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Rare Odontanthias fuscipinis appeared in small batch in Thailand
As you may know, Odontanthias species are not a common fish that you expect to encounter in any normal fish store. The Yellow fin Anthias, Odontanthias fuscipinnis, is one of the hardly…
FishTales is a new Australian TV show with a focus on education
FishTales is a new TV show from Australia hosted by Paul Talbot. We really connect with the opening scene of this promo video, as we can remember spending waayyyy too long to buy nothing at the aquarium stores while loitering…
Gold foil blue maxima clam from ReefKoi is practically one of a kind
The gold foil maxima clam is a particulalry unique mutation we’ve seen only once before in giant clams. The unusual Tridacna maxima clam from ReefKoi has the pattern of an average high quality blue maxima, but the normally all blue…
API Nexx filter merges the best of power and canister filters
The API Nexx filter is an extremely novel new take on aquarium filtration which borrows the best features of external power filters and canister filters and adds a few original tricks as well. At first glance the API Nexx filter…
Spotted Drum – Another Look at a Spotlight-Worthy Species
Last year ReefBuilders championed the elusive and rare-in-the-trade Florida Spotted Drum, Equetus punctatus, as one of the most underrated reef fish. So I couldn’t help offering another look at the species, this time, a hand-collected juvenile from Florida that recently…
Frag station from PrecisionWerkz makes fragging fun again
Sometimes the simplest things are just genius and PrecisionWerks has another useful product that aims at making coral fragging easier. With the PrecisionWerkz frag station, you have a water transfer containers, a frag rack and tool holder all in one…
Rare red ‘chocolate chip’ starfish is stunningly vivid
Last week while making a crawl of the Denver area aquarium stores I stumbled across an insanely bright starfish that made my jaw drop. Now I’ve seen a few different types of ‘chocolate chip’ starfish, some of which were mostly…
Better hurry, MACNA ticket discounts end Sunday
You better hurry because time is running out to get a discount on MACNA 2001 tickets. If you get your tickets purchased online before Sunday, July 31, you’ll be able to secure them for $125 before they jump up to…
Tunze Masterstream powers a boat, makes the case for measuring output in thrust instead of GPH
[vimeo width=”400″ height=”700″]http://vimeo.com/26921208[/vimeo] Here we have a peculiar video of Tunze’s largest water pump, the Turbelle MasterStream 6515, outfitted to a small boat and pushing it along with great force. We received this video from Roger Vitko of Tunze USA…
AquaticLife 8 bulb T5 fixture is built with metal, designed with value in mind
Although AquaticLife has somewhat of a penchant for the modular LED and T5 lights, they have departed from that trend with a new HO T5 fixture which is is all in with an 8 bulb set up. The new 8-bulb,…
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…
