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May 2008 Photo Contest: Blennies
Reef Builders is launching its first photo contest. The subject of this contest is Blennies, so be sure to get your best camera out and take some pictures of your blennies. The…
Feeling Squirmy? Scientists finally get to examine Colossal squid
You remember when a Colossal squid was found a little over a year ago? Scientists have finally got to examine it in four hours time, they will run several tests on it including: “studying the suckers and hooks on in…
Vortech MP20 powerhead gets released, 140F top operating temp
Ecotech Marine released the MP20, the MP40’s smaller brother. Designed for 70 gallons or less, the MP20 is clearly aimed at the Tunze Nanostreams, mainly the 6055 series. Quickly glancing over the specs reaches us to the Maximum Motor Tempature…
Drs. Foster smith EcoCube vs Current Solana 25 gallon nano aquariums
We had a ink-a-ling that the EcoCube from Drs. Foster and smith was a Current Solana and Eric confirmed it for us. I was thinking about that, since DFS is getting an OEM from Current should mean that DFS can…
25 Gallon EcoCube Nano Aquarium is nice, lights not included
Drs. Foster and Smith, the large mail order company out of Wisconsin has released the 25 gallon EcoCube aquarium, sure to please your eyes. We would wager to say this is an OEM from another aquarium manufactuer. Besides offering the…
CONFIRMED: Euro Reef Hang on Back Protein Skimmer
Upon asking Euro Reef about their rumored Hang-on-the-back protein skimmer, we talked about how we were very confident that they would release a unit in the 2008 year. We are still sticking to that, but it is nice to know…
Crochet Coral Reef is beyond cool
Have you seen the crochet coral reef? As a homage to the coral reef Margaret and Christine Wertheim – who grew up in Queensland – have instigated a project to crochet a woolen reef. Using the techniques of hyperbolic crochet…
Coral seeding happening in the reefs of Palau
Scientists are around the reefs of Palau to investigate the potential of a experimental technique called coral seeding. They will collect the spawn from mass mating events that are supposed to happen so around these regions to promote growth of…
Reef fish eavesdrop to find their homes
Do fish actually use their ears? They must, because coral reef fish spend weeks scouting out a new neighborhood before they move in – just like human house buyers do. The fish use their acute sense of hearing to eavesdrop…
Reef that was nuked, bounces back
Three islands of Bikini Atoll were vapourised by the Bravo hydrogen bomb in 1954, which shook islands 200 kilometres away. Instead of finding a bare underwater moonscape, ecologists who have dived there have given it a clean bill of health. …
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…
