In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine Centre in the UK,…
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Crazy Ludicrous Chalice in the wild!
Once in a while, you come across a coral during a dive, and you can’t not share it with everyone. This was the case during an exploration dive in the south of Sumba. Exposed, high swell, cold up-wellings, everyone was…
Has the Hobby Gotten Too Expensive?
Let’s face it, this hobby has never been an inexpensive one. Even during the early years of the hobby, it was expensive for a number of reasons. Corals and saltwater fish have always been more expensive than their freshwater counterparts.…
3D Printed Nozzles Bring Angle Adjustment to VorTech Pumps
3D printer 4D Aquatics has produced two third-party interchangeable nozzles for all three of EcoTech’s VorTech wavemakers. The MN Series push-on nozzles offer either straight, more focussed narrow flow, or wide flow more like that of the stock housing, but…
Flashers from down under! Australia’s Flasher Wrasses and the newest species from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
The eponymous flasher wrasses are so named for their dazzling courtship displays, in which males flash iridescent neon colours to attract females and to ward off rival males. This behaviour is best appreciated about an hour before sunset, or as…
Swiss Watches Feature Nudibranchs
I’m a big fan of all things fusion and this new collaboration between watchmakers Swatch and Blancpain is giving me sweet surges of serotonin and dopamine. For those of us who are embracing the aquarium lifestyle, the Swiss watch duo…
New Tunze Turbelle Stream Eco Pumps Break the Efficiency Barrier
The reefing hobby has a lot to thank Tunze for, as before they invented the first high output, wide outlet propellor pump we used batteries of small powerheads, creating heat and using lots of power. Now propellor pumps are the…
Reef Microbiology Part One: The Holobiont
In this series, I hope to bring a magnifying glass to the invisible world populating our tanks – the microbiome! The first installment of this series will focus on the microbes living in and on our corals. What is Microbiology,…
Skylight Hyperspot R is an Aquascaping Light Adapted for Reef Tanks
Back in March last year we found a slick-looking aquascaping light called the Skylight Hyperspot and remarked that we would love to see a reef version. 18 months later, the reef spec Skylight Hyperspot R is now available so we…
Flashback Friday: Jake Adams’s Love For Anthias
We don’t know why but this morning, we woke up really feeling it for Anthias, so we entered it into the search bar on the Reef Builders’ website and were treated to some image-rich, species-rich articles written by Jake Adams…