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Nicole Helgason is a professional scuba diver and can often be found photographing corals and sharing her passion about coral reefs around the world. Nicole is Reef Builders Event Manager and is responsible for running ReefStock shows in Denver and Sydney. Nicole is also a manager for Reef Builders social media accounts and a weekly contributor to the Reef Builders site. Nicole has a Bachelors degree in Coastal Geography from the University of Victoria, and is originally from Vancouver Canada.

Isopora cylindrica – a Solomon Island Specialty

Isopora cylindrica – Corals of the Solomon Islands A few days ago I landed in the Solomon Islands, and while this destination is a popular topic on the pages of Reef Builders, in fact, it is my very first time…

Ten Favorite Bubble Coral Pictures From Indonesia

Bubble Corals Bubble corals are slowly becoming one of my favorite species to photograph. Despite having only a handful of species I’ve still managed to find beautiful diversity, in bubble shape, size, and color. While the common color is white,…

Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus, Rare Phantom Angelfish Spotted in The Wild

Rare Phantom Angelfish The adult Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus is an attractive angelfish with a velvety black belly, silver-grey body, bright solid yellow tail, and a distinctive scribbled face. It’s not often I write about fish, but when a stunner like this…

WATCH: Everything You Wanna Know About Fragging Shrooms

We love the content our friends at Gallery Aquatica are putting out on their YouTube channel! Gallery Aquatica is a local fish store in Brisbane Australia, although im sure after watching a couple of their videos we all wish this…

WATCH: The Flagship Peninsula Tank

Well, here we have it folks, the tank we’ve all been waiting for! The Reef Builders flagship aquarium is a Waterbox 6ft crystal peninsula tank and will be filled exclusively with gear and corals from our YouTube channel sponsors. This…

ELOS Fresco Foods – Cyclopoid Copepods

FRESCO Cyclops is a small species of Cyclopoid Copepods that range in size from 100-1000 microns (0.5 to 1mm) in size. FRESCO Cyclops is suitable for larval fish, invertebrates, corals, clams, seahorses and pipefish, and any smaller mouthed fish. Because…

WATCH: 100 Gallon Soft Coral and Turbinaria Reef Tank

Check out Jakes latest video in the new reef tank vlog series with the final tank a 100g Nuvo EXT Innovative Marine Aquarium. If you haven’t seen the other two videos in the series make sure to head over to…

WATCH: Reef Builders Studio 75g Euphyllia Garden

Tune in for part two of Jakes vlog tour of the Reef Builders studio. In this episode he is showing off his Innovative Marine Nuvo Ext 75g aquarium filled to the brim with flowing Euphyllia frags. This tank is scapped…

Join Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2019 For Their 6th Year Anniversary

Press Release Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2019 Come Join Us for Our 6 Year Anniversary! Reef-A-Palooza Orlando takes place April 6 & 7, 2019 at our new venue, the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld.  This marks the 6th year anniversary of the show…

Tubastrea Sun Corals Fill The Cave Tunnel Beneath Gato Island Philippines

Tubastrea Sun Tunnel, Gato Island Tubastrea is a type of non-photosynthetic coral popular in aquariums for their puffy polyps and love for being feed. The bright orange, yellow, or pink polyps come out at night to feed but can also…