Reef Culture Technologies is ramping up to breed angelfish again

After a long absence from breeding marine angelfishes, we are happy to announce that Frank Baensch has already begun to get Reef Culture Technologies back into gear. For a few years in the early 2000s Frank Baensch was a prolific…

First hands on feeding tests of Mysis-Feast from Reef Nutrition

Mysis Feast from Reef Nutrition is one of the most significant new food product offerings from the company that brought us convenient feeding of Arctic copepods, concentrated phytoplankton and oyster “parts”. What is particularly exciting about Mysis Feast is that…

Katalyst from Brightwell Aquatics is a Bioreactive Filtration Media (biopellets)

Katalyst is a new Biopellet from Brightwell Aquatics which is a solid carbon dosing alternative for phosphate and nitrate control. Brightwell Aquatics is one of those companies which is happy to chase all manner of additive products (i.e. NeoZeo) and…

Pink Lemonade Acropora with shaggy polyps wins the Io LED Photo contest

The Io LED photo contest received nearly 1500 votes and the Reef Builders readership has spoken. Congratulations to Mike Kane who submitted this great picture of an unbelievably shaggy pink lemonade Acropora. Mike will receive an Io LED pendant from…

Qulio aquarium for viewing Clione Sea Angels

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SITmSiMoR3w[/youtube] Move over Sea Monkeys, here come the Sea Angels. This unique all-in-one system dubbed the Qulio is made specifically to house Clione or “sea angels.” The quirky little critters are actually a mollusk that live in the…

First Hand reports of the effects of cold water stress in the Florida Keys

Reef Builders is proud to welcome Collin Foord to the RB writing block. Collin is one of the founders of Coral Morphologic, a long time sponsor of this blog. Through their frequent diving throughout the Florida Keys searching for cool…

Clownfish, staghorn coral among species on climate change “flagship” list

Clownfish and staghorn coral are among 10 species identified as those hardest hit from climate change due to increased CO2 emissions and ocean acidification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) at the UN Climate…

Resplendent Angelfish, Centropyge resplendens: HD video of a captive raised jewel

The Resplendent angelfish, Centropyge resplendens, is one of the most highly sought after pygmy angelfish species in the world. Hailing only from Ascension Island in the isolated center of the Atlantic Ocean, the resplendent angelfish was once a commonly available…

Aquarium Stimulus Program: Reef Nutrition sampler pack

Whether you have small fish or large fish, soft corals or hard corals, invertebrates or outvertebrates, The Reef Nutrition product line has got the bottle you need to feed your reef. As you read this, you are only a moment…

Coral Feeder from H2O Life is not for basting turkeys

If you’ve ever tried to target feed corals or other inverts with a regular old turkey baster, then you know how difficult it can be to gently squeeze out a small portion onto your targeted organism. It may be a…