The Ecoxotic 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System is a modern all-in-one reef tank, providing a solid and stylish all-in-one system. For a company just over a year old, Ecoxotic has made their presence known in the aquarium and reef aquarium…
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Shorty buckets of Seachem Salinity shipping soon, three buckets up for grabs right now
Seachem Salinity has recently become of the highest grades of synthetic salt mix available to reefers. Although Seachem Salinity first shipped in a large bucket that mixed up 200 gallons, curious reefers eager to get in on the premium salt…
Could high energy visible (HEV) light be damaging to corals?
High Energy Visible (HEV) light refers to the part of the spectrum from 380-530nm, which includes our beloved blue and royal blue LEDs as well as the violet, indigo, cyan and near-UV LEDs which are not yet widely used. With…
Reef Builders 2010 Statistics
Over the past year, Reef Builders has produced an amazing amount of posts, images, graphs and video footage that our readers have enjoyed. We thought it might be a cool idea if we assembled all of this information in a…
EcoEZ PNG SEASMART Operations Hamstrung by Premature Funding Loss
We were starting to wonder what happened to the forecast December 2010 release of maricultured corals from SEASMART program in Papua New Guinea. Today it was announced that the loss of PNG government funding during the last quarter of 2010…
Based on their frag pricing, Sexy Corals is probably smoking crack
We’ve just got two words for Sexy Corals: Re Hab. Put down the crack pipe and call your local drug abuse hotline because you have got to be high if you think this is still 2005-2006 where you can name…
Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2010
It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we last published our list of best aquarium products of 2009. If you needed any indication that 2010 was a big year for aquarium products, consider that last year…
2010 was a massive year for marine fish captive breeding
In May of this year, I asked if 2010 would be the year that the marine aquarium hobby shifted to breeding. By September of this year, I felt we already had our answer since this has indeed been one of…
Reef Builders top ten livestock picks of 2010
2010 has been a great year for marine aquarium livestock, with many new corals and rare fish appearing in the marine and reef aquarium hobby. It was hard to make a decision, there was a lot to pick from this…
We finally did it: Reef Builders gets a new commenting system
One of the new features we will be releasing for 2011, is a new commenting system. And starting today you’ll be able to take it out for a test drive. The system is called Disqus. Even if you don’t know…