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Bali Deepwater Acros Will Forever Be Our Favorite Exotic Corals
Coral fads and species hype comes and goes – Chalice corals had a nice long run, neat Favias were hot that one year, shrooms exploded onto the scene and are still going…
Tropic Eden Pukani Rock is a Clone of the Real Thing
Tropic Eden Pukani Rock is a new marine aquarium aquascaping product with an uncanny resemblance to one of the most popular live rock locations of all time. Fiji live rock and all its forms was the quintessential source for real,…
Sympodium Grows by a Whopping Seven New Species
The vast majority of our generic coral ‘bandwidth’ is focused at the Scleractinian stony corals and to a lesser degree at corallimorphs and zoanthids with very little fanfare for too much else. But as we’ve said repeatedly every time we…
Hanna HI97105 Marine Master Multiparameter Checker
The Hanna HI97105 Marine Master Multiparameter Checker is new water testing device which combines all of the major parameters of reef aquarium chemistry into one photometric machine. The Marine Master Checker from Hanna can measure pH, alkalinity, calcium, nitrate, nitrite,…
Palau Acropora Start Trickling in from Biota
With our ever present fixation on truly unique corals, we’re always looking for new, rare, uncommon and exotic species and strains of corals, especially the small polyp stony corals. Some people seek ‘rare’ corals with blue light, orange glasses and…
Reef Labs – A New ICP Testing Service from Florida
Reef Labs is a new ICP water testing service which expands the number of companies offering critical examination of saltwater aquarium chemistry in the United States. The inductively coupled plasma machines are located inside of Reef Masters, a saltwater aquarium…
I Got Stung By a Ball-Tentacle Shroom!
Shrooms or corallimorphs are classified as some of the most innocuous of all stinging ‘corals’ and they tend to be at the bottom of the aggression pyramid in most reef environments. The smooth surfaces of Discosoma and most Rhodactis don’t really have…
Get Ready for ReefStock Denver 2022!
As 2021 comes to an end, the beginning of our 2022 event season is just beginning! ReefStock Denver has been a long standing tradition in the Colorado region for over a decade, and next year is set to be our…
Looking towards the Reptile Hobby for ‘Real’ UV Light
There’s been a lot of discussion around the role of ultraviolet light in reef tanks and the health of our corals, especially with the rise of LED lighting fixtures that are missing it. In the classical era of reef keeping…
Maxspect Explains Why They Went With a 160 Mesh Media Bag
Chemical filtration can be an important tool for maintaining water quality in a reef aquarium and these days most reefers use some sort of flow through media reactor for use with GFO, activated carbon or aluminum oxide medias. With so…
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…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
