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Longfin clownfish discovered among Sea & Reef’s black Darwin Ocellaris
Longfin clownfish are still the white buffalo of the captive breeding world and now it looks like we’ll be seeing longfin clownfish from the black Darwin ocellaris. The Longfin Darwin Ocellaris was…
Yellow Hawfkish comes stateside, makes appearance in Maryland
We have appreciated the Paracirrhites xanthus, better known as the Yellow Hawkfish, for a while and were excited to hear a few of these finally have made their way to the US. If you recall, we heard about this unusual and rare fish…
Nothin’ Poor about the Poor Man’s Moorish Idol
Mother Nature must have a special place in her heart for marine aquarium hobbyists. It seems as though for every heartbreakingly challenging reef fish she created, she did us a solid by making a reasonable facsimile that is much hardier…
Check out this crazy 3D printed protein skimmer
What do you do if you have access to a 3D printer and also are a reefer? You build some cool gadgets like this 3D printed protein skimmer designed to fit a plastic two liter bottle. These images were shared…
Crazy aquarium window tints play underwater scenes
We’ve seen some pretty interesting aquariums and aquarium scenes in the craziest places and these aquarium car windows seen in Dubai certainly do trump many of the normal car mods we typically seen. This YouTube video has a short description…
Time lapse & focus stacked coral video redefines “mind blowing”
Time lapse video and focus stacked images were made to feature corals in all their glory. But when you take 150 thousand images, focus stack them with panning and time lapse to produce a video like no one has ever seen before, Slow…
Secrets of the ghost anthias revealed in Sakayana’s dive blog
We’ve mentioned briefly before that the genus Pseudanthias, and anthias in general, are not prone to hybridisation and aberrations. Despite making their presence deeply felt by occupying almost every square inch of coral reef in shallow water, and even being…
Introducing the Red Devil Acropora tenella from Kwajalein Atoll
The Red Devil Acro is an astounding red strain of Acropora tenella that we discovered while diving the deeper portions some of the incredible reefs of Kwajalein Atoll. Admittedly it was while searching for another special coral, Acropora rongelapensis, that we came across…
Saltwater Confessions: Bizarre Marine Aquarium Blunders
After many years in the marine aquarium hobby—I’m not talking Paul B years here, but let’s just say a reasonable length of time—I like to think I’ve acquired a certain degree of wisdom with respect to keeping saltwater organisms. What…
Top 4 Global Pet Expo product releases to look out for
Now that Global Pet Expo is behind us and the dust is starting to settle, we all huddled in the Reef Builders War Room and picked our Top 4 Global Pet Expo product releases to look out for. There was…
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…
