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Caribbean Coral Diaries: Pseudodiploria clivosa
Knobby Brain Coral Psuedodiploria clivosa, the Knobby Brain Coral, is the third and final species of Diploria brain coral found in the Caribbean. P. clivosa has the thinnest ridges of all three species which grow in a tightly woven…
This Clever Regulator Hack Will Save Space In Your Gear Room
Having worked in several dive shops, and dove with a few dozen more, it always interests me to see how each center organizes their gear room. Different dive shops have a different protocol about where they rinse, dry and store…
New Vital Wave LEDs Are Serving Up A Rainbow of Color
Simple LED Spotlights have mostly given way to controllable fixtures in the Western reefing aquarium scene, but new controllable versions from Vital Wave are packing a ton of new heat. Not only are these new Vital Wave LED spotlights controllable…
Great New Pictures of BLUE Queen Angelfish from St. Paul’s Rock
The Queen Angelfish is one of the most iconic reef fish in the Caribbean Sea. It’s appearance has some regional variation throughout its range from Florida to Brazil, but there’s one place where the queen angels put on some very…
Best Reef Tank Teardown Time Lapse Video
Reef tanks don’t last forever, but it’s nice when they go out on a high note. Usually when a reef is shut down, it’s because of some aquarium catastrophe, or extraneous circumstances related to the house in which it resides. …
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Helioseris cucullata
Helioseris cucullata Helioseris cucullata is a Caribbean coral with a one of a kind appearance. You can easily spot this coral by the cup or nose-shaped corallite that always points to the exterior of the colony. Helioseris has several growth forms and color combination, but…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Agaricia fragilis
Agaricia fragilis is a species of thin plating coral that can grow in several different forms. This coral has shallow ridges and valleys with a single set of polyps aligned in even rows. Nice evenly arranged rows of polyps are characteristic…
100 Articles Of Reefing
100 Articles Of Reefing This past week I had to transfer a lot of material from a company computer to my personal computer. I had written a lot of the articles for ReefBuilders on that computer, so while I was…
Friday Smorgasbord: Drifting Plastics, GBR Value, Reef Rescue and Whales
This week’s Friday Smorgasbord has a conservation feel to it. We didn’t set out that way, but these compelling videos that captured our attention just set the theme. We first start with just where that plastic in our oceans ends…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Agaricia lamarcki
Agaricia lamarcki Agaricia lamarcki is a deep water species of plating coral you will find at the lower end of recreational diving limits. You can often find this delicate sheet encrusting on ledges and rocks around 30m (100 feet deep).…
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…
