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You Thought Collecting Coral Was a Dream Job?
By: Vincent Chalias In the last week, we spent some time with coral collector Nic Dos Santos from Ultra Coral Australia. Nic is a dedicated, passionate collector, and like everyone else, we…
2018 Was The Hottest Year On Record For The Ocean
Last year was the hottest for the planet’s oceans since global records began in 1958, according to an international team of scientists who track the data. Their findings were published Wednesday in the scientific journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The…
GHL Announces Slimmed Down ‘Essential’ Profilux 4e
The Profilux 4e is a new aquarium controller package from GHL which shaves off just a little bit from the full fledged Profilux 4. This ‘essential’ Profilux controller head unit is not nearly as basic as the bare bones Profilux…
The Montipora That Wanted To Become An Acropora!
By: Vincent Chalias While diving in Australia inshore reefs together with Ultra Coral Australia, we came across some funny looking Montis. Australia inshore dirty, turbid reefs are a Coral disease and parasite paradise. All classic coral diseases are available in…
The Therapeutic Effects of Saltwater Aquariums
Beyond Fish & Corals – The Real Benefits of a Saltwater Aquarium Setup For Your Family. There’s something to be said about the calming effects of the ocean on the human brain. From the soft lull of waves to observing…
Friday Smorgasbord: New Year Edition
After a bit of a break, I’m back to usher in the new year of Friday Smorgasbord posts. For those of you wondering where 2018 went, I am with you, but also wondering how did we get so close to…
Huge Parts of the Caribbean Are Experiencing Massive Algae Blooms
If you’ve ever experience algae blooms or outbreaks in your aquarium, you know how damaging the algae can be as it grows and when it breaks down. But right now a huge stretch of the Caribbean is experiencing an algae…
AI Prime Fuge Review: An LED Light With Uncompromising PAR Power
The AI Prime Fuge LED light is an unrelenting PAR monster designed to grow macroalgae and if we’re being honest, it’s really only intended to grow the Brillo-pad algae Chaetomorpha. This is the first time in the history of the aquarium…
Top 10 Featured Reef Tank Videos of 2018
We do a lot of different stories and produce a wide variety of videos but without a doubt, our favorite content is featuring successful reef tanks. We’re talking about tanks that are the clean, colorful, well aquascaped, with a quasi…
This is One Incredible Yellowfin Surgeonfish
There are over 80 species of surgeonfish but the aquarium hobby is dominated by yellow tangs, blue tangs, purple, koles, powder blues and just a few others. But there’s a whole world of tangs and surgeonfish that are barely represented…
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…
