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Robotic fish to swim, monitor the open seas
Robotic fish are not the latest Hollywood horror flick but they are looking to make a “splash†and be released in the wild to monitor and transmit conditions from bodies of water…
Sicce USA: Italian born water pumps getting green card for American market
Sicce USA is the new US based distribution arm of Sicce, the Italian manufacturer of water pumps and other water moving devices. You may have become more and more familiar with the Sicce brand with the PSK line of pumps…
Grassy LeDio LED spotlight in 7, 13 and now 21 watt configurations
Grassy LeDio LED spotlights may be made in Japan but that doesn’t stop us from being able to use the Edison incandescent base in our own sockets. In fact, our Japanese contributor Taka Kamata is expecting to receive these lamps…
Brighter colors of male reef fish are now closer to being understood by new research
It’s no secret that male reef fish usually have much brighter colors and in some cases gaudy coloration compared to their female counterparts. This feature of sexual dichromatism is particularly pronounced in wrasses, anthias and to lesser degree in the…
Thoughts on Reef Aquarium Husbandry: “Good things done in small measures, with frequency.”
Recently, I gave a talk at a hobby club meeting in Vermont, and the topic was Nutrient Control and Export”. Â I’ve given this talk at some other clubs aound the nation before, and I’m frequently surprised by how much hobbyists…
BioPellets coming to North America from Aquarium Specialty
More good news on the NP-reducing BioPellets we brought you earlier. Reef Builders’ sponsor Aquarium Specialty is bringing the BioPellets to North America in mid-November and they are taking pre-orders today. Aquarium Specialty expects the shipment to arrive the second…
Silica Dosing: reef blasphemy or another form of nutrient export?
It has been long held that silica in reef tanks is bad, very, very bad. We avoid beach and play sand like it’s poison because it is believed that silica will cause an undesirable diatom bloom: brown glass, brown gook on rock and substrates, and unhappy reefkeepers. But what if we could control this system and use it to our advantage…say, to increase nutrient export? Let’s take a look at some old data, some new data, and a controversial hypothesis: that dosing silica may increase nutrient export efficiency.
Pump-Action suction cups make large tanks more wieldy
Take the hassle out of moving large tanks with these handy suction cups sold by Anver Corp. Â The model HC-S108 suction cup is rated to hold 123lbs, has a safety ratio of 4:1 and is priced at $48.95. Â To use…
Amphiprion latifasciatus, the Madagascar Anemonefish hits in Japan, hints at new imports from Western Indian Ocean
Amphiprion latifasciatus, the Madagascar Anemonefish is a rare species from the western Indian Ocean that recently hit in Japan. Two pairs of Ampiprion latifasciatus were successfully imported: one pair is for B-Box Aquarium and other pair is for Namamugi Kaisuigyo…
Pictichromis dinar, a new bicolor dottyback species from Sulawesi
Pictichromis dinar is a new species of Pseudochromis discovered in the Western Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although we’ve seen Pictichromis dinar in person on a couple occasions over the last 18 months, the species was only recently described by…
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…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
