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SaltwaterAquarium.com 4th of July Sale is now Live!
Reef Builders Retail Partner SaltwaterAquarium.com is slashing prices on selected dry goods and livestock in their 4th of July Sale. First up is 15% off everything from their coral farm, ranging from…
Coral Supreme Hits the Master Scoly Jackpot
One of the best parts of working for Reef Builders is when you wake up to private messages containing exciting fish or corals, and today was just one of those days. The animal? Homophyllia australis, aka the Scoly, from Queensland,…
Charlotte the Pregnant Stingray Dies
The saying goes “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” as one of the biggest aquarium-related media sensations this year has come to a sad end. Charlotte, the pregnant female California Round Stingray was confirmed dead by its carers at…
Tia Davis Speaking at Reef Stock Chattanooga 2024
Reef Builders is thrilled to welcome Tia Davis to our team of expert speakers at Reef Stock Chattanooga this August. Tia is a marine biologist and a lifelong scientist with her current projects including 76 fully aquacultured species of macroalgae,…
Aquarium Safety: How to Identify and Remove Dangerous Palythoa Corals
As someone who makes a living growing and distributing aquarium corals, I am always on the lookout for exciting new varieties. Among the myriad groups of corals, Zoanthids are always among the most popular. It was with this mentality that…
My Coral Caretaker Job and Livestock Wholesale Explained
I’ve been working in the wholesale part of the aquarium hobby industry for just over three years. It has been a unique and insightful experience that opened my eyes and allowed me to see what and how the wholesale end…
GHL Doser 2.2 can Dose up to 150 Times Per Day
GHL has been manufacturing dosing pumps for 25 years, and the latest iteration, the GHL Doser 2.2 is packed full of useful features. For a start, it is a standalone, app-controlled four-head doser capable of delivering as little as 0.1ml…
Flashback Friday – Jake’s love for Butterflyfish
Working on Reef Builders we think about Jake Adams every day, and miss the conversations we used to have with him about all things reefing. Something we spoke about a lot was Jake’s own fish collection, and he would test…
Marc Levenson Speaking at ReefStock Chattanooga 2024
Marc “melev” Levenson needs no introduction as he’s part of the fabric of the American reefing scene, being in the hobby since the late 1990s. Marc gives talks around the country, writes for Coral Magazine, and entertains reefers internationally with…
Bleaching Reduces Reproduction in Giant Clams, Tridacna gigas
A study into the effects of increased seawater temperatures on Giant Clams has shown that it not only causes massive mortalities but also directly affects survivors’ reproductive performance. In a paper published last year, researchers monitored the direct impacts of…
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…
