Three eyed fish caught near a nuclear power plant in Argentina

Three eyed fish are about as rare as one eyed-fish but since we’ve already born witness to the cyclops shark we may as well embrace this three-eyed wolf fish. This Tri-clops wolf fish was captured near the waters of a…

Slightly used monster RK2 300PE protein skimmer looking for a new home

Oculus Aquatics is looking to unload one beast of a skimmer at a great price.  They are currently in the process of re-engineering some of the coral systems out in the warehouse and are unloading an RK2-300-PE skimmer that is…

Super clear videos of Genicanthus semicinctus filmed in the wild

Genicanthus semicinctus is certainly no stranger to the most enthusiastic of Angelfish fans. Endemic to the Kermadec Islands and Lord Howe region, the half banded  is obviously out of reach to anyone who might even dare dream of owning one.…

JBJ Unibody LED light is as solid as it is versatile and stylish

There are a ton of LED lights vying for your reef aquarium dollar right now but the JBJ Unibody LED light stands alone in its approach. We had the good fortune to be able to use one on out little…

Diode lasers for lighting looks promising, still a ways away

Recent research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown the human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular LEDs. Why is this significant? While laser diodes may be farther from…

Innovative Marine’s Nano 16 aquarium actually has something good going on in the back

We’ve already seen the sexy single bent-glass front of the Nano 16 and Nuvo aquariums by Innovative Marine and we know that they won’t cost too much either, but we were definitely withholding an impression of the entire kit until…

An adult Golden Basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, featured on video in an aquarium for the first time

The last time we featured the Golden basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, we were dealing with the first excellent photo of a nice juvenile. Now that Blue Harbor has scored a larger specimen they’ve wasted no time producing a new photo and…

Purple Purple Tang and White-barred Asfur Angelfish are not your average Red Sea imports

For quite some time now the Hawaiian Yellow Tangs and Scopas Tangs have been hogging the limelight in the aberrant department for Zebrasoma surgeonfishes. Piebald yellow tangs, tricolor Scopas tangs and even pure white yellow tangs with fancy super-hero names given!…

Sustainable aquatics shows off captive bred pinnatus batfish

Sustainable aquatics has on display a really cool captive raised Pinnatus Batfish. The flamboyant jet black fish outlined in orange makes for an amazing display that has gathered tons of attention since the beginning of the show. The contrastingly colored…

Great turnout and response at Reef-A-Palooza this year

Day one of Reef-A-Palooza is almost at its end and what a great turnout it has been. We’ve had plenty of queries and interest in our little Captive Bred Flame Angelfish exhibition here at the Reefbuilder’s lounge. Check out the…