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Sera X-Feeder & XS-Feeder Finally Arrive in America
The Sera X-Feeder and XS-Feeder are two automatic fish food dispensers that Sera introduced last year but which are finally landing on American shores this month. While the slight difference in the…
Rhodactis bryoides: The shroom that thought it was an anemone!
Thanks to our friend and colleague Joe Rowlett’s book Indo-Pacific Corals new insights were provided on many different coral families. One new development I found particularly interesting concerns the taxonomy of corallimoprh since not much new work has been done…
Koi Moorish Idol is an art house aberration
A one-of-a-kind Moorish Idol has been made available on the website Marine Collectors. Named a Koi Moorish Idol, this eye-catching example of Zanclus cornutus displays four colors instead of the usual three, with far more orange and far less black…
Hawaiian corals choose algae symbionts to suit depth and temperature
A study published in Royal Society Open Science has found that Montipora capitata populates with algal symbionts based on environmental factors. Scientists from the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology and the Chaminade University of Honolulu already knew that the reef-building…
The Next Wave 85 Peninsula gets previewed at Vivarium
Tropical Marine Centre showed off a new AIO nano aquarium at the Vivarium show in Holland, last week. A bigger brother to The Next Wave 60 All-In-One tank, the new 85-liter model stretches into Peninsula dimensions at 38x56x40cm, allowing extra…
The Tailless fish of Jave Marine
As we scrolled our social media news feeds this week we couldn’t help but notice the penchant for tailless saltwater fish shown by Indonesian livestock collector CV Java Marine Group. We have documented many tailless fish over the years and…
Aperture Pet & Life becomes exclusive Nyos distributor for US and Canada
Well-known German product brand Nyos is to be exclusively distributed in North America by Aperture Pet & Life. Nyos has had a long relationship with EcoTech Marine, with EcoTech even producing YouTube videos on their Quantum skimmers. Hence, it comes…
ReefBot Lab: The Newest all-in-one Testing Machine from Reef Kinetics
The ReefBot Lab is the latest automatic aquarium water testing machine from Reef Kinetics, makers of the ReefBot which was one of the very first full range testers to be offered to reefers. At a time where other testers were…
Hybrid Tiger Angelfish Makes Surprise Touchdown at Finest Aquatics
A hybrid tiger angelfish has just splashed down in the United Kingdom and we couldn’t be more excited to share the story of this exceedingly rare specimen with our readers. This small mutt of Apolemichthys kingi is only the fourth example of…
Would Someone PLEASE Make an Air Silencer from Silicone?
As far as miracle-materials for the aquarium hobby goes, you don’t have to look too far to see the monumental benefits of silicone. Firstly, silicone is instrumental in sealing panes of glass into boxes we like to call aquariums, but…
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…
