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Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception
This Friday evening come join us for the Reef Builders meetup at the MACNA Friday night reception at the Sheraton Hotel. We’d love to meet new and old Reef Builders readers from…
Fluval G filter from Hagen gets outed with more official pictures
The Fluval G filtration system finally gets outed with high quality pictures. Finally. As it has only taken Hagen 3 months a few months to finally give up the goods. This Fluval G filter is being pushed by Hagen as…
The Skeletor eel and Berndt’s eel raise the bar for rare & beautiful eels
Move aside Dragon, Kidako and Golden eels because the Skeletor and Berndt’s eels are here to show you who’s the king of the Anguilliformes. Pictured above is Berndt’s eel, Gymnothorax berndti, an extreme deepwater rarity from Japan who’s collection is…
RKM-RD1 is a new remote display for Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper controllers
The RKM-RD1 is a new remote display en route from Digital Aquatics. The remote display has been one of the most obvious new features of the Apex AquaController system but now Digital Aquatics is set to release a remote display…
Rod’s Food unveiling 3 new frozen foods: Fish Eggs, Pacific Plankton (Euphasia sp.) and Seaweed Blend
Not sure if we should be bothered about feeding fish eggs to fish, it’s kind of like feeding children to people, but that hasn’t stopped Rod’s Food from developing a new frozen fish food formulation called simply ‘Fish Eggs’. Two…
Frag Cave is a nature-realistic arch of frag mounts from Eshopps
The new realistic Frag Cave from Eshopps takes the concept of ceramic frag mounts which have been popping up all over the place and plasters their bare ceramic surface with natural grey and modest pink coloration. From the looks of…
H&S hang-on protein skimmer, exclusive first look
The H&S 110 hang-on. It’s been a long tome coming but the master acrylicsmiths at Germany’s H&S factory are finally cranking out their first hang-on the back protein skimmer. The new hang-on skimmer is based off of the internals of…
CaribSea’s new try one for free promotion
CaribSea is pushing a new promotion to get you to try some of their products. This is being billed as the “Try one for Free” promotion and first appeared in CORAL magazine. You can pick either ReefCal, or Buffer Plus.…
Reef Illuminations from IceCap brings the actinic LED assist
Reef Illuminations is a new line of light fixtures from industry stalwart IceCap and Reef Buidlers is proud to bring you exclusive first look at the IceCap’s first full lighting fixture. Aside from the now mundane halide and T5 combo,…
Just What Kind of Reefer Are You? (And does it even matter?)
“What is interesting to see is that as the reef hobby “grows up”, we are starting to see a great deal of specialization” I was reflecting recently with Jake about one of my favorite topics: The current trends and state…
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…
