Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception

This Friday evening come join us for the Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception at the Sheraton Hotel. We’d love to meet new and old Reef Builders readers from across the country to discuss the first arduous…

The Skeletor eel and Berndt’s eel raise the bar for rare & beautiful eels

Move aside Dragon, Kidako and Golden eels because the Skeletor and Berndt’s eels are here to show you who’s the king of the Anguilliformes. Pictured above is Berndt’s eel, Gymnothorax berndti, an extreme deepwater rarity from Japan who’s collection is…

Candy Basslet: Hi Def video for a Hi Def reef fish

Candy basslet, Liopropoma carmabi, original high definition video. What can we say about another gem of a fish which we filmed in one of the numerous display tank at LiveAquaria? Don’t forget to click on the “HD” button.

Mysterious 400 watt mogul base Ocean Light pendant from Aqua Medic

While perusing the store rooms of LiveAquaria in Wisconsin this past weekend, we spied this unusual 400 watt mogul fixture from Aqua Medic which we had never seen before. This fixture is unusual in being a 400 watt light and…

Elos Mini Aquarium vanishes from website, upgrade in the works?

A quick glance at the Elos Europe website and you might notice something missing. The Elos system Mini which is a very popular seller for nano aquariums has vanished from the website. Generally when this happens either Elos is discontinuing…

Some amazing corals hiding in plain sight

So many rare and unusual corals that are infrequently seen in the trade make up a small percentage of all corals which are harvested for the ornamental coral trade. With that premise, LiveAquaria’s ability to  handle a huge number of…

We told you Malaysian corals were hot!

Malaysian corals are just starting to spread out to various and we are excited at what we are seeing so far. Like we said in our previous post about Borneo/Malaysian corals,  fungiids and mussids will be greatly represented with this…

Baby McCulloch’s Clownfish captured on video

New video pops out on those small McCulloch’s Clownfish that we have seen slowly growing up. Interestingly enough, this guy seems to be all alone in one tank, either done for video purposes or the folks at live Aquaira just…

17 days later Mccullochi Clownfish fry are growing up

You remember those Mccullochi Clownfish fry a few weeks ago? Well the little suckers grew. 17 days later they look like this, with stripes that are starting to appear and develop. Any guesses as to when these fish might show…

OMG, look at this scoly!

Man the livestock market is hot right now, what in the world is going on? Check out the blindingly bright Scolymia australis in this image, simply amazing. We should of received a blood pressure warning before viewing this picture. Thanks…