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Reef Builders top ten livestock picks of 2010
2010 has been a great year for marine aquarium livestock, with many new corals and rare fish appearing in the marine and reef aquarium hobby. It was hard to make a decision,…
Pico Aquariums releases new Fall 2010 designs with the Manta Ray and the Ridge
Pico Aquariums Manta Ray and Ridge designs are two recently released lines of tiny aquariums for the pico and nano crowd. The Pico Aquarium Manta Ray design is more along the line of your typical cube with with a shorter…
ULEDO- Unidentified LED Object spied on video
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/18227300[/vimeo] There’s very little we love more than an LED light so stylish that you want to set up a tank just to use that light. This sneaker video was sent to us of an undescribed, unidentified LED…
Sea urchin research could help create self-sharpening knives
New research shows how sea urchins are able to keep their teeth always sharp despite gnawing away at rock and other hard surfaces in their never-ending search for food. The new discovery could help researchers and inventors create self-honing knives…
MACNA “Early Bird” discount ends on Dec. 31
We know MACNA isn’t until September but the Early Bird discount for MACNA XXIII in Des Moines, Iowa in 2011 is expiring on December 31. If you purchase your full conference pass before the end of the year, you can…
Giant tube anemone, Cerianthus filiformis, is way bigger than we’re comfortable with
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICnk1mtSwI[/youtube] Tube anemones of the Cerianthus genus have never been that popular in average reef tanks but with the recent surge in interest towards low-light reef tanks, reefers are looking towards all kinds of non-photosynthetic animals to fill…
Luminance LED desklamp could share some design cues with LED reef lights
The Luminance LED desklamp from Lumisource may be built more for reading words at great speed than for growing corals really fast, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be inspired by it’s unctuous curves. The Luminance LED appears to be…
ReefStock 2011 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, March 12
Mark your calendars because the fourth annual ReefStock conference is happening at the Denver Downtown Aquarium once again next year. As usual we’ll have great speakers, great vendors and live corals, an amazing raffle of great reef aquarium gear, and…
Great dive footage from PNG shows more fish than water
[youtube width=”640″ height=”390″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFpaJd8ZHhM[/youtube] Our friend Dan Navin shot this great video diving out in a submerged atoll dubbed the Eastern Fields in Papua New Guinea recently and aptly titled the video “More fish than water.” Dan grabbed this amazing video footage…
Freezing Temps Convert ORA into Sea Turtle Warming Center Again
For a second winter in a row, freezing overnight temperatures in Florida put marinelife at risk. In a recurrence of the cold snap in January 2010, Florida ornamental marine fish and coral farmer ORA jumped into action last week to…
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…
