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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.

Want To Try Growing Acropora Corals? Start With The Bali Green Slimer

Bali Green Slimer The Bali Green Slimer (Acropora yongei) is a classic aquarium coral which has been in the hobby for more than 20 years. No fancy colors, or psychedelic tentacles. This classic Acropora is as green as they come,…

Beginners Guide To ‘Cycling’ A Saltwater Aquarium

Nitrogen Cycle For Saltwater Aquariums No we don’t mean strapping your tank to a bike and taking it for a spin! Cycling your saltwater aquarium is a critical process all aquariums must endure before they are ready to be populated with…

Innovative Marine – NUVO EXT 40 Aquarium Giveaway
NUVO EXT Giveaway We've teamed up with Innovative Marine to give away a NUVO EXT Mini 40 gallon aquarium, along with this shiny new APS black stand. To enter all you have to do is go to the Reef Builders…
We Asked To See Your ReefStock Corals, Here’s What You Got!

ReefStock Corals ReefStock 2018 was our best show ever with more than 1500 people attending the two-day event! One of the biggest highlights of ReefStock is always the amazing coral vendors bring and, after the show we asked you to…

Brightwell Aquatics Reef Blizzard Aquarium Foods
Reef Blizzard Reef Blizzard is a dry blended food for feeding everything in your tank. There are four packages based on particle size for, small polyp corals, large polyp corals, planktivorous fish, invertebrates, clams, sponges, bivalves, and octocorals.  Corals are photosynthetic animals…
Coral Image Bank Created To Celebrate International Year Of Reef 2018
IYOR 2018 Image Bank We recently discovered the 2018 International Year Of The Year (IYOR) Image Bank. The gallery is overflowing with high-quality FREE images for anyone wanting to support the global missing to save coral reefs, and you know ReefBuilders is…
Watch How Expedition Reef Visualization Was Made At The California Academy of Sciences

Expedition Reef Visualization Go behind the scenes with the California Academy of Sciences to see how they creating this ultra-realistic coral reef. The visual will be used in for the digital planetarium show exploring some of our planet’s most biodiverse—and critically threatened—ecosystems.…

Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program
Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program Last week I have the pleasure of visiting the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program run by Germán Méndez. Over the past 40 years, parts of the reef in Cozumel have seen an 80% decline in coral…
New Species Of Pygmy Squid Discovered In Australia

Researchers in eastern Australia have discovered a new species pygmy squid. James Cook University’s Associate Professor Jan Strugnell, along with Dr Mandy Reid from the Australian Museum Research Institute, have officially declared the new finding, naming it Idiosepius hallami, or Hallam’s…

WATCH: 3D Photogrammetry Maps of Coral Reefs

The hardest part about studying coral reefs in the wild is the limited amount of time scientist and scuba divers can spend underwater. A new project dubbed the 100 Island Challenge is finding ways around this time restrictive barrier, by photographing…