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Nano-reef user Metrokat’s display refugium is an awesome collection of macroalgae
Marcoalgae is awesome, and not only because of their nutrient removal abilities. We love macro algae for its ease of maintenance, cool growth forms and colors and we’re even more fond of…
TLAC Sancta LED fixtures are industrial looking with replacable LED “slides”
TLAC is a new company to the LED game, and although their website might contain some weird English phrases, their Sancta LED fixtures are actually quite interesting. The main body of the Sancta is CNC ‘d out of aluminum, which…
2012 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review
As has become a tradition, it’s time again for a look back at the past year’s advances in marine fish breeding with our annual Marine Breeder’s Year In Review. (see 2010, and 2011 Part 1, and 2011 Part 2, for…
Royal Exclusiv adds media filters to their Dreambox line up
Royal Exclusiv is releasing their own set of media reactors, and like all their other lines will be a classy as they are functional. Appropriately named the Dreambox media filters, the reactors are part of Royal Exclusiv Dreambox line which…
NextReef Sumps are the simple foundation for under tank filtration
The NextReef Sumps are a new line of vessels for housing all your reef aquarium filtration equipment, neatly and affordably under your tank. From humble beginnings NextReef has grown from a manufacturer of BioPellet reactors and accessories to full sized…
Photosynthetic Leptoseris coral found living deeper than 400 feet!!!
Leptoseris is a unique genus of stony corals that is just beginning to enjoy a following by reef aquarists. A team of researchers recently discovered some colonies of Leptoseris on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia growing at depths of…
Friday Smorgasbord: Fish Antifreeze, Aquaman, Zombie Fish and more
Welcome to the first Friday Smorgasbord of 2013! We hope to deliver you our fresh weekly buffet of tasty tidbits of news. We lead off this year’s first “Smorgi” with a tale about fish and other organisms with that actually create proteins…
‘Hidden Gardens’ is a sneak peek at one of MACNA’s high profile presentations
MACNA is still eight months away yet already a new movie from Wallacea Films is stoking our need to see one of MACNA’s most exciting new speakers. As if Sabine Penisson’s visit to Bali Aquarium‘s coral farm and the announcement…
ORA Announces Limited Availability of Captive-Bred Blackmargin Dottybacks
ORA’s newest release – the Blackmargin or Horseshoe-Tailed Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma – The fish shown here is a male (females/juveniles are gray with a yellow tail). Image courtesy ORA Time to call in a favor from your LFS and hope…
Vertex Omega Cone skimmer leads the pack for AC powered internal designs
Although the first introduction to the Vertex Omega Cone skimmer was a recirculating model with a huge recirculating pump, what Vertex has settled on with the simply internal Omega skimmer is perhaps one of the best new reef toys of…
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…
