House of Fins is a premier LFS and aquarium maintenance company located in Greenwich CT. For the last four years HoF has put together this anniversary sale event they simply call “SPLASH”. We’ve been fortunate to attend and speak at…
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Amazing video from the Canary Islands gives a rare look at East Atlantic marine life
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8IgakWfGc[/youtube] If the Caribbean is overlooked because of the sheer diversity of Indo Pacific species, then the Mediterranean and East Atlantic marine fishes are way overlooked for aquarium use. It’s only recently that we’ve had ready access to…
Captive Bred Pinnatus Batfish hit the US
Mark Martin @ Blue Zoo Aquatics broke the news to Reef Builders this afternoon – Captive Bred Pinnatus Batfish (Platax pinnatus) have hit the US. The first retail offering of a 2″ tall captive bred Pinnatus Batfish is happening now!…
House of Fins 53rd Anniversary SPLASH event this weekend
House of Fins in Greenwich CT is one of the oldest aquarium stores in the country and this weekend will mark the establishment’s 53rd year in the business of ornamental aquarium fish. House of Fins, or HOF, has been ramping…
Indian Government Smackdown on the Aquarium Hobby
Even in the days of the internet, the average American-based hobbyist seldom looks outside our country’s borders to see what’s going on in the world. We too are guilty of having blinders on from time to time. There’s been a…
First hands on feeding tests of Mysis-Feast from Reef Nutrition
Mysis Feast from Reef Nutrition is one of the most significant new food product offerings from the company that brought us convenient feeding of Arctic copepods, concentrated phytoplankton and oyster “parts”. What is particularly exciting about Mysis Feast is that…
Classic: Blue Reef Photography is a rare fish lover’s wet dream
The following post is a classic which we originally posted way back in April 2009. It features fish which are still so rare that this post is definitely worth another turn. Ballina, semicinctus and conspicillatus angelfish, Amphichaetodon butterfly, latezonatus clownfish…
New Era Grazing Diet coming soon for more natural feeding of reef cows
New Era Grazing Diet is a new concept in feeding the reef fish which normally graze a little bit of greens all throughout the day. In the aquarium, the cows of the sea like Surgeonfish, tangs, parrotfish, angelfish and many…
Tunze Nano RO Station winning limerick and haiku announced
Last month we asked to submit your reefing haiku or limerick for a chance to win a Tunze Nano RO Station and the entries were so good, we’ve been debating for over a week on which one is the best.…
SWC 160 cone skimmer still rockin after 6 months of solid performance
When a protein skimmer like the SWC 160 cone comes along with over 20″ of conical reaction height, a decent pump and a price that seems way to good to be true, we gotta admit we tried out the SWC…
