Brown Clown Gobies are anything butt…and Naked Green Clown Gobies?

Seems like we’ve forgotten the clown gobies of the genus Gobiodon lately. Generally truly inexpensive and often thought of as common, they lack the exclusivity factor of something like a captive bred Brazilian Goldline Goby (Elacatinus figaro) or the mystical qualities of…

Marine animals group into clusters, in the deep sea and on reefs

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgrcgrNTSAE[/youtube] Energy and nutrients are not evenly distributed in the ocean, and sea creatures have evolved to zero-in on areas of their habitat which will be most conducive for the survival, growth and reproduction. The clustering of sea…

Planarians move up in the tree of life, no longer such a lowly life form

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/11416114[/vimeo] Convolutriloba retrogemma, the dreaded red planaria flatworm, is a loathed aquarium pest which just moved up in the world. Although once grouped with the Platyhelminthes, the true flatworms, the Planaria which include the familiar pest have recently…

Fish Heads’ Real Reef line adds Shelf and Nano Live Rock!

A couple weeks ago we brought you the battle royale between Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads new Real Reef Live Rock.  What we didn’t know at the time was that the folks at Fish Heads already…

Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads’ Real Reef Live Rock Go Head-To-Head

Online saltwater livestock retailer Drs. Foster & Smith’s Diver’s Den at Live Aquaria caught our attention over the past couple weeks with a new product quietly “snuck in” to the daily Diver’s Den emails.  Listed under the invertebrates category, there…

Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2010

It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we last published our list of best aquarium products of 2009. If you needed any indication that 2010 was a big year for aquarium products, consider that last year…

The Rocky Mountain Reef Tank gets a two-year anniversary update

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sncfi4hgnM0[/youtube] The 1200 gallon Rocky mountain Reef Aquarium of Stephen Hurlock is a very special one for us, and a very important one for Reef Builders. I was fortunate enough to be involved in the design and construction…

March 2010 Advanced Aquarist now Online

The March Edition of Advanced Aquarist is now online. In this edition you read about a very interesting article by Dana Riddle, Aquarium Corals: Stony Coral Parasites: Red and Black Bugs: Identification Guide, Preventive Measures, and a Review of Treatment…

Mesophotic Reef- low light reefs can teach us new things about contemporary reefing

Tim Wijgerde of Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system, basically a low light reef. Tim dropped in to share with us why he decided to do a low light reef tank and what low light reef animals can teach…

ORA Purple Stylo starting to be released in limited numbers

The purple stylo from ORA is a strain of Stylophora that we have lusted after for over 5 years since we first saw a specimen of this startling color strain in the 2000 gallon reef aquarium of French reef aquarist…