Things are going well at the build out of the Reef Builders Studio and we’ve been able to install our very first concept aquarium. Just in time for the season, the Christmas Tree Worm aquarium is our version of a…
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Calico Scopas Tang Among Recent Imports of Koi & Tricolor Tangs
If you’re on the lookout for a rare and unique surgeonfish for your saltwater or reef aquarium, there’s no better place to look right now than TSM Corals. Don & his crew have been acquiring these unusual fish from the…
Gyre XF330 Review – Turbine Pumps Reach Their Full Potential
The Gyre XF330 is the smaller of two new second generation water movers from Maxspect, a company which was once only know for LED aquarium lighting. It’s hard to imagine it’s been only four years since the novel Gyre pump was…
X-Adventurer M6000 Video Lights Are Making Our Divers A Heck Of A Lot Brighter!
We recently picked up a pair of X-Adventurer M6000 video lights and have had a week to test them out in Sulawesi. And while we’re still dialing in the perfect combination between white balance and camera settings, get ready because our…
The ‘Instant Nano Reef’ is Doing Great after Three Months in the Studio
When the build out of the Reef Builders Studio first began, I thought it was fitting and necessary to go ahead and get one token reef tank in there as soon as possible. Since all the big aquariums were still…
Navigobius asayake, The Newest Angelic Dartfish Species from Japan
Navigobius asayake is the newest species of dartfish discovered to get an official species description. Once known only from pictures taken by SCUBA divers, the Navigobius genus was erected only in 2009 and has expanded rapidly to include four very distinct and…
Deltec 7i Skimmer Uses High Performance Abyzz A200 Pump
The Deltec 7i is a new hot rod protein skimmer using the closest thing we have to a supercar water pump, the Abyzz. This particular needle wheel skimmer body sports all black accents to match the Abyzz A200, even the…
First Photos of a Big & Beautiful Male Hemi Flasher Wrasse
Blue Ocean SARL is on fire collecting exciting fish from Madagascar – a couple weeks ago it was a hybrid tiger angelfish and today it’s the holy grail flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus. The little known half banded or ‘Hemi’ flasher…
Black Hippo Tang Scored by Professional Fish Keepers
Regal blue tang, blue hippo tang, Paracnathurus hepatus, or Dory, whatever you call them we can all agree this fish is supposed to be blue. As it turns out not all blue or hippo tangs get that memo and once in…
Huge Video Update of the Progress from the Reef Builders Studio
We couldn’t be any happier with how the new Reef Builders Studio is coming along. While we’ve been keeping you abreast of the individual changes and projects at the studio such as the Mode Retail Rack and the first waves…
