Abalones are some of the coolest gastropods in the ocean, they are tasty, have beautiful shells, but they can also make for great reef aquarium animals. We simply love having them in several of our coral aquariums but there’s no…
Pearl Eco Vlies is an Innovative Take on the Auto Filter Roll from Germany
The Pearl Aqua is one of the newer companies to try their hand at creating a useful and practical automatic filter roll with an interesting take called the Pearl Eco Vlies. This model of roll filter is quite different from…
Kessil AP9X Vs. Neptune Sky – Comparing Spot and a Flat Lighting on the Euphyllia Reef
The Neptune Systems Sky LED and the Kessil AP9X are two reef aquarium light fixtures with similar power and an identical price but you can’t find two fixtures that are more different from each other in how they produce and…
Rare Tropical Abalones Now Available from Unique Corals
Abalones are some of the most fascinating invertebrates in the ocean being specially adapted to live in habitats with very strong wave action so they can hold on to rocks and graze thick and tough algae growth. The only reason…
Acropora caroliniana, the Naked Yellow Acro
Acropora caroliniana is a gorgeous and graceful ‘deepwater’ species of Acro with smooth, elegant branches that are most often collected and cultivated in and around Bali, Indonesia. Unlike some more obscure species of smooth skinned or naked Acros like A. suharsonoi…
Sicce Syncra SDC 3.0 is the Company’s Smallest Controllable DC Return Pump
The Syncra SDC 3.0 is a new controllable pump from Sicce that the Italian manufacturer has just taken the wraps off of. The three point O is the smallest model in the Syncra SDC line joining the 6.0, 7.0 and…
Neo Therm Pro Heater Coming Soon from Cobalt Aquatics
The Neo-therm Pro is Cobalt Aquatics’ successor to their very exotic Neotherm aquarium heater design which first hit the American scene over nine years ago. We have to use that geographic qualifier because many of Cobalt’s electrical devices are Americanized…
Aqua Rocks Frag Racks Disappear in the Aquascape
Magnetic frag racks have gone from being a niche accessory for managing a few new corals, to a must have accessory for nearly all reef keepers who need someplace safe to store their frags. Frag racks have gone from being…
Reefology 101: How We Make Saltwater for the Reef Builders Studio
Reef Builders is proud to introduce a brand new series of videos we are calling Reefology which will be an even blend of reefing content regarding all aspects of the reef aquarium hobby. Reefology will cover the basics of putting…
Tubipora musica – Pipe Organ is the Octocoral Polyp with a Skeleton
Pipe organ is an interesting and very unique species of coral that comes in a dizzying amount of variety that isn’t celebrated nearly enough. Officially known as Tubipora musica the pipe organ coral has a very long and storied history being…