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2012 MBI Marine Breeders Workshop – July 28th
It’s official, the Marine Breeding Initiative’s 2o12 Marine Breeder’s Workshop is scheduled for July 28th. It will be held once again at the wonderfully inviting Cranbrook Science Institute, located in Bloomfield Hills,…
Siam Reef Club softie reef is a soft coral heaven from Thailand
With ‘stick forests. dominating much of the reef scene, it is always a welcome change to see a nice softy reef like the Japanese style reefscape and this one from Thailand. The tank above is one of the show tanks…
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a unique leopard wrasse from the waters of Japan
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a lesser known and rare species of leopard wrasse that never enters the mainstream aquarium trade as far as we know. The largely Japan endemic wrasse can apparently also be found in Taiwan, but is mostly found…
This is what Saltwater Aquarists do
This instant classic, priceless gem of marine aquarium culture to us from David Revhtree of Reef2Reef. We were really beginning to tire of this ‘thinks I do’ internet meme until David knocked it out of the park with this graphical…
Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique way to store and grow your frags
The Frag Tree 360 by Thrive Aquatics is a unique and efficient way to store and display your coral frags. Building on the design concept of the Thrive Aquatics Coral Frag plug Tree, the The Frag Tree 360 holds up to 27 frag…
Resplendent Cherubfish is a new captive bred hybrid pygmy angelfish from Reef Culture Technologies
The Resplendent Cherubfish is a naturally impossible hybrid crossing of the mid-Atlantic resplendent angelfish, Centropyge resplendens, and the Caribbean cherub or pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi. This new captive breeding handywork belongs to none other than the Xyphipops experts at Reef Culture…
Inter-subgeneric hybrids of Roaps butterflies are rare and amazing
Roaps butterflyfishes can form hybrids with other unrelated members of the butterflyfish group although very rarely, to form inter-subgeneric hybrids. Fishes and other animals generally hybridize with other species that are highly similar, usually in the same genus, or within the…
Southeast Asian Sea Life—Identification Chart
The mimic octopus ( Thaumoctopus mimicus) is one such species that has an uncanny ability to mimic other ocean creatures. Popular cartoon comic XKCD decided this was perfect for their next cartoon series. While the chart above is quite funny,…
Vertex Sensor Mag moonlights as an attractive support for a gyre frag tank divider
The Vertex Sensor Mag magnetic probe holder is attractive acrylic, neodymium and titanium and there is no doubt that it can hold up a few probes, but what else can it do? Well in the time that we’ve been using…
Vital-Wave from Eco-Lamps is a new line of LED spotlights with exotic color spectrum
The Vital-Wave LED spotlights by Eco-Lamps are just what the reef doctor ordered if you have a hankering for ‘rare’ LED color spectrum like Cyan, Indigo and Ultraviolet. Eco-Lamps, better known in the US as AcanLighting, has released the Vital-Wave…
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…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
