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East1’s 1.5 gallon SPS tank is the swankiest pico reef to date
Since the volumes associated with a ‘true’ pico reef is quite restrictive, we tend to think of pico reef tanks as examples of simplicity, and exercises in minimalism. Somehow, Nano-Reef forum user…
Bashsea Mad Rack frag rack is a flexible way to manage, display your frags
Fragging is one of the best parts of the hobby and we’ve seen a plethora of frag storing options but the new Bashs ea Mad Rack frag rack may be one of the more innovative designs we’ve seen. One of…
Sneak peek at Hydor’s third generation Koralia water pump
The third generation Koralia pump is Hydor’s latest breed of propeller pump which really bring with them a next generation level of refinement. Any pump manufacturer can deliver incremental improvements to their newest pumps, kinda like what hydor did with…
Midweek Misnomer: Plectranthias (Zalanthias) azumanus vs Plectranthias (Zalanthias) kelloggi
This week’s Midweek Misnomer addresses the confusion between two Plectranthias species. Again with Plectranthias. We’re just having a good jive with the genus recently and the past three fish posts from me have been about this. The misidentification of various…
the AI Prime LED looks incredible on its own, and over reef tanks
The AI Prime LED is AquaIllumination’s smallest LED light to date and it is the first new product that has been designed after the merger of AquaIllumination and Ecotech Marine, with contributions from both companies’ engineers and designers. The resulting…
Soil Bacteria F1 takes its cue from the land to clean up your tank
Soil Bacteria F1 is a unique product from Japan that is an aerobic and anaerobic bacteria composite to reduce organic buildup in your reef aquarium. A reefer in Japan worked with a Japanese bacteria company that focused on soil to…
You’ve never seen a Trachyphyllia like this one
Is it a Acan lord? Is it a Lobophyllia? No this funkadelic coral is one of the wildest Trachyphyllia corals we’ve ever seen, with a crazy morphology to boot. This one of a kind Trachy was acquired by Aquatech Imports, a wholesaler…
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 deal. Every major social network has been slammed…
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…
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…
