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…

Aqua Lung Launches Reversible Color Skins For Rogue BCD

Aqua Lung Rogue BCD Skins There is only one thing we would love more than the Aqua Lung Galaxy Wetsuit, and that would be to have a matching Galaxy cover for the ultra-portable Rogue BCD! At this years DEMA show,…

Congratulations to the Winners of the First #LFSSaturday Contest

Anyone who knows me, knows that I have a very deep love and appreciation for retail aquarium shops, aka an LFS, which is why I visit them literally all over the world. My personal feelings aside, there’s no question that…

Tiger Angelfish Hybrid Collected in Madagascar

If the tiger angelfish is the Holy Grail of marine angelfish species then we’re going to have to come up with something else to describe the new hybrid tiger angelfish. This new specimen of the tiger angelfish is only the second…

Fourth Element Introduces New OceanPositive Swimwear Line ‘FIN’

OceanPositive Building off the success of their popular OceanPositive swimwear line, Fourth Element has introduced their 2019 collecting inspired by sharks. Dubbed ‘FIN’ the collection includes swimsuits, as well as long sleeve tops and bottoms all made from recycled ghost nets…