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Greissinger Gobies: Tips for Maintaining a Small Fish With a Big Personality
Rarely available, expensive, yet beautiful with strikingly vibrant orange fins and charismatic behavior, the Greissinger Goby (Discordipinna griessingeri) can be a truly enjoyable addition for reef-keeping hobbyists who maintain suitable aquariums. Native…
Identity Theft! False Cleanerfishes In The Reefing Hobby
Wholesalers, LFS owners, and fellow hobbyists, let me tell you something. This freaky thing might well be lurking in your holding pens and display tanks, hidden in plain sight. What even is this? Why would this very real threat be…
Sea Temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef are the Highest in 400 years
Researchers have found that sea temperatures on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are the warmest they’ve been in 400 years, with five of the six warmest years in the 407-year ocean record occurring since 2016. They did this by drilling and…
Component 3 in 1 is a new one-part dosing solution from Aquaforest
Aquaforest has launched a new 1 part-dosing product called Component 3 in 1. Those familiar with the Aquaforest Method usually use Component 1+2+3+, an adaptation of the Balling Method comprising three separate solutions of Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, and trace elements.…
Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover was at 38-Year High before Bleaching and Cyclones
A new report on the Great Barrier Reef shows that coral cover was actually increasing in 2023 before a serious bleaching event in 2024, and damage from back-to-back cyclones in 2023/24. The report carried out by the Australian Institute of…
Georgia Aquarium President Dr. Brian Davis passes away
Georgia Aquarium has shared the sad news of the loss of its president and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Brian Davis. “It is with immense sadness we announce the passing of our leader, friend, and mentor, president and CEO, Dr. Brian…
Pachyseris – So Much More than Meets the Eye
Pachyseris is a name you might not be abundantly familiar with, and I don’t blame you. Like the majority of other aquarists, if your only experience with corals is through the aquarium hobby (which there is absolutely nothing wrong with),…
Five Alternative Fish to Green Chromis
Life is short when you’re a reefkeeper, with so many fish, so little time, and so few tanks to keep them in. Here are some alternatives: Common name: Blue Chromis Scientific name: Azurina cyanea Origin: Western Atlantic Size: 15cm/6″ Blue…
Georgia Aquarium’s Steve Hartter Speaking at ReefStock Chattanooga
Georgia Aquarium’s Associate Curator Steve Hartter will be speaking at this year’s ReefStock Chattanooga in Tennesee. Steve has been an aquarium hobbyist since 1994, filling his fish room with everything from aquatic turtles to reef aquariums. First, he worked at…
Control KH AND pH with D-D KH Manager and Reef Zlements
We all know the positive effect that proper pH can have on coral growth, so when we heard that Reef Zlements, Kamoer, and D-D The Aquarium Solution were working together on a new pH control method, we had to know…
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…
