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Visit at the Bellevue H.S. Marine Science Lab
When I think back to my high school days, I remember a 29-gallon freshwater aquarium in science class. Coincidentally, I donated most of the specimens in that tank to my teacher from…
Friday Smorgasbord: Lizardfish, 100K crabs, Iron Reef and more
This interesting Tumblr has visual examples of this question “Dude, have you guys seen a lizardfish (Synodontidae) eating a fish?” The entire site is pictures of the lizardfish eating other fish and what ensues is some interesting imagery to say…
Build a “blue collar dreambox” with Custom Aquariums’ Seamless Sumps
At the Aquatic Experience in Chicago last weekend we were drawn to Custom Aquariums’ booth by the novel Siphon Stopper and H2Overflow plumbing parts, but we stayed to examine their new Seamless Sumps. Custom Aquariums might be the first company…
Survival on the reef part 1: Masquerading under false colours
Look at this amazing pair of Meiacanthus grammistes. Eh hmm…wait a minute. That’s not quite right. Look closer. Cardinal fish? Bingo. This is a pair of Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus and they are excellent mimics of their venomous fang blenny models. Mimicry is an…
Don’t Get Burned by Flame Scallops!
Mention beautiful bivalves for the marine aquarium, and the various tridacnid clams (the so-called giant clams) will probably come to mind. Likely, the flame scallops of the genus Ctenoides will too. However, while the tridacnids have a fairly decent survival…
Eviota algida is cute new species of nano goby from the heart of Indonesia
A short distance off the southeast coast of Bali, there lies a smallish island called Nusa Penida which is the discovery site for a new species of nano goby. Eviota algida joins a parade of new species to be described in…
DAS ReefView Aquariums include an artificial reef to hide the overflow
Dutch Aquariums Systems, a Texas based aquarium manufacturer better known as DAS displayed in Chicago last weekend an interesting new marine aquarium line called the ReefView Aquariums. ReefView Aquariums have a couple unique features going for them, the most notable…
Skullcandy mushroom anemone raises the bar for incredible Discosoma
If you needed any indication that mushroom anemones still have a lot to offer reef aquarists in terms of amazing color and pattern, you need look no further than Cherry Coral’s exciting Skullcandy Discosoma shrooms. At first glance the Skullcandy shrooms…
Dirk’s Reef Glasses enable light filtering of reef colors
This weekend at the Aquatic Experience in Chicago we caught up with America’s most infamous traveling hawker of reef wares Dirk, who showed us a novel new product which has been flying off his temporary shelves. Reef Glasses are essentially…
MagFloat Scrape algae magnet coming soon in a smaller size
Mag Float seems to be content with releasing one new algae magnet product or size once a year and for next year they’ve got a new smaller version of their popular Mag Float Scrape series. The Mag Float Scrape is…
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…
