So here we are in Atlantic City for the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America and Reef Builders is proud to be first on the scene to bring you the weekend long reporting of the biggest marine aquarium show of…
Wetmorella Wednesday, get to know the possum wrasses
In the midst of all the MACNA frenzy, we thought we’d take a little break and show off this video we made at LiveAquaria showing off each species of the possum wrasses, Wetmorella sp. . Although you’d be lucky to…
Remote Robotics could be the next reef monitoring revolution
The Spykee Spy Robot, a cool new project by the folks from Erector has the potential to be the next revolution in tank monitoring. It’s not enough to just have the latest whiz-bang internet-enabled aquarium controller, We need to know…
Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception
This Friday evening come join us for the Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception at the Sheraton Hotel. We’d love to meet new and old Reef Builders readers from across the country to discuss the first arduous…
The Skeletor eel and Berndt’s eel raise the bar for rare & beautiful eels
Move aside Dragon, Kidako and Golden eels because the Skeletor and Berndt’s eels are here to show you who’s the king of the Anguilliformes. Pictured above is Berndt’s eel, Gymnothorax berndti, an extreme deepwater rarity from Japan who’s collection is…
RKM-RD1 is a new remote display for Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper controllers
The RKM-RD1 is a new remote display en route from Digital Aquatics. The remote display has been one of the most obvious new features of the Apex AquaController system but now Digital Aquatics is set to release a remote display…
Rod’s Food unveiling 3 new frozen foods: Fish Eggs, Pacific Plankton (Euphasia sp.) and Seaweed Blend
Not sure if we should be bothered about feeding fish eggs to fish, it’s kind of like feeding children to people, but that hasn’t stopped Rod’s Food from developing a new frozen fish food formulation called simply ‘Fish Eggs’. Two…
Frag Cave is a nature-realistic arch of frag mounts from Eshopps
The new realistic Frag Cave from Eshopps takes the concept of ceramic frag mounts which have been popping up all over the place and plasters their bare ceramic surface with natural grey and modest pink coloration. From the looks of…
H&S hang-on protein skimmer, exclusive first look
The H&S 110 hang-on. It’s been a long tome coming but the master acrylicsmiths at Germany’s H&S factory are finally cranking out their first hang-on the back protein skimmer. The new hang-on skimmer is based off of the internals of…
Reef Illuminations from IceCap brings the actinic LED assist
Reef Illuminations is a new line of light fixtures from industry stalwart IceCap and Reef Buidlers is proud to bring you exclusive first look at the IceCap’s first full lighting fixture. Aside from the now mundane halide and T5 combo,…