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Almost full black Rock Beauty Angelfish is a unique stunner
We’ve posted so many aberrantly colored fishes here on ReefBuilders that it has become part of the norm to expect something weird and off-colored to pop up every now and then. Yet…
Astreopora acroporina branches with a real axial corallite tip just like Acropora
The branching Astreopora from Cenderawasih Bay is not alone in its preference of growth form but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora acroporina. If you are a self-professed Acro junkie like ourselves you’ll flip when you see the big honkin’ axial…
First look at the Radion software includes easy graphical programming and dynamic spectral output
What is attractive to many potential buyers of the Radion LED light from Ecotech Marine is not only the quantity and quality of the light it produces, but also in its built in smarts in the form of wireless communication…
Astreopora cenderawasih is a new species of branching Acroporid from West Papua
We’ve seen some Astreopora species exhibit light tubular growth forms in aquariums but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora cenderawasih, a new species described from Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia. Astreopora cenderawasih described by Wallace et. al. exhibits an explicit…
This slingjaw wrasse tattoo is totally rad
We don’t know what’s awesom-er, how nice this tattoo of a sling-jaw wrasse is or that there is someone out there who is rad enough to get this awesome species permanently adorning the majority of their forearm. Of course what…
Shedd Aquarium hosting Seahorse Symposium this week
Over 20 million seahorses are taken from the wild each year for medicinal or commercial use, coupled with overfishing and damage to their natural habitat — seahorse populations are in trouble. Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is looking to address these issues…
Creative use of EcoRay LED illustrates the limitation of using narrow angle lenses
The EcoRay LED light fixture from Underwater World is a light which is outfitted with very narrow angle LED lenses. Unless you’re trying to blanket your aquarium with LED fixtures the EcoRay LED is a tough light to implement in…
Stunning juvenile Centropyge interrupta showcased by BlueHabor
Centropyge interrupta is perhaps the poster child for rare dwarf angels, easily recognized by aquarist world wide. There’s nothing quite like the sparkly blue spots against the intense orange body that all life stages of this dwarf angelfish possess, but its…
Grube’s Gorgonian is a fast-growing and hardy new soft coral from ORA
Grube’s Gorgonian is a species of Pacific Pinnigorgia which is very rare in the hobby but it’s about to get a whole lot more available as frags from ORA. Grube’s Gorgonian (pronounced Grooba’s) has a long history of aquarium culture…
Small Tigerpyge hybrid angelfish imported to Hong Kong by Red Heart King
This super cute Tigerpyge anelfish just surfaced in Hong Kong where it was imported by a marine fish outfit called Red Heart King. The striping on this individual is very broad at this small size but we expect that with…
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…
