PNG Seasmart – another viewpoint adds more to the story

Wednesday’s news of SEASMART’s funding loss and lawsuit stunned many.  Still, given the nature of ongoing legal proceedings, parties are generally tight-lipped about the past and present.  CORAL Magazine contributor and journalist Ret Talbot filled in a few key details…

Liopropoma aragai and L. japonicum, a couple of rare basslets on display at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan is a world class public aquarium which features some amazing exhibits. In addition to having whale sharks and manta rays on exhibit in the Kuroshio Sea Exhibit, the Okinawa Aquarium also features some extremely…

EcoEZ PNG SEASMART Operations Hamstrung by Premature Funding Loss

We were starting to wonder what happened to the forecast December 2010 release of maricultured corals from SEASMART program in Papua New Guinea. Today it was announced that the loss of PNG government funding during the last quarter of 2010…

Video of many aquarium fish in a natural reef environment in the Phillipines

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1fMzBAxOk[/youtube] This video by TikiTiki Divers in Moalboal, Ceb Island Phillipines is an interesting one documenting a wide variety of popular reef aquarium fish in their natural habitat. In this video you can see a small group of…

sReef — the skimmerless reef tank of Marko Haaga

A while back we posted about the tank of Marko Haaga, a beautiful skimmerless reef tank which is truly exceptional in it’s appearance as well as it’s execution. Some of you were excited to learn more about Haga’s reef tank so…

Bangai Cardinalfish video in their unnatural habitat

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVICeDX2dp4[/youtube] The Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, is one of the most iconic fish in the marine aquarium trade. It’s unusual coloration, unique reproductive strategy and ease of care has made Banggai cardinals extremely popular but this has led…

US imports of Albino Clownfish delayed by bureaucracy

In August, 2010, we reported that Proaquatix would be the worldwide distributor for Marcel Triessl’s Albino Ocellaris Clownfish.  Designer Clownfish enthusiasts were salivating and hoping for a short wait.  Sadly, governmental regulations in South Africa have been holding up the…

Natural reef bommies are the ultimate aquascaping inspiration

Some of our favorite dives are shallow sandy areas with isolated patches of corals, nicknamed bommies. These natural settings are perfect inspirations for a reef tank aquascape. We found this lovely youtube video depicting some nice bommies, and wanted to…

Azoox.org, the dark side of the hobby gets their own forum

Azoox.org is a newly created forum that was developed to provide and share information about the care of Azooxanthellate corals in aquariums at all experience levels. The goal of Azoox.org is not just to provide and share information on a hobbyist…

Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2010

It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we last published our list of best aquarium products of 2009. If you needed any indication that 2010 was a big year for aquarium products, consider that last year…