We are living in a golden age of reef aquariums right now and despite the closures of coral exports from Indonesia and Fiji, we still have a crazy number of coral strains already in the hobby. However, for all the…
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Our First Batch of World Wide Corals Frags for the Reef Builders Studio
It’s been a long journey getting the Reef Builders Studio to the point where we can start receiving frags. But now that at least the first coral flat is really doing well, we felt comfortable receiving an exciting shipment of…
Flower Polyp Montipora Appears with Intense GFP Infection
The Flower Polyp Montipora Cap is one of the older and more unique strains of Montipora in the reef aquarium hobby, and also one of our favorites. This light off-green Monti strain has a nice thick purple rim, but what really…
Nero 5 Pump Review: a Whole New Class of Propeller Pumps
The Nero 5 pump from Aqua Illumination is the first new product category from the lighting company ever and they swung for the fences with ambition. With its internal motor surrounded by a broad spinning propeller, the Nero 5 is the…
Top 5 Saltwater Fish We Wish Were Domesticated
Once upon a time, successful captive breeding of marine fish was pretty much limited to clownfish and new successes were heralded as huge triumphs. Nowadays there’s announcements of new species culturing breakthroughs fairly regularly and these are usually fish that…
The Massive 2,000 Gallon Reef Tank on Dubai’s Palm Island
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has made a name for itself across the globe for going big, having ambition, and this also extends to the reef aquarium owners of this country. While visiting BPK Dubai for their annual regional…
Waterpik: Removing Coral Pests with a Miniature Pressure Washer
Dealing with coral pests and parasites can be one of the most challenging experiences beginner and experienced reefers will ever have to deal with. It’s the most frustrating to have a healthy reef tank with ideal parameters, only to have…
Unboxing Aquacultured Frags from Eye Catching Coral [Video]
We hope we’re not coming at you with too many videos this week because we’re in the pocket and going to ride it until we get caught up with a ton of exciting topics. Next up is our first coral unboxing…
Close Video Look At My Reef Tank and its Maintenance
One of the most satisfying parts of building out the new Reef Builders Studio is how well my home reef tanks are coasting. Despite minimal attention and falling behind on feeding, dosing and basic maintenance, the reef tanks at my…
What It’s Like To Be A Reefer In Saskatchewan Canada
Bayside Corals The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is located about as far from the ocean as they come, and we didn’t expect much when we started an online search for reefers and reef shops in the city of Saskatoon. To my…