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Digital Aquatics and Eshopps get their float on
Both Digital Aquatics and Eshopps recently released float switch kits in the market with two different approaches—Eshopps is great for adding a simple analog top off float valve and Digital Aquatics for…
While you’re in Orange County visit one of SoCal’s finest LFS, Amazing Aquariums and Reefs
Whether you go to Amazing Aquariums and Reefs to buy or just to look, if you are traveling any distance to attend this weekend’s Reefapalooza event at the OC fairgrounds you ought to visit one of Southern California’s nicest aquarium…
Sybon Sea Salt says it mixes crystal clear
Sybon salt is a new “advanced engineered synthetic sea salt” on the market. Called Sybon Premium, it says it “contains perfect balance of all major, minor and 70 trace elements found in natural seawater, enriched with a wide spectrum of…
Reef-A-Palooza excites Southern California this upcoming weekend
The sixth annual Reef-A-Palooza (RAP) is hitting the Orange County Fairgrounds for the sixth time this weekend bringing together hobbyists, coral vendors, manufacturers and speakers for a weekend of reefing excitement. With a few tricks up their sleeves, the Southern…
Ricordea shrimp from Coral Morphologic could be a new species of Periclemenes
Ricordea Shrimp are a newly collected Periclemenes species from Southern Florida reefs which may be new to science. Our pals over at Coral Morphologic observed and collected this species living in Ricordea species corallimorphs. The diminutive discovery ranges in size…
Solid Vodka Dosing from NP Biopellets could usher in a new era of reefing
Solid Vodka Dosing is a relatively new concept from a company called NP Biopellets. The carbon source-infused polymer beads are meant to grow bacteria in layers that could usher in a revolutionary new way to manage nutrients in aquarium water.…
Underwater Museum showcases the reef sculptures of Jason de Caires Taylor
The Underwater Museum in the waters of Cancun Mexico are a stark contrast to the natural reefing most of us strive for. However, like the Live Bottles project, this moving display of human likeness will be forever in flux as…
Coral Gardening in Fiji gets demoed on HD video
If you had any doubt about how fast and colorful corals can grow in the ocean, here’s a time delayed video to natural growth rates in context. This segment of coral gardening is an exerpt from tne BBC film “Fragile…
NAC7 a cone skimmer from Bubble Magus
Bubble Magus has been known to make low cost, or in other words down right cheap aquarium products and this holds true with their newest cone shaped skimmer. The NAC7. This small cone skimmer is rated for aquariums from 500…
Love the ink, hate the needle?
If you like tattoos and octopus, but fear needles, then these tights from Esty are for you. Slide the silky Italian 40 Den tights up your legs and sport what everyone will think is an octopus tattoo, raising your status…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
