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Hawaii removes ban on aquarium collection in proposed bill
Hawaii has been at the center of legislation that would ban aquarium collection. Last week, the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and Hawaiian Affairs approved a revised House Bill 873 which…
Opulent Osaka Part 4: A BlueHarbor tribute, and the man behind the brand
We’ve come to our last and final installation of our four part Osaka travelogue. If you’ve been following parts 1, 2 and 3, we hope you’ve enjoyed it, and thank you for exploring some of Osaka’s most opulent reef keepers…
Peculiar thin-branching Euphyllia collected in Cairns, Australia
The stony coral genus Euphyllia includes at least nine species that each display a staggering degree of diversity, but it seems like there’s still a few corals out there which don’t fit the mold for what is already known and documented…
Xcalibur clowns are the newest strain of Amphiprion sandaracinos from Bali Aquarich
Following the news of Bali Aquarich’s latest stellar accomplishment on successfully raising Holacanthus passer, here’s something more subdued but nonetheless interesting. Mr. Su has just revealed a “new” strain of Amphiprion sandaracinos that he’s been working on, and gave us…
Bulk Reef Supply demonstrates that toxic Chloramine IS getting through most water filters
Chloramine is a well-documented toxin to all manner of aquatic life, freshwater and marine, and aquarists have long believed that basic reverse osmosis is good enough to eliminate Chloramine from our water supply. Pre-treatment with carbon blocks and post-treatment with deionizing…
Melanurus Wrasse Bred In Captivity
In a short updated published by Rising Tide Conservation last night, Kevin Barden laid claim to the first captive-breeding of the Melanurus Wrasse, Halicheores melanurus. This now brings the total of tropical wrasses bred in captivity to two (the first being…
Panther Grouper: The Tankbuster “Poster Fish”
Every time I need to make a point about marine fish that are sold as small, cute juveniles but grow into real behemoths, the panther grouper (Cromileptes altivelis according to Fishbase/Chromileptes altivelis according to ITIS) is one of several species…
Tyler Bell’s Zoanthid tree is an exquisite concept of coral display
Corals are such adaptive creatures, they are amenable to being positioned and grown into all kinds of shapes and positions. Tyler Bell’s Zoanthid Tree is an impressive collection of many popular strains of Zoanthus and Palythoa species arranged into an unforgettable bouquet…
Heavily designed Norrom Aquarium uses bottom-up LED lighting
We get so many tips telling us about this-or-that crowdsourced aquarium project, and most of them do not make the cut of being post-worthy but this one from Norrom squeaks by for having a very heavy emphasis on design. Perhaps…
The Genio CA Master, a Calcium reactor with a controllable DC pump
The Genio CA Master from Genio Systems is the first calcium reactor to use an efficient and controllable DC pump. As you may have noticed from the preponderance of new dosing pump systems being released in the aquarium hobby, multi…
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…
