Coral Spotting Lembeh If you’ve spent any amount of time scuba diving, chances are you’ve heard of the Lembeh Strait. This channel of water between the mainland of Sulawesi and Lembeh island holds a mythical place in the psyche of…
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Vlog #8 & 9: Driving for Mountain Corals and the First Nano Reef Cleanup
Getting the new Studio up and running has been such a fun and time intensive endeavor, but it will be well worth the effort. Having all the room and tanks and resources to set up displays, work and propagate corals,…
Window Shopping the Best New Gear at MACNA 2018 [Video]
Another great MACNA has come and gone and we survived three days and three nights in Sin City. This year’s big event featured the usual fare of great new reef gear and with the new Reef Builders Studio in progress,…
The Best Young Reef We’ve Ever Seen is in Abu Dhabi [Video]
There’s no telling where in the world you might encounter a fantastic reef tank, and this was never more true than on our trip to Dubai earlier this year. We drove an hour through the desert to Abu Dhabi to…
Kessil A360X Has All The Upgrades We Could Ever Hope For
The Kessil A360X is a radically redesigned high powered spotlight from the company that made LED spotlighting practical. The Kessil A350/360 has had a good long run and it’s still no slouch in the aquarium lighting department. But if we had…
Studio Vlog 4 & 5: Setting up the Coral Flat and A Sexy First Fish
The Reef Builders Studio is coming along nicely and although it’s a lot of work getting everything started, it’s also a lot of fun. In the previous Vlogs we shared the setup of our first token nano reef tank in…
Vlog 2 & 3 on the Buildup of the Reef Builders Studio
We’re firing on all cylinders over at the new Reef Builders Studio and already have a couple more videos on our progress. On one end we’ve got nearly 100 square feet between three flat coral flats to set up, and…
Announcing the Brand New Reef Builders Studio
Since it s inception way back in 2006 Reef Builders has grown and developed as the quintessential reef blog for reef aquarists and saltwater enthusiasts all over the world. During that time we’ve had many tanks, traveled many miles, and…
Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition in Bunaken National Park
Reef Builders blue is the best word I can use to describe the deep color you find while peering out from the Bunaken Wall. Countless sea turtles dart by, schools of pyramid butterfly fish, anthias, and triggerfish swim in synchrony…
Transforming Wild Corals to Aquarium Corals by Vincent Chalias [Video]
We’ve wrapped up not one but two great ReefStock conferences this year and with that, we had some amazing speakers both in Denver, and in Sydney Australia. Earlier this year we shared some uncommon captive coral expertise from Worldwide Corals,…