This masterpiece coral aquarium is a reef system belonging to Urbain Appletan, a Belgian reefer who has made somewhat of a name for himself. This same aquarium with a different lighting configuration had already been voted the best reef tank…
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An open letter to Reef Builders readers from MASNA
To all Reefbuilders Readers: The MASNA Industry, Legislation and Conservation staff has been hard at work preparing MASNA’s response to the proposed listing of 82 coral species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). In connection with preparing the response, we…
AI Vega Review: the promise of LEDs is available now
The last six months have seen a flurry of next generation LED light being released with the AI Vega firmly in the vanguard of that pack. First announced over 18 months ago, there has been a great deal of expounding…
AI Powerpuck LEDs up for preorder, shipping in April
The AI Powerpuck is so close to making the Vega the most customizable LED reef aquarium light ever that we can almost taste it. If twenty LED channels of control isn’t enough to get you hot and bothered about the…
Coral fluorescence found to be strong indicator of coral health
Temperature is an important physical parameter to all life, not the least of which corals, and coral fluorescence is really important to us reefers. As it turns out, coral fluorescence and temperature are intimately linked with coral health, in tangible…
Kessil A360N & A360W LED lights announced with excellent new features
The Kessil A360 is the name of the mysterious LED fixture spotted at ReefStock last weekend, getting all cozy with the Apex controller. Coming in a narrow beam A360N and wide angle A360W, Kessil’s new flagship LED spotlights are packing…
AI Sol and Vega LEDs get a massive deployment at DeJong Marinelife
DeJong Marinelife is a world-class wholesaler that has gotten a lot of love from Reef Builders for good reasons. We got a look into DeJong Marinelife’s operations through a video two years back, but since then they’ve made the switch…
Larger Pacific Striped Octopus is rediscovered, comes from Nicaragua
The Larger Pacific Striped Octopus is one extraordinary cephalopod that has been known about before, but somehow fell into obscurity despite it’s overwhelming awesomeness as a living creature. In the Photo above by Roy Caldwell you can easily see that…
Five live peppermint Angelfish make their way to Blue Harbor Japan
Somewhere in Osaka Japan, down deep in the fish conditioning vault of Blue Harbor Aquariums, rests no less than five little treasures from the Pacific Ocean, the illustrious peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei. The quintet of holy grail reef fish arrived…
Reef Builder of the Month – Jason Crockett
In 2009 I was formally introduced to Jason Crockett who had just purchased a 90-gallon tank and stand from a good friend, David Noller. After a brief introduction, Jason and I discussed many of the particulars involved with the hobby…