A newish additive has been available to the market. It’s function is to increase the immune system of the fish. As the company states: “The Fishkeeper’s™ unique and natural, drug free ingredients work to nourish and balance the biological system…
LED startup Bridgelux looking to shake up lighting industry with interchangeable LEDs
Interchangeable LEDs are the holy grail of solid state lighting and now a new startup is looking to revolutionize the LED lighting industry; we hope its just a matter of time before it trickles down into the aquarium side. Silicon…
Octopuses love them some HDTV
The octopus is a curious and quite resourceful creature and recent research has seen the cephalopod respond to visual stimuli on HDTVs giving scientists a better way to monitor and learn from their behavior. Before researchers were befuddled by the…
Captive bred mandarin gobies soon commercially available from ORA
Captive bred ORA mandarin gobies, the blue mandarin Synchiropus splendidus and the target ORA mandarin S. picturatus are some of the most exciting new captive raised creatures to be announced by Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums (ORA) since their all white…
Face of thorny oyster (Spondylus americanus) on HD Video
Coral Morphologic looks at the thorny oyster (Spondylus americanus) and captures it on their HD Video. Since Coral Morphologic is making this HD video a weekly affair we couldn’t resist sharing this with our dear readers. “Unlike most shallow-water oyster…
Download the new Reef Builders plugin
We are happy to announce the new Reef Builders plugin. We’ve worked a long time to develop this. What will this give our dear Reef Builders readers? Built inside the plugin is fast access to all Reef Builders has to…
USHIO Introduces G12 Base Metal Halide lamp in Aqualite™ Series
Ushio has released their popular lamp color, Aqualite™ Series in a G12 type bulb. “This new single ended 150W lamp design in 14,000 Kelvin harnesses the ability to align the lamp to a parabolic reflector axially, leading to more efficient…
The Dwarf Dartfish, Aioliops megastigma, perhaps a perfect nano reef schooling fish
By Matt Wandell and Rich Ross One of the great things about working at a public aquarium is seeing all the interesting and unique animals that come through our doors. Sometimes the most fascinating fish come in the smallest packages,…
Ecoxotic Mystic Cube Aquarium silhouetted
Either Ecoxotic has a new LED light which shines everywhere but the tank or this is a sneaker image of some fancy new aquarium we haven’t seen yet. Just when we were getting comfortable pigeonholing Ecoxotic into being just an…
Win a Vortech MP10 pump with EcoSmart Driver
This is your chance to own a new piece of equipment that was just released. The MP10 with EcoSmart Driver which was released at the ReefStock aquarium show is up for grabs. We aren’t going to bore you with the…
