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Liopropoma olneyi “discovered” thanks to a lucky larval catch
Liopropoma olneyi is a “new” species of the popular deepwater basslets which has actually been making it into the aquarium trade for some time now. If you recall the exciting deepwater collections…
Bird eating Anemone scores one for team Invertebrate
Invertebrates are universally regarded as lower animals so it always comes as a shock when a squishy animal eats a bony one. You’ve seen highly intelligent octopus go after sharks but the case of the Anemone eating a bird is…
Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit turns your old light into next-gen powerhouse
The AquaIllumination Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit lets you turn your legacy AI LED light into a next-generation powerhouse LED fixture. The new Hydra FiftyTwo Upgrade Kit comes with everything you will need to update your Sol, Vega, or Hydra to…
Top 10 products and stories of InterZoo 2012
You may have noticed an unseasonal uptick in the amount of activity regarding the marine aquarium trade in recent weeks, and this can mean only one thing; InterZoo, the biggest pet trade show in the world is happening soon! No…
Diving in Cuba and enjoying a lionfish barbecue with collectors of Gramma dejongi
I like travelling and diving nearly as much as reefing. These hobbies combine often bring me to great places. Although I currently do not keep any Grammas in my reef, I do love them a lot. When I saw Gramma dejongi for…
Pseudojuloides edwardi: a spectacular new wrasse species is named after a fellow aquarist
Pseudojuloides edwardi is a new species of slender pencil wrasse from Mombasa Kenya which was actually discovered in a fish store, long time friend of the Reef Builders team, Greenwhich Aquaria. The new species is named in honor of one of…
Why Are Juvenile Marine Angelfish So Different From Adults?
When human parents bring a child into the world, they watch their offspring eagerly for facial features and other physical characteristics that are similar to their own. Moms and dads experience a certain pride whenever someone acknowledges that, “She has…
Giesemann Pulzar LED raises the bar for LED striplighting
The Giesemann Pulzar LED striplight is a new LED offering from the esteemed aquarium lighting manufacturer. The Pulzar is a high performing, controllable LED light which leapfrogs the woefully outdated Quazar LED with its quaint diodes and antiquated secondary lenses. Compared to the barely-mentionable…
Dallas Elos AquaStudio continues the steady march of Elos retail stores
The Dallas Elos AquaStudio is the newest expansion of Elos’s retail presence around the world, and only the second such creation in the US of A. While we were just in the Dallas Ft. Worth area, the news of the…
All In One BioPellets increase the performance of the solid carbon dosing technique
All In One Biopellets is a new formulation of the popular nutrient export method that is being introduced by none other than the originators of biopellet usage in marine aquariums. DVH Imports who introduced the original N-P Reducing biopellets has…
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…
