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Harlequin Shrimps: Seeing Stars (On the Menu)
Somewhat comical and cartoonish in both name and appearance, harlequin shrimps (Hymenocera picta) are not invertebrates to be purchased on a whim. Keeping these critters, as I’ll soon explain, demands an investment…
Smooth-On epoxy putty instruction video builds a sweet overflow cover
Smooth-On has been making inroads into the aquarium hobby for some time now with innovative ways for aquarists to sculpt and create their own aquarium structures. But their newest effort to encourage full wraparound structure to cover an overflow box…
Potential new species of seahorse collected in New Zealand
An unknown seahorse has been discovered in the shallow coastal waters of New Zealand. During recent surveys using a beam trawl, researchers collected this unidentified species of seahorse from New Zealand’s Northland Islands. The small brown Syngnathid is just about 3cm…
LupyLed quietly being developed in Germany
The LupyLED is a new company out of Germany which has been quietly been developing an inspired new LED light. LupyLED has been teasing a sexy new LED slab of a light fixture but they’ve been exceptionally coy about showing…
Experiencing Singapore’s Stunning S.E.A. Aquarium
Visiting public aquariums can be a hit-or-miss experience. There are many aquariums that are less than dazzling to the trained eye of a reef aquarium hobbyist. If ever there was a downside to our experience in this hobby, it is…
Trimma pajama and T. meranyx are two new exquisite species of deepwater nano gobies
A few new deepwater nano gobies from Indonesia have been described in a recent edition of the journal ZootaxaI that are sure to captivate you with their beauty. Here is information on two of the three new gobies described by Richard…
Pitcairn Islands sports exquisitely pristine marine life
A recent expedition by National Geographic to the Pitcairn Islands group has documented an incredibly pristine reef the likes of which are almost no longer on this earth. As part of the Pristine Seas project, divers and documentarians from National…
The Orangutan Crab; Another sweet coral crustacean
Following our review of crustacean relationships with corals that we accoutered during the Fluval Sea Flores expedition, we are left wondering why we never see these associations in aquarium. One other crustacean that we often come to meet even together with our last candidate Vir…
Chaetodon ocellicauda observed living with its sister species
The butterflyfish of the Chaetodon genus is rife with many closely related species that are differentiated based on geography, and seemingly subtle color differences. While on the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition we had the chance to observe one such pair of species…
IceCap Ecosmart RO/DI likely to encounter problems with the name
EcoSmart is a very well known name and trademark in the marine aquarium world but it’s not in a Reverse Osmosis filter. Ecotech Marine’s EcoSmart wireless drivers of Vortech pumps has been powering reef tans as far back as February 2010. Meanwhile,…
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…
