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The Rise of Nano Tanks, A New Reason to Think Small

The other day, as I was playing with my (gasp!) freshwater nano-paludarium, it occurred to me that I have become a hardcore fan of nano aquariums. I was inspired to write of…

Octopus rubescens and Low Tides are awesome

If you live near the coast of any ocean, you probably know that tide pooling is great fun. Whats even more fun, is waiting until there is a very low tide, and then going to your local marine protected area…

Goniopora tenuidens, the blue Goni gets the spiral fusion treatment

Justin Credabel has been one of our reefing homeys for many years now and as logn as we’ve known him he has had a long standing love affair with flowerpot corals. In addition to making really creative and adorable music…

Free Ammonite Hydrometer to the first 300 attendees at ReefStock

If you didn’t already have a hundred reasons to go to ReefStock on March 13th at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, now you have 300 more. AquaticLife has generously donated enough of their Ammonite Hydrometers to equip a small township of…

Aqua Illumination releases beta version of system controller

Aqua Illumination has released a new Beta version of the AI System controller. This new version will allow you to control the blue and white illumination channels independently up to 8 set time points in one day. This frees users…

Lipogramma evides and L. klayi: Some of the best images of these deepwater treasures, courtesy of B-Box Aquarium, Japan

Looks like Japan’s famous B-Box Aquarium got in on the Curacao deepwater fish harvesting action. Even if the Lipogramma klayi is $2000 and the Lipogramma evides is $3000, these pictures are priceless. nuff said.

Great White Sharks struggling, rarer than tigers

Movies like Jaws and sensationalized media reports of swimmers being attacked by sharks have given the massive Great White Shark a bad rap, and now this awesome predator is facing dwindling numbers making it even rarer than the endangered tiger.…

Coral Rx’s ‘Don’t Risk it, Dip it’ video amuses and informs

Reef Builders sponsor Coral Rx has just released a very amusing video about their coral dipping product. The majority of the video is narrated with voice actors that have a distinctly southern draw, making for very entertaining watching. The video…

Elos United States relaunches website, includes order online option

Elos in the United States has redesigned their website. Unlike the previous version which was hard to navigate and to exactly see every product Elos carries, their new website changes all that. You are able to see the entire product…

NextReef MR1 Complete System first impressions

The NextReef MR1 media reactor is one finely crafted piece of reefing machinery that is not too heavy on the bank account and recently the company recently released an all-inclusive media reactor kit that includes the reactor, pump and tubing.…