Home
Holiday ornament from the sea? Video of feather star is stunning
This stunning video of a feather star is a reminder of just how wonderful and majestic the creatures of the sea can be. Like a special holiday ornament, the feather star have…
Wavereef’s R1 is the Latest in its Protein Skimmer Line
The Wavereef R1 Protein Skimmer is the latest line of internal protein skimmers from the company released earlier this year. Using an AC needlewheel pump designed to their specs and a patented skimming system according to the data we received.…
The Top 10 Stories of 2017
The last decade of keeping saltwater aquariums has been very exciting and 2017 as a year was no exception. For ten years the Reef Builders team has striven to bring you interesting and original stories that help our readers learn…
Quick Guide To Mound & Boulder Caribbean Corals
Mound & Boulder Quick Guide We get it, you’re busy and don’t have time to sit around sifting through books or perusing our Guide to Caribbean Corals. So we made this quick guide to Mound & Boulder corals so you can easily identify Caribbean…
The Unique Eyes of Incredibly Diverse Eviota Gobies
Live eye-color patterns of various species of Eviota: 1) E. algida (M.V. Erdmann); 2) E. tetha (M.V. Erdmann); 3) E. teresae (R. Whitworth); 4) E. bilunula (R. Whitworth); 5) E. cometa (R. Whitworth); 6) E. fallax (G.R. Allen); 7) E.…
Top 10 Festive reef life that could get lost in a candy cane factory
It’s no secret that our society loves the combination of red and white colors, which is no doubt why it is employed so much during winter festivities. But it turns out that nature really appreciates this peppermint or candy cane…
Quick Guide To Large Polyp Caribbean Corals
Large Polyps When most people imagine corals, they think of hundreds of tiny polyps creating a larger colony of coral. And while this is true for most corals there is a second category of corals which have large polyps, and even single…
Cove I-120 is the company’s smallest protein skimmer to date
Cove has been making a name for itself as one of the most prominent protein skimmer brands to use the venerable AquaBee needle wheel pumps. The company has a wide ranging catalog of protein skimmer sizes and they’ve recently added…
MicMol adds Aqua Mini and Aqua Pro G3 LED models
We touched on MicMol when they first introduced the MicMol Aqua Mini and Aqua Pro LED lights in 2013 and they’ve been through a few changes with the latest versions, the MicMol Aqua Mini G3 and MicMol Aqua Pro G3…
Washington Area Reefers give support to Fiji Coral Farmers
New Funding for the ADE project from WAMAS The Washington DC Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) has awarded the first major contribution, a $10,000 donation, to the ADE Project in Fiji founded by Walt Smith. ADE (Aquaculture Development for the…
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…
