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Hybrid Asfur Angelfish is the Latest WOW Fish from Bali Aquarich
The asfur angelfish, Pomacanthus asfur, is a very recognizable species from the Red Sea and a limited range around the northwest Indian Ocean. This species has been bred in Asia for many…
Maxspect’s Light Program-Sharing QR Code is Genius!
MaxSpect’s new Jump line of aquarium products are an interesting mix of devices that include a return pump, a gyre pump, protein skimmer and a compelling mid-range LED light. As we started taking a deeper look at the new Blue…
Lower Light Corals Can Live in Shallow Water Too
There’s a wide range of corals that are considered low light species in the aquarium hobby; these include Corallimorphs, scolies, chalice corals, Leptoseris, Pectinia, and a wide swath of species generalized as LPS corals. There’s a common misconception that low…
Is a ‘Pest Free Guarantee’ Too Much to Ask for in Corals & Frags?
It’s not a stretch to say that the coral aquarium hobby is a fairly mature past time with more than a few decades of experience and refinement. After more than twenty years of intensive culture we have access to a…
Cantharellus is an Actually RARE Stony Coral
We’ve been window shopping the supply of corals for sale online for the past few weeks just to take stock of what most vendors are selling and we’ve come away with a couple thoughts. First of all, we understand the…
We Got a Lot Off Our Chest with ReefBum [Video]
It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to casually get together with fellow reefers and gab about all things reef aquariums. We’ve been trying to make up for this dearth of communing with our fellow reef builders as…
New Spectrogreen ICP Machines Will be Faster and More Sensitive Than Ever Before
ICP water testing has become the cutting edge for water quality analysis technology in the environmental sciences and more recently in the reef aquarium world. The leader in ICP-OES water testing is a company called Spectra and they have a…
ATB Quietly Updates Their Cone Skimmer with New Controllable Pumps
Aquarium Technik Burian, better known as ATB, is a company that made its mark on the aquarium world by introducing protein skimmers with a cone shaped body. This conical shape used to be a differentiating feature of ATB skimmers but…
Visiting the WWC Boutique Reef Aquarium Shop [Video]
There’s never been a harder time to travel the country and visit or discover new reef aquarium stores. The pandemic lockdown might be rolling over to its second year but we’ve got just the antidote for the stay at home…
PASCO Wireless pH Sensor Can Log for up to 90 Days
Reef Aquarists are rapidly learning the paramount importance of pH in our mineral rich reef aquariums because it drives the entire process of calcification in stony corals and all calcifying invertebrates. There are many different options for measuring pH in the…
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…
