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Seachem Reef Reactor media in Md and Lg grain sizes

Seachem Reef Reactor is a new natural form of high purity calcium reactor media. For a company that’s been in business for going on 35 years, we can’t imagine how it too…

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Arabian butterflyfish eating prepared food on video

The Arabian Butterflyfish is a piscine so stunningly gorgeous, but we daren’t look directly at it lest we succumb to its spell. Among the thousands of reef fish species, there is a certain group of extremely beautiful butterflyfish which are…

Companies

Vertex I-Supra C+ featured in video trailer

The Vertex I-Supra C+ is a radical new sump design from Vertex Aquaristik which takes the ‘kitchen sink’ approach to total reef aquarium filtration. While reef aquarium sumps have received intensive modernizing redesigns in recent years, the Supra C+ is the most…

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Titan Triggers are NOT to be messed with!

Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, is one helluva fish which patrols shallow reef waters from the Red Sea the Indo-Pacific. A close relative of the clown triggerfish, Titan triggers can grow into quite beautiful fish but there’s a very good reason…

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Reef Builders Indonesia Travelogue – Menjangan Island and Permuteran Bay

Last week we had the opportunity to dive the North West coast of Bali. We did two spectacular wall dives off Menjangan Island and visited the Bio-Rock reef project in Permuteran Bay. First up Menjangan Island is located 5km (3 miles) off shore from…

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4.0 Cirrhilabrus laboutei & the Origins of Fairy Wrasse Diversity

At last, we’ve reached the thrilling conclusion to this comprehensive review of Fairy Wrasse evolution, and it’s time to once more dwell upon the topic of the group’s origins. As we’ve previously discussed, this enormously diverse genus can be comfortably categorized…

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4 Crabby Caveats to Keeping Clibanarius tricolor

Clibanarius tricolor, the blue-legged hermit crab, is very commonly introduced to marine aquaria, either in conspecific groups or as part of a multi-species “reef janitor” package or “cleanup crew” (aka “CUC” for those who just can’t get enough of those…

Gadgets

Invisible ink made from algae grows right before your eyes

While looking for a way to create a more eco-friendly printer ink using algae, the folks at Living Ink Technologies stumbled upon invisible ink that grows after a few days exposure to sunlight. They are now marketing pens filled with this algae-based…