2011 Has definitely seen its share of unique aquariums, many of which were featured right here on these pages. Some were variations on an old theme, some were nice applications of the current state of the art, and a number…
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Opinion: I heart LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den
This post would be in total fanboy territory were it not for the fact that the Diver’s Den has become a fixture of American reef aquarium culture. Like Reefer Madness before it, for many years LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den has been…
Video of the yellow belly blue tang shows off this perfect veteran aquarium fish
It’s no secret that we are currently enjoying a crush on a veteran aquarium fish, the eight-inch yellow belly blue tang that we first spotted at Marine Designs in Suwanee, Georgia. The personality of this old aquarium fish and the…
Machado de Sousa’s Coral Maternity is a quite impressive garage fish room
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToZtYTy9qIE[/youtube] When you think of a fish room, a long line of 20 gallon-ish aquariums on 2×4 racks usually come to mind. These systems do certainly get the job done, one just needs to look at Joe Lichtenbert‘s old fish…
Hawaii gets another proposal to ban marine aquarium fish collection
Talk of banning the collection of marine aquarium livestock in Hawaii is back again just eight months since Hawaii’s House Bill 580 was reported here on Reef Builders and only six months since we reported on HB580’s failure. Yet it seems…
“Tanked” – A Dose Of Reality That Doesn’t Hold Water
Like many hobbyists, I decided to check out the Animal Planet reality series, “Tanked” last night. Rather than getting caught up in the negative “pre-smack talk” about the show, I decided to actually watch it before rendering an opinion. So,…
API Nexx filter merges the best of power and canister filters
The API Nexx filter is an extremely novel new take on aquarium filtration which borrows the best features of external power filters and canister filters and adds a few original tricks as well. At first glance the API Nexx filter…
Spotted Drum – Another Look at a Spotlight-Worthy Species
Last year ReefBuilders championed the elusive and rare-in-the-trade Florida Spotted Drum, Equetus punctatus, as one of the most underrated reef fish. So I couldn’t help offering another look at the species, this time, a hand-collected juvenile from Florida that recently…
The Bladefin Basslet, Jeboehlkia gladifer, is one incredible (and expensive) deepwater reef fish
The Bladefin basslet, Jeboehlkia gladifer, that is being offered for sale on consignment by Aquatouch is an incredible reef fish that we have never heard about. At $8000 and about 1.5 inches/3cm long, the bladefin basslet is probably one of…
Chrysiptera traceyi damselfish
We really like the weirdo damselfish and Chrysiptera traceyi is the latest new species of Pomacentridae to be imported to the aquarium trade. We reported a couple weeks back that Chrysiptera traceyi had been in imported from the Marshall Islands…
