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Theiling Rollermat filter featured in new Bulk Reef Supply video
The Thieling Roller Mat is a very ingenious aquarium device that goes well beyond filter socks. Automatic filter rolls are not new, we did our first feature of an automatic aquarium filter…
Ricordea florida: an Underappreciated Caribbean Beauty
As an American reefkeeper, it’s all too easy for me to forget that some truly gorgeous invertebrate livestock originates relatively close to home in the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean. I was reminded of this recently when CC entrusted several…
New Poll: What are your hobby plan for 2016?
The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect on the hobby and take stock of the last year, while looking forward to what’s to come. The reefing hobby can touch on all your emotions — the joy of…
Seachem Biogen is the company’s first biopellet offering
Seachem Biogen biopellets is the first solid carbon dosing product from the venerable aquarium product manufacturer. Seachem has been on a tear of releasing new products lately, especially in the aquarium media and water purification category. Seachem Biogen biopellets follows on…
Top 7 new coral species of 2015
2015 was a record-setting year for new species of corals, not in terms of the number of new descriptions, but in sheer biological extremes and new discoveries. There were far more new species of reef fish described in 2015, but…
Salty Q&A: Highly Rated LFS Falls Short
Caribbean Chris and I get lots of excellent, thought-provoking questions from Saltwater Smarts visitors that we believe might be of general interest to other salties out there. So we thought it would be worthwhile to begin posting some of them…
Orphek Atlantik V3 adds Wi-Fi to high-performance LED pendant
The new Orphek Atlantik V3 LED pendant, the latest iteration of the company’s high-performance LED pendant, adds Wi-Fi and upgraded the LEDs to deliver even more flexibility and performance for reef installations. The Wi-Fi control along with its Android app…
Reefbuilders Travelogue – Padang Bai and the search for Euphyllia baliensis
TMC launch AquaBar T Series LED Light Bars, more affordable LED option
The UK’s Tropical Marine Centre (TMC) has added to its AquaBar line of LED lights with the debut of the AquaBar T series LED light bars designed to get those of you with T5 and T8 setups switched to LED.…
Chrysiptera papuensis, C. ellenae & C. maurineae – three new damselfish from East Indies
We’ve already posted our Top 15 New Reef Fish Species of 2015 but we should have held out for one more week. Prolific fish namers Gerald Allen and Marc Erdmann have gone an published one more paper this year, this…
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…
