Cool, bronzed antique aquarium and stand from the 1920s

We always enjoy looking back on the hobby seeing how we’ve progressed over the years, so when we came across this antique, bronzed seahorse design aquarium from the 1920s on Off the Wall Antiques we had to share it. This…

Antique marine aquarium equipment

While on the second day of our local fish store crawl we noticed an aquarium antique which will be familiar to reefers with more than a little salt creep around the edges. Surely the antique hydrometer in the image above…

The Museum of Aquarium & Pet History [Video]

You young whippersnappers that are newer to the aquarium hobby are essentially spoiled with choices and options when it comes to all kinds of aquarium gear with thousands of companies vying to sell you something for your aquarium past time.…

Stands are the most Underrated Gear of Aquarium Keeping [Video]

There’s a lot of ‘sexy’ and exciting equipment and gear in the broader aquarium hobby but none is more overlooked yet more crucial than the venerable aquarium stand. Aquarists might put a lot of consideration and research into what kind…

Antique coral reef illustrations will tickle your fancy

Antique coral reef illustrations In centuries past—an era absent the wonders of Google’s image search—curious naturalists were reliant on published reports for knowledge on the obscure creatures living in the far corners of the world. The scientists of this period…

Zoo Med is the guardian of an amazing aquarium museum

Last week I, Jake Adams marine aquarium writer, had the rare opportunity to visit Zoo Med Laboratories, the most well known brand name in reptile products.While I had expected to see quite a spread of live reptiles, especially the turtles and…

Beware These 5 Pitfalls When Buying Used Equipment for Your Marine Aquarium

There’s no question that setting up a saltwater aquarium can be a costly proposition. One way to help defray those initial expenses is to buy used equipment and materials when possible. There’s always someone upgrading to a new system, moving…

Vintage Aquarium products from All Oddball Aquatics offer nostalgic thoughts of how far we’ve come

At Reef Builders we obsessively cover every aspect of the marine aquarium world; the fish, the corals, the great displays, and especially the new products. Since we spend so much time thinking about new products, sometimes its nice to see what…

The biggest marine and reef aquarium stories of 2009

2009 was a very big year for reef aquarists around the world and it was our pleasure to bring the news to reefers during the last completion of Earth’s solar orbit. We have hand selected some stories which are shoed-in…

Mazzucato Nano Aquarium Sculpture is perhaps the most expensive nano ever made

The Mazzucatto Aquarium Sculpture is simply amazing, Huge thanks to Shaun Stinnett for the story and the write up! We spend so much time looking for the next big thing in this Industry, sometimes it is fun to see where…