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Coral Restoration Foundation Massive Caribbean Coral Gene Bank
Coral Gene Bank The Coral Restoration Foundation™ is building a massive Caribbean coral gene bank along the coasts of southern Florida. The underwater haven for corals currently holds 303 coral genotypes across 10…
Friday Smorgasbord: One fish, two fish edition
We’re getting closer to MACNA and the end of summer ? but we have another edition of the Friday Smorgasbord that hopefully is a nice consolation prize. Have a great weekend all! Home for Wayward Goldfish France's unwanted goldfish get new home…
Announcing the Brand New Reef Builders Studio
Since it s inception way back in 2006 Reef Builders has grown and developed as the quintessential reef blog for reef aquarists and saltwater enthusiasts all over the world. During that time we’ve had many tanks, traveled many miles, and…
New Captive Bred Cortez Angelfish Show Extra Striping
Pomacanthus zonipectus is a large species of marine angelfish which has a unique and beautiful juvenile pattern. A handful of these recently turned up as larvae in the culture vats of Bali Aquarich representing the first captive bred cortez angelfish…
Smart Plugs Going Mainstream with New Ikea Offering
Smart plugs and power strips, most of which are wirelessly controlled and programmed can function as a very practical, and sometimes much smaller light and appliance timer. We’ve been using small, single outlet smart plugs to control the timing of various…
BYO-LED: Aquatic Life adds white option for its T5 hybrid LED mounting system
Bring your own LED (BYO-LED) is the name of the game with the Aquatic Life T5 hybrid mounting system we saw last year, but since our initial report the company has added a white option to go with the standard…
Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition in Bunaken National Park
Reef Builders blue is the best word I can use to describe the deep color you find while peering out from the Bunaken Wall. Countless sea turtles dart by, schools of pyramid butterfly fish, anthias, and triggerfish swim in synchrony…
The First Ever Longfin Angelfish also Happens to be A Conspic Hybrid!
Poma Labs, the angelfish aquaculture project of Dr. Matthew Wittenrich is now the proud breeder of not just one, but a second hybrid conspicillatus angelfish. Last year when they debuted their clutch of captive bred conspic angelfish babies, they also…
Transforming Wild Corals to Aquarium Corals by Vincent Chalias [Video]
We’ve wrapped up not one but two great ReefStock conferences this year and with that, we had some amazing speakers both in Denver, and in Sydney Australia. Earlier this year we shared some uncommon captive coral expertise from Worldwide Corals,…
Friday Smorgasbord: “What if” edition
“What if…” What If Ocean? What if the ocean treated us the way we treat the ocean? Posted by Our Planet on Thursday, August 16, 2018 What if the ocean treated us like we treat it? This video is humorous…
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…
