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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…
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…
Making a Simple DIY Dosing Line Holder Redux
The reef aquarium hobby used to be just as much about building what we needed as it was about unlocking the secrets of keeping saltwater fish, and making corals grow. The last decade has seen an explosion of mass-produced skimmers,…
Captive Bred Regal Angelfish Breakthrough by Bali Aquarich
The regal angelfish is one of the most iconic of all marine angelfishes and the last genus to be captive bred, until now. If we had to take bets on who would be the first to achieve a breakthrough with…
New Skimz Zeolite Auto Reactor has Programmable Flushing Mode
Skimz is a Singaporean aquarium product company that has been uniquely focused on innovative devices and niche applications, especially the use of zeolite in reef tanks. The Skimz Zeolite Auto Reactor is the latest model in this space which brings…
How to Set Up a Simple and Effective Quarantine Aquarium
Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine – this word get a lot of lip service in the saltwater aquarium hobby but too few of us really practice this important procedure, let alone undertake it properly. Even many of the fish stores we’ve visited…
Four Accessories to Streamline Aquarium Water Testing
We’ve been testing the chemistry of our aquarium water, one or two tanks at a time, for as long as we’ve been building reef tanks. However now with the new Reef Builders Studio we have many more ‘chemical systems’ of…
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…
