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Joe Lichtenbert and Reef Propagations, Inc. retiring
A quiet Midwestern dynasty spanning two decades is coming to a close. After 21 years as a commercial ornamental marine fish hatchery operator, Joe Lichtenbert, proprietor of Reef Propagations, Inc., is hanging…
Sustainable Aquatics releases tank raised Clown Triggerfish
Sustainable Aquatics, the captive-bred marine ornamentals company that supplies fish stores across the country, has now started to offer tank-raised Clown Trigger fish (Balistoides conspicillum) to its customers. The fish are available in either 2-inch or 3-inch sizes with retail…
New Elos Osmocontroller Digital breaks cover
The new Osmocontroller Digital automatic top off controller has been released by Elos. This new Digital Osmocontroller does what you might expect. Pumps water from a reservoir of some sort and back into your sump or main aquarium. It uses…
SoCal Coral Candies from AquaSD and Amazing Aquariums & Reefs
Amazing Aquariums and Reefs We’ve been bouncing the greater Southern California reefing region for an extended weekend now and we’ve already had the good fortune to stop by two of the area’s finest reef stores, AquaSD and Amazing Aquariums &…
Orphek LED is one sexy aquarium light with mystery LEDs
Orphek’s new LED aquarium light sure is a looker and the 120 to 160 watts of power for $500 is also a very attractive price. The merger of aluminum and acrylic is a very nouveau LED light design which is…
Who says LEDs can’t grow SPS corals?
LEDs are an amazing source of reef aquarium lighting and they are fully capable of growing beautiful, colorful stony corals. The two corals above, a bird-of-paradise Seriatopora hystrix and green Seriatopora guttatus, have been growing almost exclusively under LEDs from…
Panorama retro 36 from Ecoxotic can retrofit a canopy or hang like a pendant
The Panorama Retro 36 from Ecoxotic is a larger LED retro fit kit which was designed to suit the needs of medium to larger tanks. Featuring 36 LEDs running a total of 42 watts, the Panorama Retro 36 has a…
Microbe-Lift Reef Salt coming to market soon
Microbe-Lift Reef Salt is coming out on the market within the next six months aimed at offering quality, pharmaceutical-grade ingredients with all the major, minor, and trace elements required by our reef inhabitants. Microbe-Lift and its parent company, Ecological Laboratories, is well…
Help us rename the “Rama Lama Ding Dong” zoanthids
We stopped by AquaSD in San Diego yesterday and we were really taken by these beautiul large zoanthids with the most awful hobby name. The large zoanthids pictured above have the most beautiful combination of green mouths, green center oral…
Captive Bred Mandarin Feeding Video
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEGItO4zZU[/youtube] We cannot get enough of these new releases from ORA. This amazing video, shared by Dustin Dorton of ORA, provides a rare glimpse into ORA’s culture setup. The video demonstrates the feeding response of captive bred Synchiropus…
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…
