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Video of many aquarium fish in a natural reef environment in the Phillipines
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1fMzBAxOk[/youtube] This video by TikiTiki Divers in Moalboal, Ceb Island Phillipines is an interesting one documenting a wide variety of popular reef aquarium fish in their natural habitat. In this…
sReef — the skimmerless reef tank of Marko Haaga
A while back we posted about the tank of Marko Haaga, a beautiful skimmerless reef tank which is truly exceptional in it’s appearance as well as it’s execution. Some of you were excited to learn more about Haga’s reef tank so…
AquaPhoton joins the LED craze with an unassuming strip that is mostly for shimmer effect
AquaPhoton a company well known for its AquaPhoton photon plus metal halide + T5 lighting units, should be releasing their own LED strips soon. The AquaPhoton LED fixtures utilizes SEOUL Z5 LEDs with 40 degree optics, the SEOUL LEDs however…
Bangai Cardinalfish video in their unnatural habitat
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVICeDX2dp4[/youtube] The Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, is one of the most iconic fish in the marine aquarium trade. It’s unusual coloration, unique reproductive strategy and ease of care has made Banggai cardinals extremely popular but this has led…
CoralVue adds former IceCap executive to their team
CoralVue, a small company that produces lighting and aquarium products has picked up an executive to add to their team. Chris Conti which hails from IceCap has now been brought on board to serve as VP Sales and Service. Chris…
Newly described Solomon Islands Greytail Poliourus Angelfish coming to LiveAquaria tonight
The Solomon Islands Greytail Poliourus Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus poliourus) was first described just over a year ago and is now making its LiveAquaria debut for sale tonight Diver’s Den. We aren’t sure what the asking price of this beauty will be but…
US imports of Albino Clownfish delayed by bureaucracy
In August, 2010, we reported that Proaquatix would be the worldwide distributor for Marcel Triessl’s Albino Ocellaris Clownfish. Designer Clownfish enthusiasts were salivating and hoping for a short wait. Sadly, governmental regulations in South Africa have been holding up the…
Coral Colorblind: This is what you call an orange hammer coral
Coral Colorblind is a new installment here on Reef Builders where we attempt to sort out what it means when a coral is labeled with a certain color. There are way too many unscrupulous coral sellers who are being dishonest…
ReefBrite Aquaviewer is complimented with blue and white LEDs
Lookout IVS Portal because the ReefBrite Aquaviewer is now ready to compete in the brand new aquarium magnifying segment of the aquarium market. The ReefBrite Aquaviewer may not pull double duty as an algae scraper but what it lacks in…
New strategy for invasive lionfish: if you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em
Poking through the pages of “The Lionfish Cookbook,” we can pretty much see that the new plan for dealing with the invasive lionfish in the Atlantic is “If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em!” Key Largo-based conservation organization REEF, who…
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…
