Cirrhilabrus earlei, earl’s fairy wrasse, is a very beautiful labrid which is primarily found in and around Palau, well outside of the normal marine ornamental collection areas and therefore extremely rare in the trade. Earl’s fairy wrasse was only discovered…
Electric flame scallop video gets electrified on video
[youtube width=”680″ height=”450″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS4cGSw4nu8[/youtube] The electric flame scallop, Ctenoides ales, is one of many fascinating invertebrates available for reef aquaria. However, since fish have all the personality and corals can at least be propagated in a myriad of ways, the invertebrates…
Anampses lennardi is absolutely stunning in this high definition video
Lennard’s wrasse, Anampses lennardi, was one of the most sensational new fish to make it to the aquarium trade last year. What better way to kick off another year of original Reef Builders videos than with this stunning specimen of…
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…
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…
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…
Unibody aluminum LED and T5 reef aquarium lights from NanoCustoms are ready
It’s been a long time coming but the unibody reef aquarium lights are gonna be ready to roll off the NanoCustoms assembly line in 2011. First unveiled at ReefStock 2010, the LED + T5 hybrid light was the first Unibody…
ULEDO- Unidentified LED Object spied on video
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/18227300[/vimeo] There’s very little we love more than an LED light so stylish that you want to set up a tank just to use that light. This sneaker video was sent to us of an undescribed, unidentified LED…
Giant tube anemone, Cerianthus filiformis, is way bigger than we’re comfortable with
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICnk1mtSwI[/youtube] Tube anemones of the Cerianthus genus have never been that popular in average reef tanks but with the recent surge in interest towards low-light reef tanks, reefers are looking towards all kinds of non-photosynthetic animals to fill…
