CoralVue is set to release an electronic ballast like the popular IceCap 600 called the Vue660. You might guess that CoralVue is using the same technology as the classic IceCap 660 but has updated improvements “like utilizing higher quality, non…
Reef Builders 2010 Statistics
Over the past year, Reef Builders has produced an amazing amount of posts, images, graphs and video footage that our readers have enjoyed. We thought it might be a cool idea if we assembled all of this information in a…
Flabellum, a little known genus of fleshy azoox coral
With the growing popularity in Azoox corals, it will only be a matter of time before the deepwater coral genus Flabellum lands on the radar of this new push into dark reef keeping. Flabellum species are large, fleshy solitary stony…
Largehead Hairtail fish make an unbelievable exhibit at the Kaikyokan Aquarium
The largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus, is a very unusual fish which shipped off the factory line with a different set of operating instructions than the norm. Apparently, no one bothered to tell this species how fish are supposed to swim…
PNG Seasmart – another viewpoint adds more to the story
Wednesday’s news of SEASMART’s funding loss and lawsuit stunned many. Still, given the nature of ongoing legal proceedings, parties are generally tight-lipped about the past and present. CORAL Magazine contributor and journalist Ret Talbot filled in a few key details…
CoralVue offers support for IceCap 430 & 660 ballasts
Coralvue now offers product support for IceCap 430 and 660 ballasts. This announcement comes on the heels of Chris Conti joining Coralvue as Vice President of sales and service. Product support should start the third week of January (1/17) and…
Liopropoma aragai and L. japonicum, a couple of rare basslets on display at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan is a world class public aquarium which features some amazing exhibits. In addition to having whale sharks and manta rays on exhibit in the Kuroshio Sea Exhibit, the Okinawa Aquarium also features some extremely…
AquaLEDs.de gets an interactive webpage for configuring a fixture
Color us surprised by the new Configurator on the AquaLEDs.de website which allows a buyer to custom pick many, many details of their lights prior to ordering. Just a short month ago we reported on the interesting looking AquaLED lights…
EcoEZ PNG SEASMART Operations Hamstrung by Premature Funding Loss
We were starting to wonder what happened to the forecast December 2010 release of maricultured corals from SEASMART program in Papua New Guinea. Today it was announced that the loss of PNG government funding during the last quarter of 2010…
We finally did it: Reef Builders gets a new commenting system
One of the new features we will be releasing for 2011, is a new commenting system. And starting today you’ll be able to take it out for a test drive. The system is called Disqus. Even if you don’t know…