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Mini Heat Stik heaters from Deep Blue are the ideal way to warm your smaller tanks
The Heat Stik preset aquarium heater from Deep Blue Professional is a solution to a much overlooked problem. In our aquarium careers we’ve set up a dozen nano reef tanks of our…
Philips Hue is one nifty WiFi RGB light system with apps to boot
The Philips Hue WiFi-enabled LED lighting system shows a lot of promise towards pushing app-controlled lighting into the mainstream and bodes well for the hobby overall. If you recall the Greenwave LED lighting system we touched on last week and…
Coral food recipe causes insane feeding response in Frédeau’s reef tank
This coral feeding video of Frédeau’s reef (aka Gloupe) shows just how impressive coral feeding responses can be when the right ingredients are used. We all know you are suppose to feed your corals for maximum growth rates and color…
Vivid Aquarium’s sign-wrapped service car is how you get drivers’ attention
No matter what market you live in, you’ve almost certainly seen some form of “Fish Van” driving around town, going to and from their central LFS hub and to their aquarium maintenance accounts. Sometimes the fish vans are in plain…
Phantom Tomato Clownfish collected in the Philippines
The Phantom Tomato Clownfish is an unusual specimen of Amphiprion frenatus which was recently collected in teh Philippines by RVS Fishworld. Much like the “Gladiator” ocellaris clownfish, the unusual tomato clownfish features an unusual pattern where its single head bar…
Sunday Morning Light Reading: Cycloseris on a Coldplay Album?
Coldplay is a household name in popular music these days but that wasn’t always the case. So why are we talking about them on a reef aquarium forum? Shortly after their debut EP, Coldplay released another rare EP, called “The…
Greater Caribbean Fishes application puts 1600 fish on your iPhone
The newest smartphone application from the Smithsonian Institute “Greater Caribbean Fishes” is your one stop shop for learning everything about the tropical marine fish living right off of US shores. Like Fishes: East Pacific, Greater Caribbean Fishes includes identification of numerous…
Borut Asjan’s Reef features a dramatic aquascape in Slovania
This large reef aquarium belonging to Borut Asjan is located in a bar in Slovania and it has some serious aquascaping apeal. Overbearing, massive, and with sharp lines the aquascape of this ambitious reef display has a very dramatic feel…
Canthigaster criobe is a stunning new toby sharpnose puffer from French Polynesia
Canthigaster criobe is the new species of toby (or dwarf puffer) which has recently been described from the Gambier Archipelago, French Polynesia, in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean. There are well over 30 species of Canthigaster toby pufferfish, most 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…
