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Geminate sisters and their path to speciation
Ever wondered why with an endless possibility of patterns and permutations, there is always somehow a few fish with consistently repeated pattern templates? A few species that share the same overall appearance but…
Chaetodon kleinii: An Excellent Beginner’s Butterflyfish
The word “beginner” and “butterflyfish” aren’t often paired together, as so many of the butterflyfishes seem to present some manner of husbandry challenge, often related to diet. Still, certain butterflies have a well-deserved reputation for hardiness and general ease of…
Fifth Annual Mountain West Reef Fest next weekend
We were glad to hear the Mountain West Reef Fest is holding its fifth event in Salt Lake City next weekend, Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15. They are bringing in seven fantastic speakers, with one at Friday’s VIP…
Triton Labs and Unique Corals bring professional water analysis to US
The Triton Method for professional water testing analysis is coming to the US. The German company has struck a deal with Unique Corals to establish Triton US to let aquarists serious about water testing get water samples tested on a…
DVH Coral Protec is a new coral dip from Europe
DVH Coral Protec is a new coral dip from Europe that is making its way across the pond and into the US market. Although there is no shortage of coral pest eradicating products on the market not every one is…
Should You Try to Keep Pace with Evolving Marine Aquarium Practices?
Spend any amount of time in this hobby of ours, and you’ll soon realize that the methods and technologies favored for maintaining marine organisms are continually in flux. What’s considered dogma today is heresy tomorrow—and maybe back to dogma again…
Newa ‘More’ all in one aquarium includes a sensible air driven skimmer
The Newa More all in one aquarium is a modestly small aquarium from the Italian division of Newa which was formerly associated with the French Aquarium Systems. The Newa More doesn’t exactly stand out in a crowded field but that’s…
The Aquatic Experience in Chicago this weekend is NOT to be missed!
Last year the World Pet Association set about to create a brand new, all-aquarium event that incorporated nearly all facets of the aquarium hobby and aquatic industry. As a first year show we didn’t know what to expect from a…
Italian reefers are really into phytoplankton reactors
On our recent reefing tour of Italy we expected many things, great food, stylish reef aquarium setups and an overall easy-going laid back atmosphere. We got to see all of those things but what we didn’t expect to see was so…
Giesemann’s LED/T5 hybrid light is a sign of things to come
It’s a very curious thing that with the advent of LED reef aquarium lighting, most early adopters opted to dive into the deep end of solid state lighting with LEDs. For some reason, the lesson learned of combining metal halide…
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…
