Another surgeonfish has been collected in the wild with the strange piebald coloration that seems to be pretty common in wild surgeonfish and now we’re really getting anxious to know what this condition is, or what causes it. The genus Ctenochaetus is…
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Video of crazy, never ending coral field in Japan
There’s a lot of coral awesomeness in Japan, for some reason it is home to the northernmost coral reef ever found, as well as one of the single largest coral colonies yet documented. And here again we have procured this…
So Much to Dig about Montipora digitata!
As I grew to love SPS corals, one in particular stood out and caught my eye: Montipora digitata. I have found M. digitata to be a fast-growing, hardy SPS coral that, once established in a well-balanced reef tank, can really…
More details about Hydor’s Koralia Gen3 including pricing
Hydor’s third generation of their Koralia is the most compact and energy efficient propeller water pump that the company has ever created. This new breed of water movers benefits from a few creative features, including a very novel way to attach the…
Hydor releases teaser video for the new Third Generation Koralia pumps
The third generation Koralia pump has taken the reef world by surprise, showing us all that Hydor has the chops not only to build one of the most popular propeller pumps of modern reefing, but also to improve and innovate…
Trio of eye candy coral videos focus on fluorescence, macros and time lapse
If any animal is more worthy of closer scrutiny using macro video, time lapse, and fluorescence exposure, than corals, we don’t know what that creature is. Long time readers of Reef Builders will be familiar with the semi-regular sharing of…
Sneak peek at Hydor’s third generation Koralia water pump
The third generation Koralia pump is Hydor’s latest breed of propeller pump which really bring with them a next generation level of refinement. Any pump manufacturer can deliver incremental improvements to their newest pumps, kinda like what hydor did with…
Coral-Shop debuts ModuLight LED-D-A1 LED light controller
Coral-Shop just released a simple digital programmable dimmer for LED lights. The ModuLight LED-D-A1 was designed to be easy to use for 12-24V constant voltage LED lights with the typical assortment of features such as full control of timing for…
Bulk Reef Supply demonstrates that toxic Chloramine IS getting through most water filters
Chloramine is a well-documented toxin to all manner of aquatic life, freshwater and marine, and aquarists have long believed that basic reverse osmosis is good enough to eliminate Chloramine from our water supply. Pre-treatment with carbon blocks and post-treatment with deionizing…
Tyler Bell’s Zoanthid tree is an exquisite concept of coral display
Corals are such adaptive creatures, they are amenable to being positioned and grown into all kinds of shapes and positions. Tyler Bell’s Zoanthid Tree is an impressive collection of many popular strains of Zoanthus and Palythoa species arranged into an unforgettable bouquet…
