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Consumers still protesting Petco / Drs. Foster Smith deal
Now that it’s been several months of Petco’s acquisition of Drs. Foster & Smith and their famous Live Aquaria division the Internet has and is still crying out in protest of the…
A Hawkfish Even “Caribbean Chris” Could Love
Regular Saltwater Smarts visitors know that “Caribbean Chris” has an irrational (bordering on pathological) hatred of all marine life not connected in some way to the Caribbean Sea or tropical western Atlantic. By logical extension, most of the hawkfishes, being…
Seachem makes ‘small’ change to aquavitro liquid products
Seachem made a small change to its line of aquavitro liquid products recently adding a 150ml version of all the products. Previously there was just 350mL bottles which are fine for frequent dosing or larger tanks, but for those that don’t…
Coral-Shop debuts ModuLight LED-D-A1 LED light controller
Coral-Shop just released a simple digital programmable dimmer for LED lights. The ModuLight LED-D-A1 was designed to be easy to use for 12-24V constant voltage LED lights with the typical assortment of features such as full control of timing for…
Tropical Marine Centre bringing Ecoxotic Canon Pro lighting to UK and beyond
Tropical Marine Centre is partnering with Ecoxotic to bring the high power Canon Pro range of LED pendant lights to the commercial market in Europe, the Middle East and Russia. The Canon Pro LED lighting is extremely popular with large…
Plectranthias yamakawai debuts in the market at Remix Japan
Besides having a knack for creative LFS names, the Japanese are also highly skilled in obtaining crazy fish, many of which are unlikely to register in the minds of the day to day hobbyist. Japanese fish store Remix has just obtained…
Undescribed Plectranthias from Papua shows up in Bangkok, Thailand
If there’s a genus we love more than or equal to Liopropoma here at Reef Builders, it’s got to be Plectranthias. Unfortunately, Plectranthias is poorly reviewed and the genus is riddled with numerous undescribed members which leads to confusion in identifying various species. To make…
Venomous Marine Fish: It’s Hard to Define the Effects of Their Stings
People are naturally fascinated by venomous animals and often very curious about the effects their venom might have on people they bite or sting. Any marine aquarium hobbyist who’s kept a lionfish, rabbitfish, saltwater catfish, or other fish species equipped…
Bulk Reef Supply suffers cyber attack, customer data stolen
Bulk Reef Supply, a popular provider of aquarium equipment and supplies announced yesterday they have been hacked. Those customers who were affected by the breach will receive written notice from the company along with free instructions to receive credit monitoring…
Seachem Digital Spoon Scale helps with precision dosing
The new Seachem Digital Spoon Scale is a novel piece of equipment that will help take the guesswork out of dosing any chemical or supplement. The spoon actually has an integrated scale system that can measure up to 300g in 0.1 increments.…
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…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
