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Visiting the Coral Greenhouse of Tampico Coral Farms [Video]
Greenhouse Coral Farming was once a hypoed buzzword in the coral hobby but although we don’t hear so much about it these days, there’s still some reefers soldiering on growing corals with…
Nano Chiller by Chill Solutions now with Digital Thermorstat
The summer heat can be hard to beat, especially in small and nano reef tanks where the volume isn’t enough to retain much heat, and for which there aren’t many efficient cooling options. The CSXC-1 Nano Chiller from Chill Solutions…
Acropora Thrive In The Shallow Reefs Around Halmahera Indonesia
Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found our Acropora dream reef is an understatement. We visited this region as part of the…
Teleport Yourself to Reefapalooza New York With Our Saturday & Sunday Livestream Videos
Just like in Orlando, Reefapalooza New York was a most excellent reef aquarium show brimming with reefers, interesting new gear, and exciting livestock. It’s really hard to imagine how Reefapalooza’s producers could make this event any better but we also…
VolxJapan Vesta Skim is the internal protein skimmer from Japan
VolxJapan Vesta Skim is a new internal protein skimmer the company added to its small, but growing line of products. The Vesta Skim comes in tow sizes and uses a simple external pump controller to regulate flow and initiate the…
Coral View Lens Review – A Must-Have Accessory For Social Reefers
Without exaggeration, a clip-on yellow or orange smartphone filter to take pictures in blue light reef tanks is one of the most important accessories a reefer should have in 2018. Since we can’t take our tanks with us and we…
Two New Species of ‘Hobbit Shrimp’ That live in Sea Squirts
The Bilbo Baggins shrimp is one of two new species of ‘hobbit shrimp’ recently described and observed to have a fascinating behavior. The two new hobbit shrimp, Odontonia bagginsi and O. plurellicola are only found living exclusively in and on…
Butterflyfish Pairs Must Work Together To Defend their Food
Pairing and monogamy is nearly always associated with sex and reproduction but it turns out that some species of butterflyfish have a different reason to pair up. Competition on tropical reefs is intense for virtually all resources, and there’s always…
Nyos Torq Media Reactor Hands-On & First Impression
We’ve seen so many media reactors in the last decade – most of them are just a tube with a hose going in and out – that it’s quite hard to get ‘excited’ about a new model, until now. The…
Change your Mobile Photography Game with Polyp Lab Coral View Lens
The Coral View Lens from Polyp Lab is a groundbreaking new kit that is a must have for any reef aquarium enthusiasts. The kit includes three detachable add-ons for a mount that simply clips on to the small camera 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…
