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Sexy blue spotted squamosa clam from Vietnam appears at Reefkoi

If you needed any indication that the reef aquarium season is ramping up, other than the plethora of livestock posts we’ve published recently, then this blue spotted squamosa clam from Reefkoi ought…

Funky new little ‘Mini Scolie’ now coming in from West Australia

One of the coolest new things spotted at MACNA this year was not necessarily the products, but a treasure trove of colorful “Mini Scolies” from West Australia. New fish species are discovered on an almost daily basis but it’s very…

Seachem’s Clarity was an unexpected hero for many coral vendors this weekend

Getting to MACNA early Saturday morning to take pictures is something of a ritual for us. By Saturday morning everyone has had all of their corals tanked for at least 24 hrs, all the parameters and lighting have been tweaked…

New undescribed Pseudojuloides slender wrasse for sale in Japan

The gorgeous slender wrasse above is a brand new species which has not been seen before, and which is being offered for sale in the Japanese market. It’s not everyday that a spanking brand new undescribed fish hits the market…

Excessive iron leads to dying “Black Reefs,” why iron control is essential to home aquaria

The negative effects of iron in a reef ecosystem can easily be seen in the haunting image of a once pristine reef ecosystem turned into a dark mat of algae and microbes choking the colorful and diverse life off the reef. In…

Coralvue dips its toes into making LEDs with three types of hybrid LED combinations

Coralvue may still be firmly entrenched in traditional lighting technologies, but it hasn’t stopped them from seeing that the future of aquarium lighting is quickly going towards more and more LEDs. To that end Coralvue has started developing a few…

Simple, low tech reef tanks can be bliss

My home office is down in the basement of our house. There are weeks where my job has me working late nights down there and at some point, I figured a little aquatic life would make my work environment more…

Some analysis of the ‘albino’ ocellaris clownfish from Proaquatix

As ReefBuilder’s resident “Captive Breeding Guy”, I couldn’t help but weigh in on the new strain of Ocellaris that debuted from Proaquatix at MACNA over the weekend. A few opinions of what these fish could represent have been floated, with…

Ecoxotic Shows off bamboo stand concept

Ecoxotic’s bamboo-laminated solid bamboo stand caught our attention from far away, and at first glance from down the walkway it looked as if Ecoxotic had put out an wooden cube tank stand to demo the next generation Panorama fixtures – we…

Ancient predatory fish discovered in Arctic

A new species of carnivorous fish dating back over 375 million years was recently found in the Canadian Arctic. The fossils discovered show a large river-dwelling fish that preyed whatever passed in front of it.