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Why you should go to the bigger reef shows
While driving home from the great Reefapalooza event that Lou and Victor of World Wide Coral put together in New York last weekend, I began thinking about how much events like that…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: The scarlet Synchiropus
Synchiropus is an immaculate genus famed for the unorthodox juxtaposition between cute and freaky. With frog like faces, huge bulging eyes and pursed lips, coupled with their undulating fin movements, they make for a highly peculiar animal. In the aquarium context, few species illicit…
The top 5 reasons to use an Apex Systems PMK Par Monitoring Kit
The PAR Monitoring Kit recently announced by Neptune Systems is a very intriguing new accessory that could unlock the door to learning oh so much about our aquariums. We were very thrilled to see the release of the BioTek Marine…
Wild caught aberrant clownfish is not your average misbar ocellaris
Clownfish aberrations are now so common with basically all captive bred fish being an amplification of these mutations, that we don’t bat an eye when we see a solid white clownfish anymore. However when the aberrant clownfish is wild caught,…
The top new reef aquarium sumps of the last two years
There’s been a ton of new interest in better and improved sumps for reef aquariums over the last couple of years. There’s been so many new sumps and designs introduced lately, we decided to put together this nice synopsis of how…
ME Corals has a nifty hack for dosing containers
For anyone that’s used dosing pumps, it can mean either pouring your liquids into containers or popping a hole in the cap and sticking in a tube. While these work, this great gadget from ME Corals makes it easier to…
PRS Corrente digital flowmeter now available with GPH and Fahrenheit readout
Japanese marine aquarium manufacturer Perfect Reef Systems (PRS) is really gunning to bring their innovative Corrente and Corrente+ digital flow meter system to the U.S.. PRS has recently reprogrammed their flowmeters to readout in units that are more familiar to…
Reef Water Seadreams takes high end sumps to a whole new level
High end, overbuilt reef sumps are all the rage and this trend has not been lost on Spanish aquarium outfit, Reef Water. Reef Water’s Seadreams remote filtration sumps are no mere sumps, but complete reef aquarium management centers which are…
Marine Life and Natural History of the Coral Triangle
Like vinyl records, the demand for physical, tangible media is on the rise and in the marine aquarium hobby, this means that real books are finally making a comeback. First it was the new edition of the Rudie Kuiter book…
Medusa Montipora hirsuta from Sustainable Aquatics
Sustainable Aquatics is renowned for high quality captive bred fish, and has been in the spotlight for the recent release of the hobby’s first ever longfin clownfish strain. What you may not know about Sustainable Aquatics is that they also…
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…
