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Deciding Between an Orange Scoly and an Orange Acan
This weekend while visiting the Rocky Mountain Coral Farmer’s Market we were faced with an interesting dilemma that we thought would make for a fun short read. At the booth of Jesus…
Tempestichthys bettyae is a tiny new ocean sleeper from the Coral Sea
A new species of reef-dwelling ocean sleeper has been described from Eastern Australia. Named Tempestichthys bettyae the tiny 12.4mm long fish looks like a goby but is in fact from the sister family of the true gobies, Thalasseleotrididae. The ocean…
Armatus XS is a plastic pico tank by Aqua Medic
Aqua Medic has published a teaser video of a new pico aquarium called Armatus XS. Like the normal-sized Armatus aquarium range the XS is open-topped and comes complete with a sump and central weir only this one is truly tiny,…
Purple X Yellow tang hybrids land at Abyss Aquatic Warehouse
Two of only 12 captive-bred Purple X Yellow tang hybrids have arrived at a retail store in the UK. Bred by Bali Aquarich in Indonesia, we have closely followed the evolution of this exclusive breeding project from the first purple…
Rescaping the Nano Reef With New Torch Corals [Video]
The Red Sea Max Nano aquarium that we set up in one day and then untouched for a year has been one of our funnest concepts we’ve shared on video. While we thoroughly enjoyed demonstrating what is possible with the most…
Kessil W2K is 720 Watts of Pure LED Power
Kessil has made some really bright lights over the years but the Kessil W2K is looking like they’ve finally nailed down the formula. We got our first hints of Kessil’s super-powered LED light ambitions with the Kessil A2000 as far…
Coral Vita is Using Aquariums to Restore Corals in the Bahamas
There are countless companies and non-governmental organizations that have the mission statement of restoring coral reefs, two notable examples are Vincent Chalias’s Ocean Gardener in Bali, Indonesia and the Coral Restoration Foundation in the Caribbean. Coral Vita is one of…
Aqua Knight V3 & Pico V2 are New Budget Lights from Spectra
The Aqua Knight V3 and Pico V2 from Spectra are two new small and wallet-friendly ‘pragmatic’ LED lights for aquariums which are ideally suited to lighting small tanks and lower budget setups. We were never really fond of the Aqua…
New Tubastrea Species Discovered in Hong Kong: T. dendroida, T. violacea & T. chloromura
It’s not everyday we get to learn about new species of corals, most of the recent description being of newly discovered soft, Octocoral species, but today we celebrate three new inductees to the Scleractinia hard corals. The three new described…
Japan is Sourcing Some Big Juicy Yellow Tangs from Ogasawara
If you’ve been wondering where all the big, vivid yellow tangs have gone the answer is that they’re still in the wild, most of us simply can’t get them since Hawaii shut down collection and exports from their waters. But…
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…
