Reef in the Sky is a wonderful SPS reef aquarium built by Zeovit forum user ‘V1…rotate’ which was just nominated by his low-nutrient-system-loving peers as the latest Dream Tank of the Quarter. Located in Hong Kong, Reef in the Sky…
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Trimma matsunoi, T. fasciatum and Gobiodon winterbottomi join a long list of cool new nano gobies
The new description of Trimma fasciatum, Trimma matsunoi and Gobiodon winterbottomi show that although the summer doldrums may be in full swing for the marine aquarium hobby, the ichthyologists are still busy classifying reef fishes.Especially with the nano reef gobies like Eviota and Trimma, these tiny substrate…
Friday Smorgasbord: Tracy Morgan, Saturn’s moon hides an ocean, shark diversity, and oceans vs. Kardashians
Not too often we get to get some celebrity news on Reef Builders but with the big news with the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes split taking up the news today, we figured we’d shift the focus to someone cooler. We lead…
Red Sea Reef Spec whittles down reef aquarium T5 lamps to three colors
Reef Spec by Red Sea is a trio of T5 fluorescent lamps for marine and reef aquarium which has figured out that three good color combinations is almost everything to make reef fish and corals look slammin’. Red Sea will soon…
Sea Dwelling Creatures brings rare Bodianus paraleucosticticus to America
The five stripe hogfish, Bodianus paraleucosticticus, is an amazing and rare hogfish which very rarely graces American soil. Recently, Cairns Marine out of Australia has been making more regular excursions to the Coral Sea to get exotic reef fish such as the five-striped…
Drs. Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen Coauthor Most Definite Species Reference of The East Indies To Date
Conservation International yesterday released what is currently the most comprehensive and definite species reference of the Coral Triangle to date. Reef Fishes of the East Indies is a three volume work coauthored by Drs. Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen that…
Friday Smorgasbord: Tank cleaning octopus, way too many koi, AquaCool demo and revenge of the sea star
The staff at the Loch Lomond Sea Life aquarium in Scotland is getting a helping hand — or tentacle — when Jock, one of its octopuses on display, began helping clean the aquarium glass. Known to be pretty intelligent creatures, this Giant…
AI Vega Blue and Vega Color final specs outed by Aqua Illumination
The AI Vega Blue and Vega Color LED reef aquarium lights are finally here with a full feature set to help the AI Vega follow in the footsteps of the wildly-popular AI Sol LED. Aqua Illumination’s newest creation will come…
Estherea reef video shows that the Dutch are some of the best reefers in the world
At Reef Builders we got mad love for the Dutch reefers and we’ve featured Tanne Hoffe, Leo Den Breejen, Pieter van Suijlekom (6 meter Pieter) and the Estherea Hotel, the latter of which has just been given a proper video…
Elos PrimaLine Marine additives just announced
Elos PrimaLine Marine additives are the latest products from the Italian manufacturer. The PrimaLine Marine menu is a complete line of additives for the aquarium from dealing with alkalinity, calcium, carbonates, trace elements, magnesium and potassium. With these being so…
