It’s been almost five years since Bali Aquarich first revealed one of their most popular captive breeding successes with their goldflake x flagfin angelfish hybrids. At the time we would occasionally see this specific cross from the Central Pacific but…
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Nisso Micro Disc Heater For The Smallest Of Tanks
The Nisso Micro Heater is a new waterproof and aquarium safe heating element which is among the tiniest we have ever seen. Instead of having a glass tube or a titanium heating element, the Nisso Micro Heater uses a ceramic…
4.0 Cirrhilabrus laboutei & the Origins of Fairy Wrasse Diversity
At last, we’ve reached the thrilling conclusion to this comprehensive review of Fairy Wrasse evolution, and it’s time to once more dwell upon the topic of the group’s origins. As we’ve previously discussed, this enormously diverse genus can be comfortably categorized…
A Photographic Identification Guide to Stenopus Shrimp
The Coral Banded Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) is a staple of the aquarium hobby, but there are many more species in its genus that are less familiar to aquarists. Nearly all of the dozen or so species appear in exports from…
Pseudojuloides polackorum is the newest species of pencil wrasse from South Africa
The genus Pseudojuloides constitutes a collection of fusiform torpedo shaped wrasses with chisel like incisiform teeth that are more often found living in lose sandy rubble instead of the usual coral cover. Pseudojuloides was last revised in 1981 where five new…
Undescribed Plectranthias from Papua shows up in Bangkok, Thailand
If there’s a genus we love more than or equal to Liopropoma here at Reef Builders, it’s got to be Plectranthias. Unfortunately, Plectranthias is poorly reviewed and the genus is riddled with numerous undescribed members which leads to confusion in identifying various species. To make…
Liopropoma lunulatum offered in the pink of health for the first time by De Jong Marine
Liopropoma has been a much talked about genus here, especially in the last few months. With Liopropoma fasciatum claiming fish of the year and L. aberrans making a scene in Singapore, our obvious love for this genus is poorly concealed. We even have a pretty…
Awesome possum: The diminutive and taciturn Wetmorella
Unlike Awesome Possum, Wetmorella does not can haz chezburgers, neither does it enjoy being an internet meme. Wetmorella is a small yet very interesting genus comprising of three Indo-Pacific species that lead very cloistered lives in dark caves and ledges.…
BioSPON hybrid sponge filter has more than one trick up its sleeve
The humble sponge filter is the unheralded hero of aquarium keeping which first made it possible to both filter and aerate aquariums in the early days of aquarium keeping. We can think of almost nothing that has changed about sponge…
Corrente Digital Flow Meter from Perfect Reef Systems (PRS)
The Corrente Digital Flow meter is a new cutting edge reef aquarium from Perfect Reef Systems. Flow meters, analog or digital are all but absent in the world of aquariums save for some crude flow ‘indicators’ sometimes built into certain…
