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The earmuff wrasse, Halichoeres xanti, is a species that shines with maturity
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qfr7zfdCY[/youtube] The Kuiter’s leopard wrasse we filmed in Dave Hayashi’s reef tank was not the only cool labrid we spotted in Chicago a couple weeks ago because this aquarium was…
More witty and fun hobby t-shirts are desperately needed
We all love going to the next reef club meeting, frag swap or fish shopping in a cool looking, saltwater-inspired t-shirt but sometimes there just aren’t many great designs to chose from. Every so often you get a cool shirt…
Sustainable Aquatics releases Dry Hatchery Diet in two pellet sizes
Sustainable Aquatics’ Dry Hatchery Diet is a new feed from the captive-bred marine fish producer which is designed to help fish grow fast and colorful. SA Dry Hatchery Diet is made with krill, fish and squid meal and specifically added…
Opistognathus albicaudatus, a brand new species of Jawfish from the Andaman islands
Ospitognathus albicaudatus is a brand new species of jawfish described from two specimens caught in the Andaman Sea. The aptly named White-tailed Jawfish is apparently endemic to the Fusilier Straits of the Andaman Islands and is closely related to O.…
Hydro Wizard medium now available for pre-order from Panta Rhei, shipping in December
If you’ve got a big league reef tank and you’ve been curious about the “smaller” Hydro Wizard we hope you’ve been saving up your coins cause you’re going to need a lot of them to get one of your own.…
Astreopora montiporina is a new species from West Papua that plates like a Montipora
The coral above is not a Montipora but a new species called Astreopora montiporina which is named after the common plating coral. Like A. cenderawasih and A. acroporina the new Astreopora montiporina was also discovered in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Indonesia and it…
New glass dramatically reduces glare, reefing applications abound
Glare on glass is never fun and if Nippon Electric Glass has anything to do with things, light glare off of glass will be just about non-existent with the company’s new “invisible glass.” According to reports across the web that…
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 it never gets old and each fish lucky…
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…
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…
