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The Show Episode 3: Jake talks with Kevin Kohen about LiveAquaria and Reefing
Our latest installment of our new video series The Show is heart to heart sit down with America’s number one fish monger, Kevin Kohen. The LiveAquaria director received us earlier this year…
Tropical Marine Centre photo confirms a surge in gem tang supply
For the last several weeks now we’ve been hearing reports that there has been a spike in the availability of gem tangs. One international marine fish wholesaler after another have confirmed receiving ten or more Zebrasoma gemmatum, with the UK’s Tropical Marine…
Toledo Zoo Aquarium Renovation – Update 12: A Work in Progress
Salties who have been following the $25.5 million renovation of the Toledo Zoo’s Aquarium (slated for completion in 2015) might be wondering about the status of the project since we haven’t provided an update in a while. Well, we can…
Yellow Boxfish: Endearing but Perhaps Best Avoided
For hobbyists inclined to purchase livestock on impulse, a yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) paddling about in a dealer’s tank can prove almost irresistible. Typically sold as juveniles at just a few inches in length, these boxfish are as cute as…
Top 5 magnified viewing accessories for seeing more of your aquarium
There’s so much cool new, colorful and interesting things to see in our reef aquariums these days, if you don’t have at least one form of visual enhancement, you’re probably missing out on a lot. As acute observers of the…
Apex Fusion’s cloud based updates are a taste of the future
The much-touted Apex Fusion cloud based control and interface of the Neptune Systems Apex controller has been available in Beta form for a couple months now and the features are slowly beginning to be added. Just this week the graphical…
Turbinaria heronensis – an incredible story of coral comeback
I’ve been personally fascinated with Turbinaria heronensis ever since the first time I saw one in a book, but never could I have believed that I would ever get my hands on a whole colony of this fantastic species. Looking more…
Coral Cement is aiming to provide the best superglue for coral fragging
Coral Cement is a new company hoping to make a name for itself by selling aquarium-specific superglue, and nothing else. We’ve seen it before with Joe’s Juice but so many companies make and sell super glue, can Coral Cement really…
A good look at a nice supermale comb wrasse, Coris picta
The comb wrasse is an Australian endemic reef fish which is sometimes seen in the trade, but no one deliberately clamoring for it. But Rudie Kuiter knows the striking beauty of this fish as it was selected to grace the…
The future supply of Cyclopeeze is not guaranteed
Ever since it was first introduced, the super copepod that makes up Cyclopeeze has been one of the most favored aquarium foods for feeding small and young fish, corals, and an ingredient in a huge variety of foods. We’ve been…
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…
