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Lipogramma schrieri & L. barrettorum, two new species of Caribbean basslets
Deepwater basslets are a source of constant fascination, and a virtual wellspring of unknown fish. The latest species to come from this broad group are Lipogramma schrieri and L. barrettorum from the southern Caribbean. …
Elos America tabs Bashsea to deliver life-support systems
Two of our favorite companies — Elos and Bashsea Aquatics — are teaming up to deliver a pretty incredible complete aquariums system. Elos America has tabbed Bashea to build and co-brand the life support systems for their line aquariums. The…
Diving In Ustica, An Abundance Of Fish And Friendliness
By: Dirck Zadeh – The Divespot Team Ustica. A little volcanic island 70 kilometers north of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The waters surrounding this 8.1 km² patch of very rocky land has been a marine reserve since 1986. The Area Marina…
Ask Reef Builders #1: How to save your Biological Filter in a tank move or upgrade
Welcome to the first installment of ‘Ask Reef Builders’, a column where we’ll take some of your best questions and share our responses from which all our readers can learn. For years we’ve answered questions fielded through twitter, facebook and…
Video Recap of our best 2017 YouTube Highlights
While ramping up the filming last year for our YouTube channel a ton of video clips were produced. These included coral closeups, neat fish, incredible reef tanks, and plenty of underwater footage of natural reefs that I’ve just started wading through. …
Mile High Reefer’s Video of Jake’s Reef Tank, Part 1
We’re always so preoccupied with seeking out new tanks, reef gear and reef life to tell you about that we rarely have the time, or inclination, to look inward. To remedy this I invited Scott Anderson of Mile High Reefers to…
Illlumagic LED Lights get ‘Certified’ for lighting Australian Acros
Lembeh Frogfish gets a proper Re-Description
The Lembeh Frogfish is an interesting cryptic fish which represented a species that was has been known and beloved to underwater photographers for decades. While this species was first described as Antennarius subteres way back in 1909, and placed in…
Announcing ReefStock 2018 in Denver Colorado, Feb. 24th & 25th
On March 8, 2008 we hosted the first ReefStock aquarium conference at a time when most reefers hardly knew what frags were, and going to an event to but them wasn’t even a thing. Ten years ago we were all using…
Trimma hamartium, the Mistaken Pygmy Goby is the newest species from Palau
We knew it wouldn’t be long and it barely took a week into the new year for us to get a new species of nano goby to share. Trimma hamartium is the first new species of tropical marine fish of 2018…
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…
