The reef aquarium hobby is such a wonderful cultural movement, it’s transformed how generations of us see, think and feel about wild coral reefs. Without successful reef aquariums and all that we’ve learned about corals from them, ‘coral reefs’ would…
First Look At The New Trailer For The Chasing Coral Movie
Chasing Coral is probably the first ever movie that is focused on real live corals, and not just the coral reef as an ecosystem. We already knew that Chasing Coral was going to be a Netflix exclusive feature but now…
The Future of Aquarium Lighting Is Probably In MicroLEDs
It’s been one helluva ride watching lighting technology progress through the lens of the aquarium hobby. For me at least, first it was NO, T8 and VHO fluorescent tubes, then it was discerning the difference between regular and pulse start…
Mike’s Nano Reef Makes a BIG Impression!
One of the very reasons that we love this hobby is that it doesn’t take a big tank to create a wonderful masterpiece and Michael Rice’s nano reef is the living embodiment of this. He’s got a simple setup with a…
Birdnest Coral Shows Us How Reefs Might Recover From Massive Bleaching
With all the news that the Great Barrier Reef is dying, and has suffered very substantial damage and countless corals lost, it can be quite depressing to be a coral or reef lover. But if there’s one thing the media…
Caribsea Liferock Shapes Brings Dimension Back To Our ReefScapes
Man made or artificial live rock has come a long way since we were just fashioning stuff out of concrete and aragonite – anybody else remember aragocrete? Caribsea is raising the bar again with new Shapes of their popular LifeRock reef…
Dial In Your Protein Skimmer With An Airflow Meter!
As many things as we love to measure in our reef tanks, it’s mind boggling to me that we don’t regular measure airflow on our skimmers. It was about a decade ago that skimmers started coming with an air silencer…
The Aquarium Hobby Is Under Attack in Hawaii!!
The aquarium hobby seems like such a serene, benign past time yet there is a group of people who are vehemently opposed to our very existence. Once again the stakes have reached a critical level in the battleground of Hawaii…
Three Of The RAREST Zebrasoma Videos: White, Gem and Tricolor Tangs!
With nearly three hundred videos on a myriad of topics, Reef Builders has one of the oldest aquariums channels on YouTube. In that time we’ve featured countless beautiful, rare and exotic animals, and today we want to revisit three of our…
Get Prime Time Fish Watching With Sera’s New Stick On Food Tabs
Sera has just announced a suite of new aquarium foods that are not your usual fare. In addition to making the traditional flake and pellet foods for a wide range of foods, Sera also makes some very unique tabs that…