The photo above was made 25 years ago, on 26 June 1985, in the aquarium of Dietrich Stüber, Berlin by Svein Fossa, an internationally recognized expert in reef keeping. This historic photograph is the first known documented case of an…
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Rare xanthic potter’s angelfish captured by Pacific Tropics
This odd-colored Potter’s Angelfish, Centropyge potteri, was recently captured by Pacific Tropics in Hawaii. The Potters Angelfish is one of the Centropyge species which can show a great deal of variability in it’s color pattern, and Dave Kelly was lucky…
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…
