Where in the world did Coral Morphologic get these crazy zoanthids?

If our monitor settings are correct, we are looking at some of the most brilliant, new varieties of zoanthids in a very long time. Coral morphologic is hawking a whole new variety of zoanthids in some unbelievably brilliant color combination…

Eshopps Super Spy coral viewer makes corals look like anemones

We hope that we really don’t have to explain this one folks. The super spy coral viewer is a “tube”, like the kind which carries the internet, with a “lens” on the end which may or may not make your…

Mark Poletti shares some of his Reef Serenity, Chalice corals galore

Mark Poletti is an ardent Reef Builders reader and a friend of the Rb staff. Mark has an inspiring reef aquarium and the necessary photography skills to really show it off. Mark has kindly agreed to share a little about…

GHL ProfiLux Pump Control 1 for Hydor Korlias and Nano Koralias

GHL has released a new pump controller for Hydor Koralia 1-4 and Nanos Koralias. This is a 2-channel pump controller for 12V-pumps and the kit will include a cable set for connecting 2 pumps (Koralia Nano or Koralia 1-4) directly.…

CO2 scrubber from MCU research promises to raise your pH (+ coral growth, – algae growth)

The CO2 scrubber from MCU Research is such a simple concept that it is destined to be a valuable addition to all SPS and mixed reef aquaria. With all the research on the effects of ocean acidifcation being released on…

Coral Morphologic builds an artsy aquarium exhibit for the Collabo Show

We spend a lot of time covering the latest and greatest in the aquarium hobby and industry; usually it’s products, news or excellent livestock but we are always on the lookout for stories which break away from the norm. The…

SECORE is in full swing blogging about the Curacao coral spawning

Another summer season is nearing a close and in the Northern Hemisphere, that means that stony corals are getting horny; elkhorn and staghorn that is. For the last several years, the pre-eminent authority on capturing and rearing coral larvae, SECORE,…

Soft Corals: Still Sexy After All These Years

Being a traveling fish geek/speaker, I probably get to see as many aquariums each month as some hobbyists do all year. In almost every city that I visit, I’m taken to amazing aquariums- some are huge, some are medium sized,…

LiveAquaria’s Acropora and SPS coral display tank

The deluge of Australian LPS corals which have flooded the US aquarium market may have all but overwhelmed the SPS subculture of the reefing community but now that many of us have had our fill of lords, hillaes, moseleyas and…

Doctors may soon drug us up with capnellene from Kenya tree coral

Capnellene isthe name for a new smack hitting the streets (of medical trials) with the potential to be the next “Special K”. We’ve all probably heard that the animals living in coral reefs are the new frontier in biochemical research.…