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Building An Obsession sumps live up to the name

Building An Obsession is a new Acrylics Works company based out of Texas that is building some sumps and accessories that really live up to the name. While passing through Orlando, we…

Back Pain and the Big Marine Aquarium

Somewhere around age 40, I passed a point of no return with respect to bodily aches and pains. In my younger, carefree days, when the various jobs I worked demanded a lot of heavy lifting, I could pretty much tell…

Bulk Reef Supply’s St. Patrick’s day sale is 7.77% off everything

You don’t need to find a four-leaf clover to be lucky this St. Patrick’s Day because Bulk Reef Supply has got you covered. Today (3/16) and tomorrow (3/17) only, you can get 7.77% off everything in the Bulk Reef Supply…

Aquarium Shows

Hands-On with Eheim’s StreamOn+ propeller pump

The Eheim StreamOn+ pump had its first American showing at the Global Pet Expo last week and we made sure to spend some time wrapping our heads, and fingers, around what this new propeller pump is all about. Pricing and…

Aquarium Shows

Egg Rocker from Cobalt Aquatics addresses a really niche application

The Egg Rocker from Cobatl Aquatics is a new ingenious device that african cichlid breeders have been making and using for years. Usually relegated to a DIY project, egg tumblers have been around for a long time as a concept,…

Saltwater Fish

Wayne’s Ocean World scores a sweet white-face yellow tang

It’s been a while since we shared a nice mutant Zebrasoma tang so how about a nice large white-face yellow tang? This bicolored beauty was obtained by Wayne’s Ocean World Hawaii and it was sent to Reefwise in Chicago Illinois. As…

Aquarium Shows

Seachem Success Bag takes your fish & corals home

Seachem’s Success Bag is a new product which aims to give fish & invertebrates a better ride home from the local fish store. Not to be confused with The Bag, Seachem’s Success Bag is a 2.5mm thick fish bag with…

Equipment

DIY Algae Trough—Fight Algae with Algae!

In my opinion, marine aquarium hobbyists have a fundamental misunderstanding of algae. It is not a disease, and it can’t be cured, as it grows on every healthy reef in the sea. We don’t usually see as much of it…

Aquarium Shows

Get a taste of MACNA from Thomas Brown’s coverage of ReefStock 2014

ReefStock 2014 has come and gone from Denver Colorado but the local community still has the big reef show to look and work towards; MACNA. If you didn’t get a ski break at this year’s ReefStock, we sincerely hope all…

Editorial

Reef Builders Prediction – Captive Bred Butterflyfish by the end of 2014!

It has been a long time coming, but just as we see aquaculturists banging hard on the door, demanding to be let in on the secrets of captive-bred Tangs, so too we see the captive-breeding barrier being approached from every…