We love it when reefers, vendors and manufacturers get together under one roof and the Red River Valley Reefers (RRVR) are doing their part hosting the Red River Frag Swap on Saturday, January 12. The free event has all the…
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1,500-gallon reef aquarium a beautiful specimen after four years
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2itCSx1HdM[/youtube] We featured this 1,500-gallon aquarium nearly two years ago on a post featuring Borbonius anthias (Odontanthias borbonius) shared by Aquatic Art, Inc. and this new video shows how nicely this tank has matured over the last four years. The corals…
A closer look at the extremely elusive Cirrhilabrus blatteus
Cirrhilabrus blatteus, more aptly named the purpled-boned fairy wrasse, is a member of the genus that is so extremely seldom seen that these handful of pictures of the fish in this post are probably some of the best out there.…
Who’s in the Final Four? Check to see in the 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown
So who made it down to the final four in the last vote off in the Reef Builders Reader’s Choice aquarium LED lighting showdown? Our latest round of votes was tabulated and we have the Maxspect Mazzara and Kessil A150W…
Another stunning Jeboehlkia gladifer bladefin basslet collected and captured in a photograph
We can’t look at the cute little face of the diminutive bladefin basslet without being completely in love with it. This Jeboehlkia gladifer collected at a depth fo 600 feet and photographed by Barry Brown in Curacao is absolutely adorable. The…
Elite Eight narrowed down in 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown
The votes continue to roll in here for our 2011 Reader’s Choice LED showdown. The first two rounds are complete and we have it narrowed down to the Elite Eight in this fun way for our readers to chose the…
Showpiece blue Derasa clam headed to the Northeast
You can get blue croceas and blue maxima clams all day long but for some reason blue is the holy grail coloration of Tridacna maxima and Tridacna derasa clams. Blue Maxima clams are show-stopping dramatic looking clams but blue Derasa…
2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown — Round 2 of the Reader’s Choice ready for votes!
Put round one in the books and get your voting fingers ready for the second round of the 2011 Aquarium LED showdown. As we mentioned before, we picked our 32 top stories on new aquarium LED lighting that appeared in…
2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown — we’ll let you decide
Looking back at our posts in 2011 we can definitely see the effect of LED lighting in the aquarium market, proving to be one of the hottest topics we covered this past year. With so many new products hitting…
Taka’s tank is an impressive Ukrainian reef
Any reef with an impressive aquascape, filled with healthy mature corals will catch our eye, and this Ukrainian reef is no different. The scape of the tank works especially well with the large stony corals inhabiting it, and we certainly…
