The first time I met Julian Sprung, it was my 22nd birthday and I asked him to sign my copy of ‘Corals: A Quick Reference Guide’. Instead of signing it normally, the godfather of modern reefkeeping took a very long…
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Shallow Water Reef Life of Central Province, Solomon Islands [Video]
For the last couple weeks we’ve been sharing a few videos of our time coral-scouting and coral farming in the Solomon Islands and for this week’s video we go deeper into this part of the Coral Triangle. After a short…
Montipora Identification 1.1: A Guide to the Plating and Laminar Species
Montipora is a beautiful diverse and popular group of aquarium corals with a wide range of colors and forms. With so many species described, it can be quite hard to know where to start when trying to identify a Montipora.…
Pseudocheilinus citrinus, the First ‘Yellow Mystery Wrasse’ Enters the Aquarium Hobby
Pseudocheilinus citrinus is a gorgeous little wrasse from the south Pacific that is so rare we knew of only a few images of this fish until now. Iwarna Aquafarm, a Singapore based purveyor of rare fish from all over the…
The Corals of Reefapalooza Orlando 2019 [Video]
Following the successful new format wherein we presented the most interesting new products of Reefapalooza Orlando 2019, some of you have been waiting for the coral eye candy from this awesome event. Without further ado, here is a selection of…
Purple Tang Captive Bred by Bali Aquarich
The Purple tang has been captive bred and it comes to fruition from a familiar player in the world of reef fish aquaculture, Bali Aquarich. It’s only been a couple years since the breakthroughs in breeding the closely related yellow…
Unboxing the Motherlode of Rare and Exotic Fish [video]
For years we’ve wrote about, photographed and filmed some of the rarest tropical reef fish in the world, often by visiting the right marinelife dealers, reefs or private tanks. One of the biggest reasons for the Reef Builders Studio is…
Coral Farming Workshop in the Solomon Islands [Video]
Visiting the wild reefs, like we did in the Solomon Islands recently, is an incredible experience that really helps connect us to where our corals come from. Not only do we get to see a greater variety of coral species…
All the New Reef Gear from Reefapalooza Orlando 2019 [Video]
Reefapalooza Orlando this year was a really fantastic show. Historically the show has been dominated by coral farmers and fraggers tryina sell us sticks and polyps but last weekend we got treated so much more. In five short years the…
Papua New Guinea Fish & Corals Coming Summer 2019
Papua New Guinea has long been a hotspot for biological diversity on land and especially in the Sea. Taxonomists of every discipline always find new species when they search PNG’s natural environments, birders marvel at the endemic birds of paradise,…