Green Chromis as a species complex (Chromis viridis, C. caerulea, and C. atripectoralis) represent the NUMBER ONE species collected for the marine aquarium hobby*, yet unlike another popular bread & better species (such as the Ocellaris Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris), the Green…
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Photosynthetic Gorgonians for the Home Aquaria
Of all the amazing corals that are available to the reef aquarium hobbyists nowadays, gorgonians are frequently overlooked when choosing corals for our aquariums. In the wild they are a vital part of the environment; they filter water, provide sanctuary…
Up close and personal with Synchiropus occidentalis
To be perfectly honest, our first look at the West Australia Dragonet appeared to show a species which bears a lot of similarities to the common green target mandarin. The Dragonet from West Australia is sometimes classified as the unique…
Thieves rob local fish store with everything caught on tape (again)
Stealing is an unfortunate reality even in this hobby, and over the years we’ve almost lost count how many times local fish stores have been blatantly robbed. Strangely almost all of the incidents have the robbers clearly caught on camera.…
Atomic Reef is back at producing nuclear reef aquarium equipment
Atomic Reef the company we initially covered for their macho and nuclear neon green reactors, is back to producing their acrylic reactors, skimmers, sumps and other products. Since covering Atomic Reef back in August and with the general spread of name…
Industry trailblazers Clive Bentley and Chris Turnier will be ReefStock’s Saturday speakers
ReefStock 2013 is fast approaching so it’s time to let ya’ll know who’ll be speaking and why these are the best guys for the job this year. We are incredibly pleased this year to expand to two days, with Clive…
Indian Ocean Chromis fieldi separated from Red Sea C. dimidiata
Chromis fieldi is a newly described species of damselfish from the Indian Ocean which was recently identified and described as a separate species from Chromis dimidiata. The new description published in Aqua now recognizes Chromis dimidiata as a Red Sea…
AquaBeam Ultima 1500 NP strikes up a modern ratio of blues and whites
The AquaBeam Ultima 1500 NP is the newest LED tile from Tropical Marine Centre which upgrades its light emitting diodes both in performance but more substantially in color balance. Until the AquaBeam Fiji Blue LED strip was introduced, we felt…
Whatafather reef from Hong Kong is a thing of beauty
There are tanks that are awesome for their fish and coral, and then there are tanks that are awesome because of their cleanliness along with the fish and coral. The Reef of Hong Kong reef forum user Whatafather definitely falls…
Leptoseris kalayaanensis grows into a plate of spines and spikes
It wouldn’t be a proper week of reef aquarium blogging here on Reef Builders if we didn’t bring your attention to a new exotic species of Leptoseris, L. kalayaanensis. Described in 2009 from the Philippines and subsequently also observed growing in…
