The greytail angelfish, Chaetodontoplus poliourus, is one of the newest species of marine angelfish. It’s also pretty special to us because it was the first ‘new species of angelfish’ we ever got to write about here in Reef Builders. First described…
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A Visit to The Horniman Museum and Gardens
During the early days of the hobby there was sort of a barrier that existed between hobbyists, public aquarists and researchers that only some individuals like Bruce Carlson crossed. As a result, at MACNA V in 1993 in Toronto, many…
Blue Acropora Yongei Documented Over 20 Years by Bruce Carlson
Blue Acropora are among the most coveted corals in reef aquarium. Meanwhile, the brilliant Green Slimer Acropora yongei is one of the most common and fastest growing corals in captivity. But did you know these two types of coral have something…
Pink Acropora jacquelineae discovered in Raja Ampat
Acropora jacquelineae is a very recognizable species of deepwater or smooth skinned Acro. It is relatively easy to keep, but until now if you wanted to try your hand at growing the unique shape of Acropora jacquelineae you had to…
Amphiprion thiellei and A. leucokranos are two beautiful natural clownfish hybrids
Clownfishes are pretty promiscuous as far as fishes go, and many are capable of forming hybrids. There are only two genera of anemone fish, with the monotypic Premnas playing host to the pugnacious maroon clownfish, and the rest being placed in…
ORA shows off their first captive bred leucokranos clownfish
Amphiprion leucokranos is a coveted hybrid-species of clownfish which is only very rarely available, usually from the Solomon Islands. But if you made it to MACNA 2014 this weekend you could have seen a display with half a dozen of…
Friday Smorgasbord — Thursday Edition: Zombies, vampire squids, HUGE turtles and Google accidentally finds a new seahorse
With MACNA starting tomorrow, we figured today would be a light day since many of us will be in transit and away from the computer so this is your Friday Smorgasbord one day early. Speaking of MACNA, a recent…
Remarkable Galaxea colony corallites and polyps filmed in the wild
Not sure what is going on with this unusual looking colony of Galaxea, but we’re glad that Bruce Carlson took the time to film it. Unlike the typical Galaxea fascicularis that we see in the aquarium trade, this Galaxea colony has extremely long…
Digiman’s rocky reef tank is a rare fish paradise
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKDwMmS08A4&feature=channel[/youtube] Mr. Tay, more commonly known online as Digiman from Singapore, is a rare fish enthusiast that has been featured on ReefBuilders on a few occasions. Enthusiast is an understatement to his passion and Digiman is someone who knows his…
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…
