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Stunning Hybrid Juvenile Lemonpeel arrives at Quality Marine
2011 is off to a good start rare fish wise with this Juvenile Lemonpeel Hybrid arriving at Quality Marine a couple of days ago. The hybrid angelfish in question is most likely…
Illumilux LED from Vertex gets real name, pricing and availability
The Illumilux LED striplight from Vertex was first spotted in Germany as the Lumilux way back in May. In the intervening period the Illumilux has gotten a new name, four color combinations and a whole lot more refinement. The Lumilux…
Vue660 — a new electronic ballast based on IceCap 600
CoralVue is set to release an electronic ballast like the popular IceCap 600 called the Vue660. You might guess that CoralVue is using the same technology as the classic IceCap 660 but has updated improvements “like utilizing higher quality, non…
Reef Builders 2010 Statistics
Over the past year, Reef Builders has produced an amazing amount of posts, images, graphs and video footage that our readers have enjoyed. We thought it might be a cool idea if we assembled all of this information in a…
Flabellum, a little known genus of fleshy azoox coral
With the growing popularity in Azoox corals, it will only be a matter of time before the deepwater coral genus Flabellum lands on the radar of this new push into dark reef keeping. Flabellum species are large, fleshy solitary stony…
Largehead Hairtail fish make an unbelievable exhibit at the Kaikyokan Aquarium
The largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus, is a very unusual fish which shipped off the factory line with a different set of operating instructions than the norm. Apparently, no one bothered to tell this species how fish are supposed to swim…
PNG Seasmart – another viewpoint adds more to the story
Wednesday’s news of SEASMART’s funding loss and lawsuit stunned many. Still, given the nature of ongoing legal proceedings, parties are generally tight-lipped about the past and present. CORAL Magazine contributor and journalist Ret Talbot filled in a few key details…
CoralVue offers support for IceCap 430 & 660 ballasts
Coralvue now offers product support for IceCap 430 and 660 ballasts. This announcement comes on the heels of Chris Conti joining Coralvue as Vice President of sales and service. Product support should start the third week of January (1/17) and…
Liopropoma aragai and L. japonicum, a couple of rare basslets on display at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan is a world class public aquarium which features some amazing exhibits. In addition to having whale sharks and manta rays on exhibit in the Kuroshio Sea Exhibit, the Okinawa Aquarium also features some extremely…
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…
We finally did it: Reef Builders gets a new commenting system
One of the new features we will be releasing for 2011, is a new commenting system. And starting today you’ll be able to take it out for a test drive. The system is called Disqus. Even if you don’t know…