As we begin wrapping up yet another full year of reporting every aspect of saltwater aquarium news, we’re approaching our annual year-end recaps of all the new species that grabbed our attention in 2019. As usual some very abundant groups…
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ReefStock Denver 2020 Is Just Over 2 Months Away!
We can’t believe ReefStock 2020 is just around the corner! In just over two month we will be welcoming vendors and attendees from around the country to attend our annual reefing event in Denver Colorado. Take note, ReefStock 2020 has…
Apolemichthys guezei, the ‘Bigfoot’ of Rare Fish Photographed in Reunion
Something happened last week in the depths of the Western Indian Ocean, off the remote French outlying territory of the Island of Reunion that rare fish collectors will never forget. Patrick Plantard, a ‘reef guy’ and friend to many of…
How to Setup a Reef Tank Part 5: Adding Fish and Short Term Maintenance
We are coming into the last, ‘major’ installment in our how to setup a reef tank series wherein we discuss adding fish, what cycling actually means, and the short and medium term maintenance of caring for a new reef tank.…
How to Set Up a Reef Tank Part 4: Adding Corals!
Adding corals to a new reef tank is arguably one of the most fun and exciting parts of setting up a reef aquarium. Seeing how the corals look in your tank and finding the perfect place for them in the…
How to Setup a Mini Reef Aquarium – Part 3: Making Saltwater, Salinity, and Temperature
If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time, there’s probably not much that we need to tell you about how to mix seawater for a mini reef aquarium or saltwater fish tank. There’s countless how-tos on mixing…
How to Setup a Mini Reef Aquarium – Part 2: Aquascaping, Live Rock & Leveling
The reef aquarium hobby has grown so much that it’s never been easier to set one up, although a deluge of information can make it hard to know where and how to start. In an effort to give our readers…
How to Setup a Mini Reef Aquarium – Part 1: Tank, Stand and Equipment
Since 2007 Reef Builders has been the premier source of daily news about the reef aquarium hobby, product releases, rare fish, exotic corals, and great reef tanks. As we draw a curtain on the decade of the 2010s, Reef Builders…
Touring some Coral Eye Candy at ACI Aquaculture
There once was a time when wholesalers were not much more than middlemen, receiving shipments of livestock from all corners of the globe and passing their newly acquired marine animals to aquarium stores. Today a new breed of wholesalers are…
Acropora lokani is SPS Royalty Among Acros
Acropora lokani is a very common deeper water Acropora that is common in Indonesia and widespread through the Indo-Pacific. The lokani Acro has been farmed by the thousands for many years, decades even, so in that time we thought we’d…