Leave it to the Japanese to be responsible for sending up an aquarium into outer space with the Aquatic Habitat research mission. The Aquatic Habitat space aquarium sent to the International Space Station by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is…
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Kessil A350 review, just about the best stand alone LED spotlight for aquarium corals
By almost any metric, the Kessil A350 and A350w are some of the best and most feature rich LED spotlights ever made for growing corals in aquariums. Following the widespread success of the Kessil A150w LED spotlights, the A350 and…
Yellow polyp orange cap – who knew that montipora came in this color?
We recently spotted an orange capricornis with yellow-green polyps at World Wide Corals which totally took us by surprise. As long as the aquarium hobby’s been keeping and growing plating Montipora corals and as many colored-polyp colonies that have been maricultured…
LD Lighting Engine is a new type of light source from Toshiba
LD Lighting is a new type of light source from Toshiba which uses lasers to light up an emitter. Not to be confused with LED, LD Lighting stands for “Laser Diode” lighting so instead of using broad emission LED like…
Friday Smorgasbord: iGills, iron spiking, dolphin rights and how to be an aquanaut
Welcome to the latest edition of your Friday smorgasbord of weird, wacky and downright cool tidbits from around the interwebs. Today’s edition has some fun and funky things and leading off if a cool gadget that turns your iPhone into…
Aquasky LED revealed in stunning detail by ADA Thailand
The new Aquasky LED from Aqua Design Amano looks soooo good that if there existed a marine version with bue and white diodes, we’d already be planning a nano reef tank around its form factor. First announced back in May,…
Seahorse Aquariums shares an evening with a Red Sea aquarist
In their “Evening with an Aquarist” series, progressive aquarium shop Seahorse Aquariums in Dublin Ireland brought Steve Halls to the west side of the British Isles to school 70 attendees on some very modern thinking about managing marine aquarium chemistry.…
Tour de BlueHarbor – Part 1. Beyond the shopfront.
BlueHarbor is perhaps, one of the more iconic and reputable fish stores in the East and maybe even the world – Renowned for their incredible repertoire of some of the rarest reef fishes, as well as Koji’s incredible knowledge and…
Dr. G’s Medicated Frozen Foods for piece of mind
In a special installment, Reef Builders contributor Matt Pedersen (MP) and guest contributor, fish breeder Junkai Ong (FuEl), offer two viewpoints on Dr. G’s line of medicated frozen fish foods. Medicated feeds like Dr. G’s can prevent medications from entering…
Repashy Gel Foods take freshwater by storm…but there’s more
Repashy Gel Foods have a reputation among reptile enthusiasts, and the newer line of Repashy Superfoods for tropical fish have really caught the attention of freshwater fish enthusiasts for their value and for their ability to serve as a day…
