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Purple Sea Plume Gorgonians should be in way more reef tanks
For awhile now I have been trying to educate more aquarists about gorgonians and how they deserve a spot in their personal reefs as much as other corals do. You can see…
BlueHarbor acquires a new pair of the super rare Cirrhilabrus squirei
BlueHarbor, whose shop is now flooded with rare fish from the Southern Pacific, is also home to two rare fairy wrasses from the Coral Sea. This is the newest member of the highly perplexing “lunatus” species complex that is also…
Aqua Medic Live is set up for success
Sometime this summer Aqua Medic of North America began expanding its business from just hard goods to the import and wholesale of live corals with a new division called Aqua Medic Live. Aqua Medic itself is a well-established brand and…
Aqua Medic DIYs Kessil LED spotlights into the classic OceanLight fixtures
The idea of retrofitting a “competing” product into your own line of reef aquarium lights is preposterous to some, but that’s exactly what Aqua Medic of North America has done. Since setting up shop to import and wholesale live corals,…
This is what a 20 year old pair of black ocellaris clownfish look like
Sometimes we like to be proud of some of our home aquarium fish which are pushing five, eight, and even ten years old, but that’s nothing compared to some really old fish. We’ve shared the 40 year old sixbar angelfish living…
Juvenile Chaetodon wiebeli spotted cruising in a Bangkok LFS
Butterflyfish are ubiquitous in the hobby, but there are some species that hardly see the light of collection. These are either because they are really deep living species such as those in the genus Roa and Prognathodes, or are far…
Eheim Natural Flow Pipe spied in leaked product shot
The nozzle of our return pipes is a much overlooked segment of technology on our aquariums but Eheim’s new ‘Natural Flow Pipe’ is aiming to change that. While the Nature Aquarium folks have been enjoying carefuly crafted, hand made, glass…
New Comment System Coming
When we moved to Disqus way back in 2011—we thought we would be getting something really good. However, since that time Disqus has become incredibly popular powering sites like Mashable, and CNN. Because of their growing popularity Disqus made other…
Friday Smorgasbord: World’s largest DSB gets studied and more
It has been a while since we rolled out a Friday Smorgasbord but we are cranking up the engine again! As hobbyists we’ve known about the miracles we find in sand beds that have sparked debates, trends and people hoarding…
Peppermint Angels are officially making their way around the world
As we all know, there are thousands of different species of fish available in the aquarium trade, and we all have our favorites. There is no denying, however, that the Peppermint Angelfish, Paracentyropyge boylei, is by far one of the most highly…
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…
