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What do you do when you are rich? Build a crazy aquarium fence
What do you do when you have copious amounts of money? You get crazy with aquarium installations. One wealthy citizen in Turkey decided to create a fence of fish to separate his…
Biology of Butterflyfishes, a new book focused on the beautiful Chaetodontidae
Biology of Butterflyfishes is an exciting new book which will bring some much deserved knowledge and information about this charismatic group of iconic reef fish. In the marine aquarium world, the marine angelfishes get their lion’s share of the spotlight,…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Pseudanthias bimaculatus
Awesome Fish Spotlight is a new mini series which will feature beautiful fish that have been well maintained and groomed by their loving aquarist owners. Today’s random fish highlight features a splendid male Pseudanthias bimaculatus by Singaporean reefer Randy. Commonly…
Odonus niger: A Toothy but (usually) Nonviolent Trigger
Say “triggerfish” to a group of experienced salties, and you’re apt to evoke bloodcurdling memories of once-kept triggers massacring fellow fish, shredding sessile invertebrates, mangling submerged equipment, toppling rockwork, or even biting the hand that feeds them. Let’s face it,…
“A Girlfriend for Fabio” is the coolest crowdfunded aquarium project to date
The Japanese Pygmy Angelfish, Centropyge interrupta, is a seminal marine aquarium fish that is as stunning as it is rare. With several successes rearing marine fish under her belt, now Karen Brittain is aiming to raise this gorgeous fish in captivity…
Polyp Booster from Polyp Lab aims to be the ultimate coral feeding stimulant
Polyp Lab, makers of the popular ReefRoids coral foods has just released a new product called Polyp Booster. Polyp Booster, depending on how you look at it is part coral feeding stimulant and part very fine coral food for the…
BuildMyLED strip addresses some concerns of using LED for primary lighting
I recently posted some of the obstacles I faced running LEDs. I had put my old metal halide fixture back over the tank till I had time to mull over a possible solution. The notable issue is the nature of…
Freshwater Dip: Help Prevent External Parasites in 4 Steps
All my fish are infected with ich! Now what do I do? This is the all-too-common lament of impatient hobbyists who habitually introduce new fish to an established aquarium without a period of quarantine and other preventive measures. They may…
Shoreliner11’s 65 gallon temperate reef is a cold water beauty
With the increasing popularity of cold water marine aquariums, the livestock seen in these systems are no longer just limited to locally found specimens and are actually starting to come from all around the world. Case in point is this…
Take microscopic images of your reef with a Mesoscope camera
The ground-breaking Mesoscope 2 magnifying tele-microscope for aquariums has just been endowed with an accessory to capture the highly detailed view of your reef. The Ogles 5 megapixel C-mount camera for the Mesoscope 2 is ready to mate up with the Mesoscope…
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…
