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Reef Diving FAQs

Do you own a reef tank and want to take the next leap in learning? Are you traveling to a coral reef destination on vacation? Windsor Adams answers our frequently asked questions on Learning To Dive. Do you need to…

Why a Strong Cleanup Crew is so Important in a Reef Tank

The Ladies of Reef Builders got together to discuss the ins and outs of a strong cleanup crew. Evie Hale, Sara Stevens, and Chelsie Hansen share their favorite invertebrates based on quirkiness, behavior, and efficacy in a reef tank.   Maybe…

150-gallon Mixed Reef Tank Video

For this video, Remy and Salem dropped by Remy’s fellow St Louis reefer Amer’s house to check out his 150-gallon mixed reef tank. The roughly square Innovative Marine EXT contains a variety of corals from Bounce mushrooms to Torches and…

Jake Adams Everlasting Enthusiasm

Like many distressed aquarists, I’ve found solace in times of anguish. During those times when you can’t even look at your aquarium. Think of it as, “reef depression”. When it seems as if all inspiration is gone. Then you finally…

100 Sessions of Reef Therapy, a New Reef Builders Writer & Community Science Project

This week we celebrated 100 sessions of Reef Therapy. While everyone was in town for Reefstock Denver, we got together at the Reef Builders Studio to record. There’s something special about gathering in Jake’s sacred space with those he loved.  …

Celebrating 100 Sessions of the Reef Therapy Podcast

On March 11th, 2021 the very first “Reef Therapy” session was posted. A long-haired Jake Adams sat in front of the Innovative Marine aquariums at the Reef Builders Studio and Mark van der Wal, was at his computer with a sofa…

More Non-Native Corals found off Hawaiian Island

Several non-native aquarium coral species have been found repeatedly on one Hawaiian island. The corals were first found off Anini Beach on the north shore of Kauai Island by Reef Guardians Robin Mazor and Tom Woods in 2021, but they’ve…

Understanding Difficult Fish: Why Expert Only Isn’t a Simple Term

When I was a brand new hobbyist, one of the facets of keeping fish I enjoyed most was research. Like most scientifically inclined people, learning about livestock was (and is) something I spent immense amounts of my free time doing.…

$20,000 Rare Fish, Probiotic Concoction and Zoa Brackets continue! 

It’s been another eventful week! Salem stayed at the house for a long weekend and we toured some home aquariums and several local fish stores. Needless to say, we’ve got some new content to explore. I’m most excited about all the…

$20,000 Odontanthias rhodopeplus is a Super-Rare Treat from the Twilight Zone

Rare and Deepwater fish vendor Unique Fins is holding a single specimen of the Anthiadinae species Odontanthias rhodopeplus, that it claims is probably the rarest fish to be imported in the 2020s so far. With no english common names, Boro-sakuradai,…