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De Jong Marinelife’s New Coral Farm
Recently, Arie de Jong (founder and director of De Jong Marinelife) took me for a short tour through one of their newest facilities: their new large coral farm. Insiders might know they…
Bali Aquarich produces another first: Golden Angelfish!
Bali Aquarich the now famous Indonesian marine fish breeder, had us excited for a couple of weeks already. Sending quick shots of settling juvenile angelfish of a new kind, and we could recognize the golden angelfish Centropyge aurantia in them,…
Solartronic Coming Next Month Multiaxis Gimbal Control
The Solartronic is the new name of a light fixture from Focustronic that we’ve known about for three years when it was originally revealed as the Focus 2 at InterZoo 2018. Focustronic first got its start in the aquarium hobby…
NPS Leptoseris Found in Underwater Caves of the Indian Ocean
Leptoseris was once a completely overlooked group of corals in the aquarium world but recent years have seen an explosion of appreciation for these low light corals. Over the years reef builders have come to understand that these plating and encrusting…
IL Lumination Light from ‘Innovation’ Combines LED & Inductive Fluorescent Lamp
The IL Lumination is a new reef aquarium light fixture which is the first hybrid of LED and inductive fluorescent lamps that we know of. Produced by an Italian company called H.V. Innovation, the IL Lumination uses a unique and…
Glitter Face and Galaxy Gonies from Gallery Aquatica
After decades of being very challenging to keep, all of a sudden over the last few years many more reef aquarists have been able to enjoy living and growing colonies of Goniopora, the related Bernardpora, and unrelated but similar Alveopora. This…
Sicce SDC PSK 1200 Leaked by New ATB Elegance 200 Skimmer
The Sicce PSK SDC 1200 is a brand new controllable needle wheel pump that was inadvertently leaked by a new product from ATB. This Austrian skimmer company was a pioneer in conical protein skimmer designs and they have been refreshing…
Dutch Reef Rock Offers More Than Thirty Rock Shapes
Dutch Reef Rock is a new aquarium company that specializes in making artificial reef aquarium rock in a wide range of shapes and sizes for all kinds of reef tanks. Handmade artificial reef aquarium rock is nothing new and many…
GHL Teases New Doser 2.2 MAXI
The GHL Doser 2.2 Maxi is a new successor to one of the hobby’s first dosing pumps designed specifically for transporting larger volumes of fluid. The original Doser Maxi was first released nearly four years ago in late 2017 and…
Top 10 Takeaways of the SKY LED Light, a Pre-Release Review
2021 has been a very exciting year for new LED reef aquarium lights and we’re currently experiencing the most robust selection of lighting options the hobby has ever enjoyed. Last year we got new flagship lights from Ecotech Marine, Maxspect…
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…
