I know what you’re thinking. Why would I keep ALGAE on purpose? Much less buy it to PUT in my tank?I would have agreed with you almost 15 years ago. When I got my first saltwater fish tank as a…
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Insane Collector Heliofungia’s Land at Frost Corals
If you’ve ever been to a coral show, you’ve likely run into Frost Corals, who frequents nearly every trade show on the circuit. This week, he got in some truly special Heliofungia, the quality of which is rarely seen. First,…
Xodis becomes ATI Distributor for the UK
When we heard that ATI and Nyos had merged, it wasn’t so much the consumer implications as the trade that interested us. As separate companies, ATI and Nyos had separate distributors in some countries, and now that they are one,…
A Research-Based Approach to Dendrophyllid Corals
Though the overwhelming majority of articles intended to be applied as guidelines for marine aquarists are based on anecdotes and present personal, undocumented evidence as husbandry guidelines and recommendations, an explanation as to ‘why’ a technique or practice works is…
Reef Builders Raj Works on 10,000 Gallon Mega Tank Build
Raj has never really flexed his skill set to the Reef Builders audience before. He co-owns My Reef Creations (MRC), which designs and builds many of the commercial protein skimmers and reactors used by public aquaria, and today, we got…
Commercial Fisher Fined $214,000 for Marine Aquarium Fishery Breaches
A 51-year-old commercial licence-holder from Darwin has been ordered to pay more than $214,000 for offences related to the collection and recording of marine aquarium fish off the Kimberley coast in 2021. The man pleaded guilty in Broome Magistrates Court…
Aquatic Symbiosis Genome (ASG) Project Fast Tracks Our Understanding of the Holobiont
Spearheaded by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Dr. Micheal Sweet, the Aquatic Symbiosis Genome project aims to sequence as many corals and their symbionts as possible to unlock conserved trends in their associations. In recent years, DNA extraction from corals…
New 3D Printed Frag Tile Optimizes Coral Larval Settlement
Researchers at the California State University, Northridge recently published a paper showcasing their work to optimize coral larval settlement. They tested various microhabitats to determine what structures coral larvae would best settle on. Using Pocillopora acuta as a model, the…
Flashback Friday: Jake Adams’s Pachyseris post from exactly Two Years today
This time of year is particularly poignant for Reef Builders, as we look back to what would have been Jake Adams’s 43rd birthday and look forlornly toward October, the month in which Jake died. So for this Flashback Friday we…
Can You Eat Macroalgae? Watch Ladies Takeover with Tia Davis
We love Tia Davis, so Chelsie and Evie couldn’t wait to meet up with her at ReefStock Chattanooga and record another all-female episode of Reef Therapy Ladies Takeover. A macroalgae fanatic, Tia cultures 72 species of macroalgae at home and…