The FrankenScoly is a very striking coral that we stumbled upon while killing time on eBay. This auction was first listed over a week ago but an error in the listing caused it to be canceled. Now the Frankenscoly has…
Coral reefs proved to be evolutionary “hotspot”
A new study has found coral reefs account for more new species than any other tropical marine habitats. Through analysis of fossil records going back 540 million years ago, researchers have analyzed the rate of evolution and discovered new species…
Koralia Evolution pumps adds a lot of tricks to Hydor’s best selling product
The Koralia Evolution water pumps are the next generation successor to the wildly popular Koralia line of water pumps from Hydor. Oftentimes a product refresh can be a simple as some new packaging and fancy new numbers and letters but…
ZEOvit’s first Dream Tank of the Quarter is full of color but lacking vision
Congratulations to Andrzej Niewiarowski for taking the ZEOvit DTOQ title which will again go to a Pole. This SPS dominated oligotrophic reef tank is 6.5′ long and aside from using the ZEOvit method of nutrient management, the back room is…
Sfiligoi gets new new distributorship in the United States
Sfiligoi has gotten fresh distributorship within the United States. It was previously reported that Quality marine would be the sole distributor here in the United States and although that was true earlier it seems that Sfiligoi had a change of…
Interview with Claude Schuhmacher on the balling method from Fauna Marin
We’re excited to bring you this interview of Claude Schuhmacher about the balling method from Fauna Marin. This interview was done by a local reef club. Enjoy! Choosing a supplement method for Ca, Kh and Mg to your reef aquarium…
Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris
We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…
50 Years of TUNZE 1960-2010
We are extremely pleased to welcome a great inaugural post by our newest contributor, Mirko Belosevic, who will become the Reef Builders Eastern European correspondent. Mirko is a professional aquarist and writer, he is the former editor and publisher of…
Vertex’s new Lumina LED lighting fixture
Vertex is getting into the LED lighting game with their new Lumina LED lighting fixture. At first glance the Lumina is a very flat looking LED light with a nice black coating and red LCD screen of sorts. However with…
Aqua Driver PitBox will help eliminate microbubbles, noise
Aqua Driver’s new PitBox should be an instant hit. The Pitbox is designed for your sump overflows, usually the last stage of the sump where the water flows over to the return pump section. What usually happens with this? Besides…
