The Inspiring Reef Tank of Luis Rosa

There’s not too many reef tanks that we could describe as approaching perfection, but Luis Rosa’s 65 gallon is surely getting close. Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder and Mr. Rosa’s combination of aquascape, healthy corals, new-school…

Trimma christianeae, a New Species of Pygmy Goby from Milne Bay

Gobies are so plentiful and diverse we knew it was only a matter of time until we got a new species this year. The highly species rich genus Trimma gets first billing for 2019 with the official description of T. christianeae from…

Greenland Sharks are the Ancients of the Polar Seas

There’s a lot we don’t know about so much of the marine life living in the deep ocean or in the cold polar seas, and it turns out that their age can be astonishingly ancient. It’s already well known that…

Getting the 400 Gallon Tank Placed at the Reef Builders Studio

There’s a reason I set up a token nano reef tank in the early days of the Reef Builders Studio, and that’s because it was a quick, couple hour affair which would give me happy corals in a tank before…

This is one of the Nicest Eclectus Jawbreaker Shrooms Ever

Eclectus, jawbreaker, Vincent’s Revenge, whatever you call it this is one of the nicest Discosoma corallimorph shrooms we’ve ever seen. Shared by Taiwan’s own VP Corals this single psychedelic polyp is really the cream of the crop for this group of…

New Innovative Marine Nuvo INT Lagoon are Here

Innovative Marine is continuing to grow their aquarium catalog with the addition of two more tanks in very interesting size and shape. The Nuvo INT Lagoon 112 and 150 are a pair of particularly broad and shallow tanks with proportions…

Behold the Reef of a 1000 Acro Millies!

By: Vincent Chalias Spending time in Australia, we got the opportunity to see with our own eyes, what coral collecting in these waters is like. In another epic day on the bumpy, short sharp swell of Great Barrier Reefs water…

Baby Nautilus Born at Toba Aquarium, Japan

Nautilus area free swimming group of shelled cephalopods that are beyond bizarre in their appearance, even when compared to other marine life. Large adult Nautilus can grow to ten inches in diameter, and their shells have been used as ornamentation…

Cryptocentrus altipinna, a New Species of Highfin Shrimpgoby

Cryptocentrus altipinna is a fresh new species of small watchman goby from the eastern Indian Ocean around Thailand and Sri Lanka. This smaller species of watchman has a beautiful rosy pink spotted face very similar to the pink spotted watchman, Cryptocentrus…

Seachem Scraper has Innovative Retractable and Reversible Blades

The Seachem Scraper is an innovative new aquarium cleaning accessory from a company best known for its long history of making aquarium additives. Seachem has really gotten into the aquarium accessory segment in recent years with coral cutters, plant scissors,…