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Turbo Aquatics Raises Algae Scrubber to a New Level of Refinement
Admittedly we’ve never been big fans of microalgae turf scrubbers, preferring instead to use dynamic Chaetomorpha growth in our own signature spinning style. However there’s been a small sustained community of reefers…
Interzoo 2021 in-person event moved to May 2022
We were just informed by the organizers of Interzoo they are canceling their in-person event originally scheduled to take place June 1-4 2021. However, they plan on hosting a digital event similar to our very own Reefstock @ Home series…
Four New Species of Blennies Officially Described
Blennies are a diverse group of highly personably small reef fish and in the past weeks we’ve enjoyed many new species getting officially recognized. These range from the diminutive tube blennies to the bright faced glass blennies and one species…
Mastertronic Final Specs, Pricing, and Setup Video
The Mastertronic is the latest new high tech reef aquarium gizmo that promises to streamline and stabilize the management of reef aquarium chemistry. The Mastertronic follows in the footsteps of the Alkatronic which is an all in one alkalinity testing…
Reef Flare XS LED Teased by Reef Factory
The Reef Flare XS is a new diminutive LED aquarium light that will button up the low end of Reef Factory’s Reef Flare LED light catalog. The XS version of the Reef Flare appears to be roughly the same size…
TMC Spices Up Coral Frag Plugs With Natureform Line
The TMC Natureform Coral Frag Plugs are a new line of coral propagation substrates which finally break the mold of basic frag plugs & discs. The Natureform Coral Frag Plugs are made from an inert material – would be nice…
Top 10 Classic Hawaiian Aquarium Fish
There certainly has been a lot of commotion surrounding Hawaiian reef fish lately, following the total closure of commercial collection of aquarium fish from the Pacific island chain last week. It’s been a long, drawn out legal battle in the…
Giesemann’s New Galaxxy S LED Light for Massive Reef Tanks
The Galaxxy S LED is a new commercial grade light fixture from the German lighting fanatics over at Giesemann. We didn’t get a chance to catch up with them at InterZoo 2020 due to the show’s cancellation where we certainly…
Dr. Hugo Freudenthal, Renowned Scientist & Discoverer of Symbiotic Algae Passes Away
Hugo Freudenthal was a very accomplished researcher and pilot who made his mark on the field of coral reef ecology by discovering and describing symbiotic algae. Now known as Symbiodinium, the photosynthetic dinoflagellates that live inside corals, clams, anemones and many…
Collection of Hawaiian Fish Now Completely Shut Down
It feels like we’ve been covering the saga of the legal challenges to Hawaiian ornamental fish collection for years but now our worst fears have come to pass. Last week a ruling came down that has completely banned the collection…
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…
