In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine Centre in the UK,…
Panda Angelfish will have you Playing the Species Guessing Game
We love to play the fish ID game at Reef Builders, and this week we got to play it with the dwarf angelfish from the genus Centropyge pictured here. Our first guess was that it is a hybrid, as there…
Nutramar Shots and Pellets now available from Quality Marine
Quality Marine is supplying a new fish food called Nutramar. Available in “shot” and pellet form, the new food will be available in four recipes, and for tropical and marine fish. The shots are in large spherical form and can…
Quality Marine adds the Purple Tang to their captive breeding success
Quality Marine has announced that they have successfully bred and raised Purple Tangs, Zebrasoma xanthurum. The fish were bred and reared in their state-of-the-art hatchery in Los Angeles and will soon be available to their retail store partners. Dean Kline…
Quality Marine’s Citron gobies come in several funky flavors
Citron gobies come in many colors from lemon to mustard yellow, brown to black, but these specimens from Quality Marine are definitely in the in-between category. Gobiodon citrinus are widespread in nature, inhabiting reefs off Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and…
TMC builds its 30,000th commercial UV sterilizer
Tropical Marine Centre has reached a milestone this week as it manufactured its 30,000th commercial Ultra Violet Steriliser. The British company has been hand-building UV sterilizers for 38 of its 50-year history. Best of all is that the head of…
Reuniting With Two of Our Favorite Damselfish, Chrysiptera starcki & C. springeri
Damselfish get a bad wrap in saltwater and reef aquariums but for over twenty years this group of hardy colorful fish has remained one of our absolute favorites. Almost no other group is as diverse, easy to feed, and colorful…
Our Best Look at the Captive Bred Purple Tangs
The purple tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum, is a celebrated marine aquarium fish and one of the most iconic endemic species in the Red Sea. Just a few short years after Rising Tide’s first breakthroughs with the related yellow tang, Bali Aquarich announced their…
Quality Marine Makes History With Uber Rare Pitcairn Angelfish
It has been an incredible couple of weeks for rare angelfish news but nothing can top the mind blowing collection of deepwater species that Quality Marine just received from the Cook Islands. Those of you up to date on your…
Captive Bred Flame Angelfish Resurface After Five Year Absence
Captive bred flame angelfish are not new, but it’s been so long since their last sighting that you may have forgotten that they are even a thing. It’s been over five years since we first learned of the existence of these…
