma is a tiny nano fish measuring in at only slightly below an inch. The bullseye Trimma is red with a whitish…
From the Archives: World’s smallest aquarium is an exercise in miniaturization
The smallest functional aquarium in the world was written up just over a year ago but this story is so compelling, we wanted to share with you the pictures and the video once more. The world’s smallest aquarium has no…
MAC certified Bodianus paraleucosticticus from Holmes Reef is a stunning beauty
Bodianus paraleucosticticus is a rare and highly sought after hogfish that doesn’t doesn’t get much airtime in the aquarium scene. The five-striped hogfish has a large range which spans from PNG, Bali, Palau, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and the Cook Islands. This…
Stunning reef aquarium gets even better after upgrade to Elos Epower and E-liteXp lighting
We love seeing great examples of interesting reef aquariums and this stunning aquarium definitely snagged our attention. We were poking around at DaniReef where we noticed this fine example of a reef tank by Andrea Negu so we figured we…
PicO Aquariums Mantay Ray filtration system packs a ton of engineering into a tiny package
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwW41iyci38[/youtube] The PicO Filtration system is a unique in-tank filter compartment that brings foresight and flexibility to a range of nano reef aquariums. Like the thoughtfully engineered In-Tank filtration systems which have practically sized-chambers for media and filter…
Avast Marine biopellet mixing nozzle improves fluidizing of solid carbon dosing media
A common complaint of biopellets used in mixing reactors is the lack of uniform mixing, clumping and channeling that can occur when biopellets sometimes stick together. Like the eductor-modified biopellet reactors, the Avast Marine biopellet mixing nozzle is a handy…
Another video of Chaetodontoplus niger shot in Japan is a remarkable coincidence
Remember that really cool juvenile Chaetodontoplus niger we posted about the last time, and the video on the same individual shortly after? What we did not know was that another video of C. niger taken in the Kashiwa Island of Japan…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
