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Caribbean Coral Diaries: Mycetophyllia lamarckiana
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana If you’ve been following my Caribbean coral series you might be asking why I waited until the end to cover this beloved coral. Mycetophyllia lamarckiana is one the most recognizable…
Get To Know These 3 Types Of Saltwater Shrooms
Saltwater Shrooms Mushrooms, shrooms, corallimorphs, whatever you call them, these brightly colored cnidarians are a hot commodity in the marine aquarium hobby. Shrooms are great for beginners because of their hardy care requirements, and popular amongst seasoned aquarist for their…
Taiwan Aquarium Stores Are LOADED With Products!!
I usually love to visit the local stores anytime I’m visiting a foreign country, mostly for the aim of seeing what they’re generally like, and what their customers are buying. Of course many of our regular readers are major gear-heads,…
New Reef Pulse Coral Food From Ocean Nutrition
Reef Pulse is a new complete coral food from Ocean Nutrition, one of the oldest makers of marine life diets. Rather than being aimed at any particular kind of coral, Reef Pulse includes a wide range of particle sizes to…
Anacropora Can Get Flatworms Too!
Anacropora is one of the lesser known small polyp stony coral species which are closely related to Acros and Montis. Montipora is known to be infested by pesky white nudibranch, Acropora has its issues with Amakusaplana (Acro Eating Flatworms) and…
Hmahli Marine Life Support System is creating some great things from Australia
Hmahli Marine Life Support System is a new venture coming from Australia that is putting out some pretty interesting looking products. One of the first we’re seeing is the Stealth Sump that would be a welcome addition to any setup…
Think the LFS experience is dead? Research shows the in-store experience still matters
Although small businesses like local fish stores and pet stores struggle against big box stores and online retailers, there is still hope as a new research report from InMoment, a customer experience management company, shows human interaction and the in-store…
Orphek releases new Amazonas line aimed at public aquariums
The new line of Orphek Amazonas LED lights are aimed at replacing metal halides in public and large-scale aquariums. Using the same multi-LED chipset as the Orphek Kaspian, the new Orphek Amazonas eliminated the white LEDs using a wide range…
AquaDancing is a Laboratory of Crazy Clownfish Strains
The aquarium hobby loves its funky, fancy clownfish strains but do we really know how these fish are produced? While traveling through southern Taiwan we got the chance to visit a clownfish farm that specializes in domestic strains of ocellaris…
My Favorite Corals: Blueberry Shortcake Acropora nasuta
Usually when I salivate at a fancy coral it’s a strain, colony or species that I want to put in my own reef tank. But this ‘Blueberry Shortcake’ Acropora nasuta is one that I get to enjoy at home and…
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…
