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Reader’s Choice Awards: Vote on the best Cycloseris of the year

2009 was a very good year for aquarium Cyclos. Imports from Australia and Malaysia really helped to bring some mind blowing colorful Fungiids this year but the Cycloseris were some of the…

Cast your vote for the Reef Builders Readers’ Choice Awards: Protein Skimmers

We have brought you plentyof new and exciting products in the last year here at Reef Builders and we are proud to announce the first ever Reef Builders Readers Choice Awards. We value your insight and great comments that make…

Aqua Medic USA getting reborn with fresh German blood

Beginning January 1st 2010, AquaMedic USA will begin operating in a new warehouse, under new management and new ownership. After years of steady decline of the once-acclaimed German aquarium product brand in the U.S. aquarium industry, Aqua Medic USA is…

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Pederson’s cleaner shrimp doing it’s thing on fluorescent ricordea

As we approach the new year, the artful reefers at CoralMorphologic have just released another visually stimulating video. The diminutive Pederson’s cleaner shrimp, Periclemenes pedersoni, is a gorgeous little crustacean that is nearly see-through save for a few subtle and…

Reef Trends in 2009: Whats hot, whats not

Cone Skimmers In late 2008 we saw the emergence of different types of cone skimmers, however in 2009 we saw them become even more popular. Although there has been much debate over the first company that has brought the cone…

Unboxing the 12 watt LED Panorama module from Ecoxotic

The Panorama module from Ecoxotic is the mid-range LED offering from the fledgling solid state lighting company. The Panorama module contains 12 x 1 watt LED lights that are tightly fastened to a solid heatsink. The heatsink has built-in brackets…

Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2009

2009 has come and gone and from where we’re sitting, this has been a very dynamic and exciting year for the reef aquarium hobby. A ton of innovative new aquarium products made our reporting that much more fun and looking…

Giant invertebrates are the masters of Antarctica’s marine environments

Giant amphipods, isopods, seapigs and scaleworms are some of the lower creatures who have enjoyed an evolutionary field day in the isolated frigid waters of Antarctica. Newly released images from the British Antarctic Survey reveal many ginormous species of invertebrates…

Prognathodes carlhubbsi: will the real scythe butterflyfish please swim up?

Prognathodes carlhubbsi is a species of deep cool water butterflyfish which bears a close resemblance to the classic scythe butterflyfish, P. falcifer. The image above is a screencap from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s guide to Shorefishes of the Eastern…