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Breaking down the Radion G3 LED and third generation Radion Pro
The third generation Radion G3 LED and its higher end Pro counterpart have a seriously cool new design and more revisions than previous incarnations. We reached out to Ecotech Marine about the…
The Calcium Reactor: A Device Well Worth its Salt
A hobby like reef keeping has its fair share of intimidating technologies. I suppose it doesn’t help to call certain technologies sterilizers, fractionators, or reactors, which further instills a sense of complexity. One such device is the calcium reactor, and…
Favites monticularis is a spikey new species of stony coral
The moon brain corals of the family Faviidae have yielded some interesting new species lately, but the newly described Favites monticularis will stand out in your mind, literally. Favia camranensis was certainly neat with its shingle-like corallites but the spiny corallite walls…
Seachem Reef Glue
Super Glue; we all know what it is, we use it on our reef tanks all the time, and now Seachem is a new source for cyanoacrylate with their new Reef Glue. As with many other products that Seachem has…
Big Bertha, the Queen of the Sunburst Anthias
Since Lemon spotlighted the Sunburst Anthias this morning with beautiful pictures of a new aquarium specimen, we thought this would be a good time to show you what Sunburst Anthias really look like when they approach adulthood. This ginormous Sunburst…
Hands on with the HydroWizard Small aka HW42
We’ve finally got our hands on the hotly anticipated HydroWizard Small water pump and we just can’t wait to show it to you. The HydroWizard Small aka the HW42 is the first consumer-size water mover from Panta Rhei, better known…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Serranocirrhitus latus, the Sunburst Anthias
We’re continuing with the Awesome Fish Spotlight mini series this year and today we feature a most beautiful aquarium staple – the Sunburst Anthias. Also known as the fathead anthias, it is the only member of the genus Serranocirrhitus, and its…
Countdown to 2015 with BlueHarbor’s immaculate rare fish calendar
2013 was such a fantastic year for rare fish and aquarium tidbits and we’re so stoked to see what 2014 will bring. Here’s a fun way to countdown 2014, and what better way than with BlueHarbor’s splendid calendar. In typical…
The Sally Lightfoot Crab: A Real Character of a Crustacean
Sharing the surname of a famous Canadian folk singer, of whom I’ve been an ardent fan for many, many years (once again confirming that my profound nerdiness knows no bounds), the Sally Lightfoot crab, a.k.a. the nimble spray crab, of…
Euphyllia ancora, the wall hammer is the coral of the year
Some years of the reef keeping hobby bring us new varieties and new species of corals for us to enjoy, but in 2013, the wall hammer was incredibly well represented across the globe. Euphyllia ancora, the wall hammer coral with the…
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…
