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Keys lionfish sightings finally verified after the capture of St. Croix specimen
After many unconfirmed sightings in the Caribbean last June, this past November a live volitan lionfish, Pterois volitans, was captured off the southwest coast of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands…
H&S A-400 custom skimmer is improved, better
H&S, the company that brings you high end skimmers has been toying with its designs as of late. The latest change they have made is with the actual pumps. Most aquarists know that the lower the pumps are the more…
It’s Australia Day: Symphyllia wilsoni desktop background
OK so first of all, Australia Day was Monday but since we never got around to featuring an Australian coral, it’s better to post late than never. When the Aussie lords first started coming in it was inconceivable that any…
Red Sea Max 250 in the wild Part 4: the lighting
Well we would have loved to bring you more on the highly coveted RSM250 but when we returned to our LFS to take more pics and do another tour of the kit, the all in one set up had been…
Minerals and trace elements from Sera line up to be in your tank
Sera has released a new line of minerals and trace elements for saltwater aquariums. The line which has 7 components ranging from Iodine, Calcium and PH buffer to name a few. We haven’t seen this pop up at any local…
Arcadia’s new series 4 luminaires lighting up UK
Arcadia has been showing off their Series 4 lighting units for a while now. The series 4 unit is a much needed upgrade from the Series 3 units. The lighting unit is available in wattages ranging from 150, 250 and…
Reefbuilders crowns a new holy grail, the Yellowlined Japanese Anthias
Now that the once highly coveted Odontanthias borbonius is relatively common in the marine aquarium, it’s time for rare fish fanciers to set their sights on more elusive fish. Reefbuilders is the online authority on rare reef fish and as such,…
Polario pumps coming to the UK end of February
The United States has been enjoying the Polario water pusher for some time now, close to two years to be exact and all this time the United Kingdom hasn’t seen much of this water pump. Thankfully that is about to…
Reef fish, gotta breed them all!
Dear Reefbuilders readers, my name is Guin and this introductory post is to let you know a little about me and what you can expect from my contributions to ReefBuilders. I have broad interests in the hobby; my focus/interests may…
Some populations of Caribbean staghorn are not as wimpy as previously thought
A recent paper published in the journal of the Public Library of Science reports on a study which used genetic tools to look for disease resistance in the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis. Researchers Steven Volmer and David Kline performed…
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…
Eviota bacata is a New Species of dwarfgoby from New Caledonia
A new species of Eviota goby has been described from Grand Terra, New Caledonia, taking…
Signature Frags’ Split Personality Spliced Acro May Have Been Born Out of Stress!
Reef Builders is no stranger to spliced Acropora, but this one came out of British…
Reef Builders Raj Works on 10,000 Gallon Mega Tank Build
Raj has never really flexed his skill set to the Reef Builders audience before. He…
