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Global Coral Reef Week 2020 Is Happening July 1st to July 14th
Global Coral Reef Week is a virtual event where you can watch over 100 recorded talks by coral reef scientists and practitioners around the world. We love the idea of virtual conferences,…
Is a $25 pH Monitor Even Any Good?
When I started keeping aquariums in the mid 1990s a pH monitor from Milwaukee Instruments or American Marine cost around a hundred dollars. Do you know how much they cost today around twenty five years later? They’re still roughly the…
Onna Coral Field in Okinawa Japan
A recent image posted by Lagoon Diving showing off Acropora growth in Okinawa had us curious to learn more about this iconic reef restoration project. The Onna coral field project started more than twenty years ago when, following a bleaching…
Panta Energy is a Powerful Battery Pack for Hydro Wizard 42 Pumps
Panta Energy is a surprising new product from Panta Rhei specially designed for their small Hydro Wizard pumps. This unique battery pack has been created with all the leads necessary to put it in series with the power supply, controller,…
Surprising Growth Rates Found In Deep Water Leptoseris Coral
New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic coral. The study measured growth rates of deep water Leptoseris corals in Hawaii and found growth rates between 1in – 0.3in or (25mm – 7.5mm)…
Red Encrusting Algae Grows in Freshwater Too
Algae are one of the oldest and most diverse groups of plants on the planet, growing in virtually all places that qualify as habitable, and even some that don’t such as snow in Antarctica. Encrusting red algae such as Mesophyllum Coralline…
Ghostly White Sailfin Tang Could be the First of its Kind!
The first white sailfin tang came to us not as a tiny minnow but as a nearly full-grown adult Zebrasoma veliferum. This shocker of a fish specimen was shared by RVS Fishworld who is no stranger to fishing up aberrant…
Hanna Nitrate Checker Coming Soon for the Low Range
The Hanna Nitrate Checker is a long awaited addition to Hanna Instruments’ catalog of trusted digital water testers. The Hanna Phosphate Checker has been the gold standard in accurate, low range measurement of this important nutrient and algae fuel so…
Caribbean Corals are Thriving at the Butterfly Pavilion
Around four months ago we reported on a batch of Caribbean Stony corals which were rescued from the advancement of a terrible disease, and entrusted to a Denver area institution called the Butterfly Pavilion. When we first saw these corals…
Tips For Taking Better Aquarium Pictures
Are your aquarium pictures always turning out blue, even when the colors appear bright and vibrant to your eyes? Here are a few tricks you can use to cut out the blue and bring color back to your images. Gel…
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…
