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Rainfordia, Flathead Perch Photographed in Indonesia!
The flathead perch is a very unusual fish that just got a massive natural range extension thanks to Anna & Ned Deloach. The Husband & Wife team from Blenny Watcher have frequently…
Bubble King Auto Skimmer Stopper by Royal Exclusiv
The Bubble King overflow stopper is a new device to collect waste from your protein skimmerand automatically shut it off once the collector is full. If a protein skimmer is like a toilet where waste get flushed out of the…
Dendrochirus koyo, the Ogasawara Lionfish Described as New Species
The dwarf lionfish of the Dendrochirus genus are some of the most popular for the aquarium, no doubt due to their smaller size. The fuzzy dwarf lionfish Dendrochirus brachypterus and its relative D. zebra are recognizable to scorpionfish lovers and the new…
AquaEffects Nano LED Spotlight from ZooMed
ZooMed’s AquaEffects is an interesting line of aquarium LED lights with built-in sound effects, and now they’ve made it in a new form factor. The AquaEffects Nano LED takes the concept of the strip lights and concentrates the power and…
How to Actually Make Corals Grow Faster, High pH
After temperature and salinity, the pH of aquarium water is one of the most important parameters of reef aquarium chemistry. In freshwater tanks soft water fish have been adapted to higher pH and vice versa, and saltwater fish are not…
Hoeksemai Acro is the King of Blue Staghorn Corals!
Acropora hoeksemai is a gorgeous blue staghorn Acro which been a classic Indonesian coral, produced in the thousands through mariculture. So you would think that this coral is probably available all over the world right now, through frag sellers, but its…
Small Controllable AquaBee UP 1000 V24 Coming Soon
The AquaBee UP 1000 V24 is an intriguing new little controllable DC pump. Just about the size of a powerhead, the UP 1000 V24 is the controllable version of the regular UP 1000 which can move up to 1,000 liters…
Alveopora are NOT a Flowerpot Coral After All!
Following our series of articles on changes in coral classification after a massive genetic analysis, there is one more coral that got moved in quite a surprising way – Alveopora. Alveopora used to be the flowerpot coral with 12 fat tentacle,…
Getting the Deltec Twin Tech Calcium Reactor Up & Running [Video]
The Reef Buyilders Studio is finally reaching a certain degree of completion to the point that we can start using ‘Big Boy’ reef gear. The first hot rod piece of reef aquarium equipment to get a proper showcase is the…
What Happened to the Symphyllia?
Recently in Australia, a good friend asked us to check some of his very nice rainbow Symphyllia he’s got. We didn’t recall seeing any in Australia yet, so we were very intrigued. We love rainbow Symphyllia, the ones we get…
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…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
