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Deep sea yeti crab grows its own food — on its arms
Deep sea creatures have to get resourceful to survive and a relatively new species of yeti crab was discovered farming colonies of bacteria on its claws to use as food. In the…
New study documents increased growth of staghorn Acropora in higher phosphate levels
Acropora corals are a mysterious creature with complex needs and one of those that we thought we’d nailed long ago was their “need” for minimal phosphate concentration in the water. A new study by Dunn et. al. which will be…
Tigger-Feast from Reef Nutrition
Tigger Feast is the newest copepod-based fish food from Reef Nutrition which is a preserved form of the popular Tigger Pods, Tigriopus californicus. Traditionally reef aquarists have purchased Tigger Pods in a six ounce bottle with up to 2000 live…
Full Spectrum KR93SP was released in Japan
We post the news that eco-lamps, Blue Harbor and 1.023World coraborates to create real full spectrum LED system light before. Now it is sold in Japan through 1.023World online store. What they…
Aquarium LED patent reexamination tosses out all but a few of the original claims
Big news today that the aquarium LED patent which stifled progress of reef aquarium LED lighting has been reexamined by the United State Patent & Trade Office with some major changes to what the aquarium LED patent means for aquarium…
This weekend only, sign up with Thrive and receive free calcium or alkalinity refill
We’ve been using the Thrive Analytics section of the Thrive Aquatics website to track reef aquarium chemistry for a few months now and it’s been really nice to have a thorough web journal that can’t get lost or get wet.…
Regal Blue Tang can spawn successfully at home
It seems that breeding news comes in spurts. While the vast majority of marine fish have never been spawned in captivity, with even a smaller fraction being reared, it is undeniable that the early 21st Century is proving to be…
New Professional Sea Salt from Fauna Marin
Fauna Marin, the boutique supplement company out of Germany is getting into the salt business for the US market. Fauna Marin’s Professional sea salt is expected to arrive state-side very soon according to sources from Fauna Marin. The salt which…
Swim bladder lancing video shows simple procedure to correct down-swimming fish
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6RQPQL8MTw[/youtube] We’ve all seen those basslets. anthias and some swallowtail angelfish exhibiting the downward swimming behavior which is a tell-tale symptom that something is wrong with that fish’s swim bladder. It is widely known that it is possible to ‘lance’…
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…
