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New “Chip” For Identifying Endangered Corals Could Aid Conservation Efforts
A newly developed genotyping “chip” allows researchers to genetically identify corals and the symbiotic algae that live within the coral’s cells. This new tool is a vital step for establishing and maintaining…
Kevin’s Reef Tank Is An LPS Masterpiece
We’re really been enjoying checking out all your aquariums on Instagram including this LPS masterpiece which popped up under #reefbuilders. We reached out to Kevin aka Yaboikevin42 to learn more about his tanks and to get a few tips on…
Experimenting With Color Mixing in Montipora
Montipora species are beloved reef aquarium corals for a number of reasons, their range of shapes, range of colors, and more recently for their surprising ability to acquire new colors/pigments into what the hobby calls ‘grafting’. This phenomenon is more…
Artist Lisa “Seaurchin” Stevens Creates Vivid Clay Coral Sculptures
Coral frags captivate our attention with their bright vivid colors, and flowing hairy polyps, but their inspiration doesn’t stop with aquarists. Intricate coral textures, shapes, and colors also catch the attention of artist like Lisa “SeaUrchin” Stevens from the UK.…
PETCO Sells LiveAquaria to Holding group owned by Tropical Fish International
LiveAquaria, the popular business to consumer website providing live corals and fish to both saltwater and freshwater hobbyists, was purchased by California-based Tropical Fish International. Tropical Fish International (TFI) is a large wholesaler of livestock with its main operations located…
CoralTrack Launches Coral Info Management System
CoralTrack is a new online platform for curating and tracking your aquarium corals. Share details about your corals, as well as tank profiles with images, parameters, ancestry, gear, and livestock. CoralTrack has just released the beta version of its advanced…
Meet The “Sturddlefish” A Bizzare Looking Accidental Hybrid
A group of Hungarian aquatic scientists on the search to preserve sturgeon eggs for caviar accidentally created this bizarre-looking hybrid. Part American paddlefish and part Russian sturgeon, the “sturddlefish” study appeared this month in the scientific journal Genes. How it happened…
Add a Feeding Door to Your Screen Top with Neat Aquatics
The screen top feeding portal from Neat Aquatics is an interesting 3D printed device to help with feeding your aquarium fish through a screen top. There’s so many 3D printed trinkets in the aquarium hobby that seem to be little…
Upgrade Your Aquarium With The Hydor Setlz D Return Pump
As your aquarium grows and more importantly your livestock collection grows, it’s inevitable water becomes dirty through feeding and waste. Filtration and flow is a great place to start when you’re ready to start upgrading your aquarium gear. The Seltz…
An In-Depth Look At The Reef Factory Thermo Control
YouTuber Reef Dork shares a video review of the Reef Factory thermo control, a smart heating control device for your aquarium. We first wrote about Reef Factory nearly one year ago, and recently we started seeing posts and reviews 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…
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…
