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Golden Reef Solomon Islands FINDS PAIR of Aberrant Bicolor Angelfish
Golden Reef Solomon Islands L.T.D has collected not one but two aberrant Bicolor angelfish, and what’s more, they’re a pair! Bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa…
The Secret Nazi History of the Lyretail Anthias
In recent years, we’ve seen the classification of Pseudanthias slowly get whittled down in the light of molecular and morphological revisions. This has resulted in the expansion of Nemanthias from 1 to 6 species, the recognition of Mirolabrichthys as a…
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 4-part based on calcium consumption, we were keen to try it out for ourselves and get it set up on the Reefer Peninsula display tank…
Corals from Honduras Could Help Florida Corals Survive
In a pioneering effort to overcome the severe impacts of rising ocean temperatures on Florida’s coral reefs, scientists from The Florida Aquarium and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science have embarked on a groundbreaking…
Does Size Matter in an NPS Coral Reef Tank?
One of the questions I get asked most often from people planning their NPS or azooxanthellate coral reef tank, besides my feeding schedule, is the ideal tank size for such a system. With regular, photosynthetic reef tanks, it’s a common…
TRITON Opens Fifth ICP Testing Laboratory in Brazil
TRITON applied Reef Bioscience has achieved its next significant milestone with the opening of a fifth TRITON ICP laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil. The brand new lab has commenced testing for all TRITON ICP water samples in the South American…
Panic! at the Disco(soma) – An Overview of Discosoma spp. Corallimorphs
Many reef hobbyists, myself included, may have had their first foray at coral husbandry courtesy of a corallimorph. These so-called “mushroom-corals” of the taxonomic order Corallimorpharia are not true stony corals phylogenetically, but instead, represent a sort of “missing link”…
Flashback Friday – Jake’s Love for Hybrid Angelfish
Get into tropical marine fish identification and it won’t be long before you come across the fascinating world of interspecies hybrids. Jake Adams loved hybrids, one of the last messages he sent us was of a suspected hybrid Convict/Polyzona tang…
Sanjay Joshi Announced as Speaker at ReefStock Chattanooga 2024
Reef Builders is thrilled to announce reefing legend Sanjay Joshi as one of the Speakers at ReefStock Chattanooga. Sanjay will need no introduction to many seasoned reefers but has a wealth of knowledge, experience, and science-based data to bring to…
Up to 75% off Corals at Top Shelf Aquatics!
Top Shelf Aquatics is celebrating the 4th of July with a bang, with up to 75% off selected corals on their website. Mega deals include: TSA Firework Clove Polyp Coral $59.99 off Meteor Shower Cyphastrea Coral $24.99 off Reeftech Starburst…
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…