We don’t know about you all but we’ve placed almost zero trust or confidence in any of the small digital thermometers sold in aquarium stores for $10 or less; these are both inaccurate, unreliable, and tend to simply fail within…
Chromis pacifica, a New Name for a Common Damselfish
Chromis pacifica is the newest species of damselfish that, as the name indicates, is a tropical reef fish from the Pacific Ocean. While the name might be new, this is actually a redescription of Chromis agilis that once included a…
This Wild Powder Blue Tang Has a White Dorsal Fin!
The powder blue tang is so named because of its sky blue body coloration, which is a different shade than other blue surgeonfish, most notably the regal blue tang, AKA Dory. Well apparently this is not the full evolution of…
Wyatt Lightworks’ SeaDevil Esca, a New Unibody LED Light
The SeaDevil Esca is the newest LED aquarium light to be offered to reef hobbyists from a company called Wyatt Lightworks. Based in Singapore, this light appears to take a lot of inspiration from the 4th generation Radion LED light…
CADE Pro Reef S2 – AIO Aquariums Will Never Be The Same!
There’s very good reason that our latest unboxing video of the CADE Pro Reef S2 is one of our most popular product videos ever. Hyperbole and exaggeration are some of the basic ingredients of the internet and marketing culture, so…
Scientific Research Spotlights Hybridization of Angelfish
Angelfish hybrids and the numerous ways that the Pomacanthids can remix their genetics have been one of our favorite writing topics on Reef Builders for over a decade. For much of that time our rare fish editor Tea Yi Kai…
Inkbird ITC-308 Wifi is a Cheap, Wireless Dual Temperature Thermostat
The Inkbird ITC-308 is one of the most trusted thermostats for dual control of temperature, and we just discovered that there’s a wireless version! Having been released about a year ago, the Inkbird ITC-308 Wifi gives users more precise control…
Fragging Duncan Coral and Installing the UltraReef Skimmer
There’s never any shortage of things to do around the Reef Builders Studio and topics to bring to the Reef Builders Studio video series. Instead of focusing on a single thing this week, we thought we’d combine two different topics…
Akula UKS Skimmer by Ultra Reef is a Work of Art
Ultra Reef has been making protein skimmers for over a decade, but being based in Europe the only time we ever got to spend with these fractionating machines was brief stints during trips to Europe. Well finally we have our…
Coenocyathus sebroecki, a New Species of Azoox Coral from Brazil
Coenocyathus sebroecki is a new species of non-photosynthetic scleractinian coral from Brazil that was surprisingly discovered in reasonably shallow depth. Unlike so many descriptions of new azoox coral before it, we have clear photographs of both the clean coral skeleton…