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The Lynx Nudibranch (Phidiana lynceus) chilling in HD

Last weeks video of the Oyster leaves room for another animal that was living close by. “This short video depicts one example of just how tightly woven the ecosystem of the coral…

Lightning maroon clownfish from Papua New Guinea appears at Blue Zoo Aquatics

We can count the times we’ve seen the Lightning Maroon Clownfish with one hand. This new guy was recently shipped via Papua New Guinea’s SEASMART program. The SEASMART program benefits us, the aquarists, and the village fisherman who collected the…

Think outside the box with 115 gallon reef bowls

Hi! My name is Dave Lackland and I was raised and educated as an artist. I have 30 years experience creating and maintaining marine aquaria so when it came time for a show case system in my own living room, it had to…

Invertebrates the feature of Discovery Channel’s LIFE: Creatures of the Deep

The Discovery Channel’s exciting new series LIFE is featuring invertebrates in the upcoming episode LIFE: Creatures of the Deep airing on Sunday, April 4 (9 p.m. EDT/PDT). The series is getting rave reviews and gotta love the Oprah narration. To…

Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide in the aquarium: Algae Removal

I would like to introduce a tool that I have found extremely useful in my years of aquaculturing coral. Hydrogen peroxide has been a time saver, and a life saver (as well as harbinger of near total death and destruction). For…

MW 700, a new portable lux meter from Milwaukee Instruments

The MW 700 is a new portable lux meter from Milwaukee Instruments which was spotted lying around on a table in Orlando this weekend. ReefBuilders writer Scott Fellman was shmoozing at the Global Pet Expo and he managed to snap…

EcoReef One, second preview

Here is another preview video of EcoReef One, a live rock-less, LED-lit five gallon nano cube that lives off of an average of 20 watts of power consumption and water changes. This is indeed a video, see the harlequin shrimp…

Blue Planet Reef Farms closes

Months ago we introduced you to a new company specializing in captive grown and reared fishes. Unfortunately, as of this month Blue Planet Reef Farms is closing down. An email sent to their customers cited a major disaster to a…

Eerily cool statues drown in Cancun

In a follow-up to a previous post, the Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum has added three new sculptures to their enormous collection of underwater art. The three new additions are entitled Dream Collector, Man on Fire, and The…

Blue Ringed Octopus captured on HD Video

Very few of us keep a Blue Ringed Octopus, and for very good reason. They’re poisonous, can escape just about any glass cage and very smart. While most of us wouldn’t keep this guy, we can see why so many…