The Prognathodes butterflyfishes are an underrated and seldom kept group of fishes that surely deserves some quality air time. While commoner species such as P. marcellae, P. aculeatus and P. aya make it into the trade from time to time,…
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Experienced aquarists consider safeguarding broodstock of endemic Hawaiian fish
We’re pretty sure that the proponents of the Hawaiian-based anti-aquarium-trade movements will try to cherry pick an article like this for out-of-context statements that they can try to use to use against the aquarium industry. If you found your way…
Reef Builders presents Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic at ReefStock 2012 in Denver CO
We are extremely proud to announce Colin Foord as the second speaker for ReefStock 2012, alongside Tony Vargas. Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one…
Rainfordia opercularis is THE reef fish of the year 2011
Like we did for the most exciting breakthrough aquarium fish of the year 2011, we’re going to recap some of the most memorable and amazing fish that we’ve seen this year. We have seen some pretty amazing ground breaking collections…
Maxspect Mazarra P, the Full Review
I recently shared the unboxing of Maxspect’s latest LED offering, the Mazarra P series. Well here’s the review. I’ve recently replaced the metal halide/T5 fixture over my 180 -gallon with the Mazarra modules. The minimum number of modules for a…
Algae-grazing fish help preserve corals
We’ve all seen how algae can choke off corals in our home aquariums and the same holds true in the wild. But algae-grazing fish in the wild are doing their parts to keep algae levels low on natural reefs to…
Three new Indonesian species of fang blennies described: Meiacanthus abruptus, M. erdmanni and M. cyanopterus
It’s been less than five month since Conservation International’s survey of Bali yielded new coral and fish species and one of those blennies has already been described along with two others. Meiacanthus abruptus, M. erdmanni and M. cyanopterus are all…
Cebuan rarities band together for one exciting shipment
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUbqPbcDxQ[/youtube] A large shipment of cool reef critters was recently imported to Singapore which included a menageries of rare reef fish and a wunderpus. The above video of the Wunderpus clearly shows the amazing colour and banding patterns associated with this…
A fresh crop of joculator angelfish come to the U.S. via Global Reef Supply
The joculator angelfish, Centropyge joculator, is one of the rarest pygmy angelfish in the aquarium trade which is actually available, albeit ever so infrequently. It’s been quite a while since some fresh joculators entered the trade and a fresh batch…
BIG Banggai Cardinalfish Book for the scholar of Pterapogon kauderni
Dr. Alejandro A. Vagelli’s 224 page tome, “The Banggai Cardinalfish : Natural History, Conservation and Culture of Pterapogon kauderni” is on presale now through Amazon for the discounted price of $154.11. Obviously this is no ordinary fish book; Dr. Vagelli…
