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ORA captive raised Spotted Mandarins go on sale
The first batch of captive bred ORA Spotted Mandarins is being released and should be soon be available for purchase from your favorite Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums (ORA) merchant. Synchiropus picturatus is one…
Xaqua’s Xinout gets a full hands on and a little bit of testing
Xaqua’s Xinout return and drain device is probably the first ever set plumbing parts to have ever commanded so much attention from the reefing community. Before we even consider the silencing function of the drain and the pulsing feature of…
Galaxy T5 90 Hybrid LED light from Sfiligoi
The Galaxy T5 90 is an interesting hybrid aquarium light from Sfiligoi which mixes LED and T5 lighting. While most of the Galaxy and Sirius line is populated with GU10 bulbs of 5mm LEDs, the Galaxy T5 90 uses much…
Something old, something new: Evolution within the hobby
One of the coolest things about our hobby is the amazing progression over the years in both the state of the art and the technology that we embrace. Improvements that have enabled us to do things previously thought incredibly difficult…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish stars in it’s own HD video
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPMeY4ZTQA[/youtube] The lightning maroon clownfish is an amazing variant of Premnas biaculeatus from Papua New Guinea which was discovered with extremely aberrant lightning stripes. When word spread of this fish, the domestic and global marine aquarium communities were…
G2 Maxspect now available to North america from Finsreef, along with modular and multichip LEDs
The G2 Maxspect LED aquarium light is now available to North Americans and like many other second generation LED lights, the G2 Maxspect is bringing some serious game. Besides the fact that the G2 Maxspect incorporate multiple channels of custom…
T5/LED hybrid aquarium light fixture from CoralVue combines the best of old school and new school
Coralvue has launched a T5/LED hybrid fixture that incorporates your typical T5 HO fluorescent system but adds to it high power one watt blue LEDs. Given the highly positive feedback users are reporting with blue LED supplementation, these fixtures are…
Hemianthus vivanus is a deepwater Caribbean anthias with a cockatoo’s crest
It’s really a shame that America is the largest consumer of marine ornamentals and although we spend a lot of energy acquiring the most exotic reef animals from around the world, yet the reef fish of our own backyards go…
Exclusive first look at the Omega Kone external cone skimmer from Vertex
The Alpha Kone protein skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik was one of the most popular cone protein skimmers launched this time last year. The Omega Kone is the big brother to the Alpha Kone series, offering a similar style of design…
Full RSS feeds are back
We turned off full RSS feeds for a few weeks. We did this mainly to reduce scrapping from other sites. I just turned them back on this morning. Quite a few of you complained about having the crippled RSS feed…
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…
