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Batch of scaly Derasa clams spotted, what does it mean?
The smooth shell giant clam, Tridacna derasa, is readily identified by the smooth shells with a complete lack of scutes (outward projecting scales). Itty bitty Derasa clams are so smooth they look…
Sanyo VPC-CA102YL waterproof HD camcorder, getting up close and personal in your reef
Waterproof cameras aren’t anything new but with the amount of HD punch packing in smaller forms cameras like the new Sanyo VPC-CA102YL waterproof camcorder are bringing an affordable, handheld HD camera giving you the ability to get right inside your…
Genicanthus takeuchi hybrid from Ogasawara could have a little semifasciatus angelfish in it
Genicanthus angelfish hybrids are enough, to discover one which is a mix of G. takeuchi is truly a once in a lifetime find. We’d be happy to just see a full blooded alive in our life time, in the U.S.…
Geo Sulfur Nitrate Reactor coming soon to Premium Aquatics
The Geo Sulphur Nitrate reactor takes Geo’s best Calcium Reactor designs and melds them into one solid device which is fine tuned for growing bacteria on sulfur beads. Geo’s nitrate reactor is driven by a maxiJet 600 with a flowrate…
Visit to Austria’s Mega Zoo and their top notch reef keeping department.
The following is a guest contribution from Karl Vankersschaever, owner of Mare Nostrum and a passionate European reef aquarium hobbyist. Summer is usually the time to visit some old friends and to make some new friends. So we went for…
Asian Reef Video Blitz: RGBY LED reef, wild caught marines with no tails, Japanese maiden goby and a nice stand of smooth skin acros
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwbQsoOGgLI[/youtube] Reef Videos are in such abundance on the net these days that we struggle to keep with posting them one at a time. Currently we’ve been building up a nice collection of great reef videos from Japan,…
Blue Moon Aquatics adds 300W LED, new white and blue mix 90W to lineup
Blue Moon Aquatics recently brought their high-powered 300W LED panel to market giving plenty of punch for light-hungry hobbyists and adding a new blend of white and blue LEDs to its 90W version. The 300W fixture features 200 white and 100…
Alien Eye Spiny Chalice Pectinia at Vivid is truly a unique coral
Holy moly, we have so much stuff to post today we may as well get started with a little eye candy. And by eye candy we do mean this truly unique Pectinia alcicornis which by chalice naming convention should be…
Chrysiptera niger, the damselfish from Tufi, Papua New Guinea has a name
After combing the literature for a name for a damselfish from Tufi to no avail, we were delighted to hear a confirmation from a credible source that this species is Chrysiptera niger. Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka directed Dr. Gerrald Allen’s attention…
ZooMed Mag Clip is one of the best aquarium accessories ever
The Zoomed MagClip is one of the most useful yet underrated pieces of equipment we’ve ever used. Designed to hold tubing in place, the completely waterproof magclip is useful for clipping just about anything; power cords, tubing, nori, frags, corals…
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…
