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10 Things to Know About Calcium Reactors
Now more than ever reef aquarists all over the world are successfully growing a wide range of stony corals, and experiencing the increased mineral demands that comes with having larger corals. Multi part dosing can go a long way to…
Kessil A500X LED Review – Changing our Mind About Point Source Lighting
The Kessil A500X is a brand new reef aquarium light that is packed with more power than we’ve ever seen in a spotlight form factor. From their earliest days, Kessil has come to define what is possible with light-emitting diodes…
The Stony Coral Jungle Reef Tank of Evan Montgomery
Evan Montgomery has been reefing for quite a while and during his time assisting at the Reef Builders Studio he’s sharpened his reef building skills even more. We’ve featured Mr.Montgomery’s reef tank a couple times over the years but this…
Kessil A500X Hands-On and Teardown
The Kessil A500X is the latest reef aquarium light from the company that has come to define high performance in multichip spotlight form factors. The power density of the 185 watt A500X is a new level of lighting concentration for…
Three Levels of Dosing Setups at the Reef Builders Studio
Once relegated to very niche applications, aquarium dosing pumps have become a mainstay for maintaining proper mineral balance in a reef tank. Dosing pumps used to be very expensive but there’s been so many new dosers released by aquarium manufacturers…
BYOGuides’ Coral Finder Rolls Into its 2021 Edition
Coral identification could be one of the biggest challenges to new aquarists but even veterans struggle to properly identify coral to the proper genus and species. Russell Kelley’s Coral Finder has been one of the best tools to identify a…
Xanthotis X Griffis Angelfish Hybrid – Bali Aquarich Creates Another ‘Impossible’ Cross
The yellow-ear and griffis angelfish are two species of Apolemichthys that don’t get much love with the fish fanciers but a new captive breeding first is sure to turn things around. Yet again Bali Aquarich has captive bred an exciting new…
Red Sea Reefer S 850 and 1000 Raise the Bar for Premium All In One Reef Tanks
The Red Sea Reefer S is a pair of new large all-in-one, reef-ready aquarium setups that show that Red Sea still has what it takes to make some of the most desirable tanks in the reef aquarium hobby. Coming in…
Chaetomorpha Strains are Much More Different Than We Ever Knew
Chaetomorpha is a genus of macro algae that almost every modern reefer will be familiar with, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the thin wiry green algae. Whether you call it ‘chee-to’, ‘chay-to’ or the more universally accepted pronunciation…