AEFW — the dreaded acropora-eating flatworm has been a nuisance for hobbyists for years and has just gotten a new name thanks to a research team led by Dr. Kate Rawlinson from University College London. Amakusaplana acroporae is the official…
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Kessil LED spotlight is lookin mighty fine over a 22 gallon nano reef
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtLxYorUts[/youtube] Kessil LED is a new company to the aquarium world which will soon be offering their Kessil A150W LED spotlight in white, blueish and blue colors. While the A150w LED spotlight is not yet widely available, that…
How to: Reverse-photoshopping a totally blown out coral photo
Let’s face it, the online coral WYSIWYG space is completely inundated with unrealistic photographs of corals for sale. The Photoshopping of coral images has reached such extreme proportions that it is getting extremely hard to even believe your eyes when…
Flabellum, a little known genus of fleshy azoox coral
With the growing popularity in Azoox corals, it will only be a matter of time before the deepwater coral genus Flabellum lands on the radar of this new push into dark reef keeping. Flabellum species are large, fleshy solitary stony…
Historic Stuber Acropora photograph documents 25 years of stony coral reefing
The photo above was made 25 years ago, on 26 June 1985, in the aquarium of Dietrich Stüber, Berlin by Svein Fossa, an internationally recognized expert in reef keeping. This historic photograph is the first known documented case of an…
US imports of Albino Clownfish delayed by bureaucracy
In August, 2010, we reported that Proaquatix would be the worldwide distributor for Marcel Triessl’s Albino Ocellaris Clownfish. Designer Clownfish enthusiasts were salivating and hoping for a short wait. Sadly, governmental regulations in South Africa have been holding up the…
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…
Phosballs from SeaSlug claims to have a better recipe for Biopellets
Phosballs are a new Biopellet from the new Polish aquarium chemistry company SeaSlug. Their first product offering is a high purity biopellet called Phosballs which are part of the “next generation” of solid carbon dosing. Unlike most biopellets, Phosballs start…
The focused approach to reef keeping
It seems as though not a day goes by here on Reef Builders when you don’t hear about some new product, animal or technique that will help change the hobby forever. New things that promise to simplify and improve our…
Scientists link both hot and cool ocean temperatures to coral disease
We have seen studies on warmer ocean temperatures and the effects it has on coral disease and bleaching events but a new study shows the link between mild water temperatures during the preceding winter period with outbreaks of coral diseases.…
