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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…
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).…
Royal Caribbean Partners With Snapchat To Introduce The ‘SeaSeeker’ Mask
Royal Caribbean has partnered with social media company Snapchat to introduce a new way to share your scuba diving adventures. Royal Caribbean a cruise liner company, has designed a new scuba diving mask called the SeaSeeker with a pair of…
Deepwater Aquatics Has A Killer New Controller For The BLDC Pump
Deepwater Distribution has just announced a very substantial overhaul to their popular BLDC pump. The BLDC pumps just a big bump in features and performance mostly through a swanky new controller that is a quantum leap from their old one. …
Come Coral Shopping With Me At Reefapalooza New York 2017
As epic as reef shows like Reefapalooza are, we know that not everyone can make it out for this pinnacle of coral shopping extravaganza. So in an attempt to bring you along for the ride and a vicarious coral shopping…
A Voyage Through The Pacific – The Seattle Aquarium
We have a confession to make: We love public aquariums and we have a goal to visit as many as we possibly can throughout our travels. We recently stopped by the Seattle Aquarium and had an incredible afternoon viewing some…
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…
