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Premium Aquatics adds new Tonga Branch Morroca Reef Rock to the range

It’s no secret that Reef Builders team members past and present are big fans of Tropic Eden Morroca Branch Reef Rock. We’ve featured it in the Reef Builders Studio, we think it looks as good if not better than the…

$17.5 million mansion with 15,000-gallon aquarium goes up for sale near Manhattan

A 16,000-square-foot dream home complete with a huge custom aquarium has been put up for sale in Rumson, New Jersey. Owned by real estate developer Sal Cannizzaro, the 15,000-gallon tank was custom-built in the house’s recreation room and stocked with…

NOAA’s Proposal to Ban Banggai Cardinals is Instantly Out of Date

Reef Builders has learned that this week NOAA has announced a proposed rule to ban the import and export of Banggai cardinalfish in the USA, following a 2021 petition from conservation groups. “Far too many of these gorgeous little fish…

emoceans aquarium is the reef tank we most want to emulate right now

If you are looking for an inspirational aquarium that is reflective of the times, look no further than the emoceans display tank. A spectacle of both inspiration and aspiration, images and video just jump out at you from your screen…

Why Coral Videos Can Make You Happier

We all know that too much screen time is bad for us; there’s loads of information out there that supports stepping away from our screen and stepping out into nature. I’m a huge advocate of doing just that, but some…

How to take Corals on a USA Domestic Flight

If you’re like me, then you try to be as streamlined as possible when flying. The idea of flying to an aquarium conference, buying coral, and transporting it back home seems a bit intense. Why complicate an already arduous process?…

Indonesian Acropora tenuis has been renamed Acropora bifaria

A team of 11 coral researchers has used phylogenomic techniques to resolve the taxonomy of the genus Acropora. Historically, coral taxonomy was based almost exclusively on skeletal morphology, resulting in the description of some 400 species of Acropora, with two-thirds…

New TRITON Research Vessel Gears up for Trace Element Investigation on the Great Barrier Reef

Four years ago TRITON created a new Science Division for seawater chemistry, located on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia. Now, their brand new customized vessel “Calliste,” will allow for research into areas of Macro and Trace Elements based…

How to Move a Reef Tank and Cabinet

We reefkeepers are a fickle bunch. We achieve a thriving healthy tank full of corals and then we break the tank down so we can go bigger as we never seem to have enough. I say this from experience as…

Red Sea Goes Fully Reinforced With Two New Reefer-S Models

Red Sea has added two new models to its top-of-the-range Reefer-S line of reef-ready aquariums. Named after their total system volumes, the new Reefer-S 550 and Reefer-S 700 are 4’ and 5’ long, and hold 550 l/145.1gal and 700 l/184.4gal…