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The End. What will happen to your reef tank when you are gone?
Everyone has heard the cliché that the only things you can count on are death and taxes. Since we have just gotten through tax season, I thought it might be a good…
The Staghorns of Bauhinia: A Short Tour Of Acropora Species In Wild Hong Kong
When someone talks about Hong Kong, we would most likely associate it with the breathtaking skyscrapers, night scenery, the bustling city life as well as its diverse people and culture. But this tiny city tucked away on the coast of…
Flashback Friday: Jake’s love for Plectranthias
When Jake passed away, a lot of tributes said he was a coral man, but if you knew him he would have just as many conversations with people about marine fish. He loved them all, especially the rare ones, and…
Reef Nook’s Wild Grafted tenuis is an Acroholic’s dream
A coral farm in the South of Spain has a wild, grafted Acropora tenuis, which we have never seen before. “Attached is a pic of an Acropora tenuis that came grafted from the wild,” Reef Nook’s Biel told Reef Builders.…
Video: 10-foot Aussie Reef Tank Display is Twenty Years Old
For most of us, our tanks are just a few months or a few years old, with small frags and still many new tank issues. So it was refreshing to see a tank that was not just large at ten…
Ecoxotic Cannon Pro still brings Beast Mode to LED Aquarium Lighting
Ecoxotic is a brand we talked about a lot ten years ago but it’s still going, with the Cannon Pro 160-watt commercial fixture offering unrivaled bang for public aquarium buck. A light designed to replace metal halides in public displays,…
Heliopora are Not-So-Soft, Soft Corals
Given their common name of soft corals, one would likely assume that octocorals are well… soft. However, as is common in biology, there are always exceptions to rules. Within the Octocorallia, there are a few species that form aragonite-based skeletons,…
Deltec E-Flow Pumps 4 and 8 are now available in the USA
Deltec USA now has stock of the smaller brothers to the E-Flow 10, 12, and 16 return pumps. The E-Flow 4 produces a maximum flow of 1056gph/4000lph for just 30 watts, is adjustable in 2-watt increments, and can lift water…
Lionfish Continue to Invade the Mediterranean Sea
Invasive lionfish are continuing to spread throughout the Mediterranean, according to a recent article in the journal NeoBiota. The well-known venomous reef fish are now being found as far west as Spain and as far north as Croatia, only their…
TMC Team Up with ICP Analysis for UK and Europe
Tropical Marine Centre is now offering an ICP water testing service via a partnership with ICP Analysis.com in the US. Four different tests will be available from launch, one to test 13+ elements in saltwater, one to test 50+ elements…
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…
