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LiTeCo aquarium lighting wants to shine on your reef
LiTeCo is a small aquarium lighting manufacturer over in Europe. The company has been making products for several years now, with some of their first products being released at Interzoo 2006. One…
Where have all the Skimm Skimmers gone?
Whatever happened to our Skim line of protein skimmers here in the United States? We caught word of these skimmers back in March of last year and to date we haven’t seen them in stores anywhere. However, we have started…
Yummy Reef Fish too tasty to leave in the ocean
As these pictures of blotchy anthias at a seafood marke can attest, no matter how beautiful a fish looks they are still very yummy to eat. And why shouldn’t they be? Humans have been eating reef fish for much longer…
Tunze 9410 Skimmer washing up on North American shores
We got word of the Tunze 9410 skimmer way back in May 2008. At that time it was being shown off at Interzoo as one of the newest products from the German manufacturer. With the launch of the Tunze Silence…
As flamboyant as I wanna be
Hi, my name is Rich Ross and I am way into cephalopods. Keeping them, breeding them, eating them. Mostly the first two. One of the holy grails of ceph keeping are the two Metasepia species, the flamboyant cuttlefish. I have a…
DT’s almost visible Live Marine Copepods are swimming your way
DT’s has released new Live Marine copepods in a handy convenient tub form. These subtropcial Harpacticoid copepods are an easy food for corals and fish. They shouldn’t have any problems building a thriving population in your reef aquarium. Â If…
It’s Business Time for a Spawning Pair of Joculator Angelfish, because it’s Wednesday!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ_kAt5TJtc[/youtube] We have a knack around Reef Builders for the newest products, the rarest fish and high caliber videos. The video above represents the last two things that RB does best by bringing you an original video of the twilight…
Tunze Silence Pumps, shhh what was that?
Opps somehow we neglected to mention this, thanks to Eric for bringing it to our attention. One of the biggest complains in reef aquaira are noises. We all have and heard them, whether it be our skimmer, or lighting fans…
ReefBuilders welcomes new blog contributors Guin Burnard and Rich Ross
As you may have noticed, things are happening here at ReefBuilders. We are staying busy reporting the world of science, art and hobby of the marine aquarium and everything associated with it but the site has grown so much readership…
Contest: Marine Depot T-shirt
The kind folks at Marine Depot have given us a handy T-shirt. On the front it reads “Dead Fish stink”, and indeed they do. How do you enter? Just leave a comment on the blog. This contest will be open…
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…