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Pomacentrus vatosoa: Corazon’s Damselfish get Official Description
Corazon’s damselfish is a brilliant new species of damselfish that was discovered just last year has already been treated to an official description. This little treasure of a reef fish from Madagascar…
Hands On with the New Maxspect Jump DC10K Pump
The Maxspect Jump DC10K is a very unusual pump from the company that’s brought us products that were always designed far outside the glass box. The Maxspect Razor is mostly passively cooled, the Recurve has ‘wings’ that are like built-in…
Clarisea Replacement Filter Now Lasts TWICE as Long!
The automatic filter roll ‘revolution was a long time coming and in the year since the ClariSea Gen 2 has been available, it has established itself as the most popular in the aquarium hobby. Both the Clarisea SK-3000 and SK-5000…
High Performance MRC Pump Detailed Specs Revealed
The MyReef Creation line of high performance external water pumps are the first new models of this kind to be designed in a great number of years. In the next couple of days MRC will begin limited shipments of their…
Learn to Spot Encrusting Coral
Encrusting Coral Growth Form Corals grow in different growth forms to survive in different habitats, and the coral growth form which a most easily overlooked are the encrusting species. These corals creep along the rocks like a crust holding everything…
The Marine Betta Really Comes Out at Night!
The marine betta is a marine fish that was all the rage when we were first getting into the hobby in the mid 90s. Among all of the tropical reef fish that we keep in our aquariums, there’s no other…
Join Us this Friday for a Livestream with Kevin Kohen at LiveAquaria
Today we’re heading to Rhinelander Wisconsin to visit our good friend Kevin Kohen, and the amazing facility of LiveAquaria. For over decade Mr. Kohen and his team have offered some of the most diverse corals, and exotic fish, to the American…
Luzonichthys kiomeamea, Rapa Nui Slitfin Anthias gets Officially Described
Luzonichthys kiomeamea is a brand new species of splitfin anthias that was just described. This novel schooling reef fish is part of a cohort of new species that were discovered by the California Academy of Sciences on an expedition to…
Nice Thorough Update of the Reef Builders Studio
It’s been around nine months since we ‘broke ground’ on Reef Builders’ first ever reef aquarium studio. There’s already around fifteen displays running at the studio and we’re learning a lot by setting up and maintaining so many tanks in one…
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus, Rare Phantom Angelfish Spotted in The Wild
Rare Phantom Angelfish The adult Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus is an attractive angelfish with a velvety black belly, silver-grey body, bright solid yellow tail, and a distinctive scribbled face. It’s not often I write about fish, but when a stunner like this…
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…
