Advanced Aquarist January issue now online, 2nd 2009 book also available

It’s January 15th which means that Advanced Aquarist has released another issue of the venerable online magazine. The first issue of the year has some original articles from Ken Feldman, Sanjay Joshi, Dana Riddle, myself and the announcement of the…

Sybon Digital Thermometer is submersible and on sale

The Sybon Digital Thermometer is a welcome newcomer to the desolate group of economy electronic thermometers. While browsing for thermometers recently, we just couldn’t bring ourselves to spring for even a few bucks towards the fairly unreliable Coralife model. The…

Bandit Angelfish, video of a perky juvenile

Juvenile Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, are very striking fish for their bold black on white stripes patterning. This well adjusted juvenile aquarium specimen is brimming with personality as he swims confidently around in his 10 gallon QT/conditioning aquarium. This is…

Sfiligoi’s new DSE metal halide + T5 lighting fixture

Sfiligoi’s new DSE metal halide plus T5 lighting fixture uses a twin lamp and reflector design that should help it push it past normal PAR numbers with minimal power consumption. Sfiligoi reports the test of PAR on the new DSE…

Planctonite releases new Sweeper 2.0 version

Planctonite has updated their popular sweeper product to a new version, 2.0. This new version is an upgrade to the sweeper and adds additional functionality. “In this new version of Sweeper the cleaning head is magnetically driven, facilitating the cleaning/rinsing…

FrankenScoly shows that even reefers can be mad scientists

The FrankenScoly is a very striking coral that we stumbled upon while killing time on eBay. This auction was first listed over a week ago but an error in the listing caused it to be canceled. Now the Frankenscoly has…

ZEOvit’s first Dream Tank of the Quarter is full of color but lacking vision

Congratulations to Andrzej Niewiarowski for taking the ZEOvit DTOQ title which will again go to a Pole. This SPS dominated oligotrophic reef tank is 6.5′ long and aside from using the ZEOvit method of nutrient management, the back room is…

Sfiligoi gets new new distributorship in the United States

Sfiligoi has gotten fresh distributorship within the United States. It was previously reported that Quality marine would be the sole distributor here in the United States and although that was true earlier it seems that Sfiligoi had a change of…

Interview with Claude Schuhmacher on the balling method from Fauna Marin

We’re excited to bring you this interview of Claude Schuhmacher about the balling method from Fauna Marin. This interview was done by a local reef club. Enjoy! Choosing a supplement method for Ca, Kh and Mg to your reef aquarium…

Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris

We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…