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Sander’s reef is quite a beast at almost 11 feet

The video of Sander’s reef aquarium pretty much speaks for itself; this is one long and awesome tank.  The tank measures 130x24x18”  for a volume of around 235 gallons and is lit by two 8 x 80 watt ATI fixtures.  The T5 fluorescent…

The cold water reef tank of Steve Weast is Azoox with stealth water flow

Cold water marine aquariums are few and far between, and cold water reef tanks are an even rarer breed. While most reefers spend their efforts running tropical reef tanks with warm water and high powered lights, after building a few…

Chris Campbell’s fish tank is a welcome throwback to the days of pure fish keeping.

Once upon a time, fish keeping was the main event of the marine aquarium hobby and invertebrates and corals were barely even a fringe; had blogging been developed earlier this site would have been called ‘Fish Keepers’ or something like…

Pieter-6-Meter’s 2000 gallon reef tank gets video update

There must be something in the reef water cause it seems like everyone’s been filming their reef tanks lately and uploading them for all of us to enjoy. The latest video to making up on the Reefing tube is Pieter-6-meter’s…

Julian Sprung’s home reef tank is an inspired peninsula reef with minimal live rock

When we first laid eyes on the home reef aquarium of Julian Sprung, we didn’t quite know what to make of it since it is quite unlike the conventional reefscape. Thanksfully, we had he opportunity to check out the reef…

LeDio Mystery Purple and NanoCustoms PAR 38 LED spotlights tango in these videos of azoox corals

The Ledio Mystery Purple LED spotlight from Volx Japan is one which we compared to many LED spotlights including the PAR 38 lamp from NanoCustoms which will be familiar to new and old Reef Builders readers alike. The Mystery purple…

Blanket Octopus Video

  This is an amazing animal and an amazing piece of footage. The good folks at www.TONMO.com (your source for all things cehpy) have ID’d the animal as one of the blanket octopuses, Tremoctopus violaceus. Blanket octopus are rarely seen…

Rare Solitary Balanophyllia video

Ok so solitary corals may not be the most exciting marine life to videotape but if youve never seen them these Australian Balanophyllia are very cool. This is a non-photosynthetic stony coral which can grow corallites up to 1.5″ long…