A pretty little nudibranch has been found by a rock-pooling guide in Falmouth in Cornwall, UK. The temperate waters around the Cornish coast are naturally rich in invertebrates but this rare find, Babakina anadoni, is normally native to the warmer…
Low Tide Exposes 40yr old Giant Clam Project on Great Barrier Reef
Sea Women Great Barrier Reef has posted some breathtaking pictures of over 100 Giant Clams, Tridacna gigas, that were recently exposed in a low tide caused by the New Moon. The clams are situated at Goolboddi on Orpheus Island, Queensland,…
Reef Builders Welcomes Senior Field Reporter Evie Anderson
The Reef Builders Team is delighted to announce that Evie Anderson is joining us as Senior Field Reporter. Evie started keeping aquariums at the age of 8, learning the old-fashioned way, without the internet, and devoting countless hours to reading…
LFS Fire Safety – Retailers urged to check Insurance Policies
We’ve had the dubious honor of reporting on two aquarium store fires lately, and have since found out about two more. Two weeks ago we reported on a fire at Gateway Aquatics in St Louis, and only this week new…
The Ten Most Annoying Things About Reefkeeping
Sometimes reefing can really get on our nerves! Here are just ten of the things we really hate about our hobby right now. When fish jump out Unfortunately, we’ve all been here, whether it’s a newly purchased tank-bred clownfish, a…
FJW Aquarium loses $300,000 of Livestock in Store Fire
A fire in an aquatic store in Houston, Texas, will cost owner Dennis Hoang over $300,000 in livestock alone, he revealed to Reef Builders in a recent video. The fire happened in the early hours of the evening, devastating the…
Clownfish Larvae Become Mini Athletes to Swim Against Ocean Currents
It is well known among breeders that Clownfish undergo major physiological changes as they transition from pelagic larvae to reef-dwelling, anemone-dwelling adults, but researchers at the James Cook University in Australia took a deeper dive into exactly what happens during…
Coral Publisher James M. Lawrence, passes away, at age 76
Reef Builders is sad to learn of the death of the editor, publisher, and CEO of Microcosm and Reef to Rainforest Media, James M. Lawrence. James presided over aquatic book publisher Microcosm since 1996, and Reef to Rainforest since 2008.…
Five of the best Acanthophyllia Meat Corals we’ve featured on Reef Builders
We’ve got the Friday feeling here at Reef Builders today. Several members of the team are setting up new reef tanks and with new tanks come endless coral possibilities, so let’s start with some real eye candy and a dream…
Ocean Census seeks to find 100,000 New Marine Species in the next 10 years
The largest program in history to discover life in our ocean has been unveiled with the ambitious target of finding at least 100,000 new marine species in the first decade. The number of species we currently know of stands at…