Pseudochromis ammeri and Pseudochromis eichleri are two new species of dottybacks which have just been described from the Philippines and Indonesia. Both Pseudochromis ammeri and P. eichleri are described as species of striped dottybacks, similar to each other in appearance as well as Pseudochromis colei, which is redescribed in the same paper.  Pseudochromis ammeri is a dottyback species [...]

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For the last couple of years we’ve covered the unique Coral-Shop products from across the pond first as a curious line of balling and seawater chemistry management solutions. However, as of this week the Sol additives and Profitower dosing pump are no longer just the domain of European reefers as the first shipment of Coral [...]

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Pharos LED lights so far have been mostly large and bulky thick fixtures that are more reminiscent of the larger LED boat-lights like the Solaris but a new prototype Pharos is taking a decidedly familiar direction. This new svelte Pharos LED fixture boasts a recognizable design of having most of the electronics riding the underside [...]

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The genus Bodianus has got to be one of the the favorites amongst reefers and fish lovers alike. They’re robust, hardy, have so much personality and not to mention beautiful. Here at ReefBuilders, we’ve already covered many of the rarer members of this genus such as B. masudai, B. paraleucosticticus and B. sanguineus. If you [...]

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There’s a new remote for Ecoxotic RGB LED lights, notably the RGB Panorama Pro LED striplights. This newer, larger remote controlling device is like a souped-up version of the old one, with more color presets, the ability to store multiple color presets and “Increased memory for storing last color profile”. That last detail about the [...]

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Tropical Marine Centre recently launched its V2Auto Top Up as a low voltage automatic top off system geared towards being and affordable option for hobbyists. Like other top off systems (or top up, depending on which side of the pond you are on), the V2Auto Top Up uses float switches and a 3.5 watt 12V [...]

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The Red Dragon Acro is one of the newer strains of neato SPS corals to gain popularity in the reef aquarium hobby, first as a few singular colonies and soon to be a whole lot more through greater imports of Bali mariculture Acros. Unlike some captive strain names, Red Dragon Acro and Strawberry Shortcake refers [...]

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If mondays are great occasion for exciting stories, edge of your seat kind of stories then it seems suitable to go out on Friday with something more mellow, such as this tranquil clip of the Ribbon Reefs. What we particularly like about the video of this particularly pristine area of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is [...]

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