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Reefing Hot Takes Part One: Organic Nutrients and N-DOC Testing
I’ll discuss my “hot takes” on the reefing industry in this new series. In this first installment, I will cover N-DOC testing and the importance of measuring organic nutrients for our tanks. …
Massive Taxonomic Shake-up Sees Tuna and Seahorses As Related
The minute you first set up an aquarium, or buy your first fish, like it or not, you will be involved in fish taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science of putting living things in order, and in aquarium fish and invertebrates,…
Scientists Solve the Puzzle of Starfish Body Design
Echinoderms – starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, have been the subject of some recent research to try to ascertain how they developed their pentaradial body shapes. Starfish evolved some 540 million years ago, and from…
Aqua Illumination Launches Orbit Crossflow and Axis Centrifugal Pumps
Aqua Illumination has launched two surprise new DC pump ranges called the Orbit, and the Axis, only with some very familiar form factors. The Orbit is an unashamedly rebadged Maxspect Jump gyre flow pump – Bulk Reef Supply tells us…
What to do with a Dead Anemone
Dead anemones are not only a shame, a loss of life, and a financial loss, if not diagnosed and dealt with quickly they can make a real mess of your tank. Here’s what to do if you find a dead…
$12.6 million Missouri Mansion comes with a 900-gallon Reef Tank built-in
One of the most expensive homes in the Kansas City area is being offered for sale. At nearly 17,000 square feet, the Lake Winnebago lakeside property boasts a five-stop elevator, a 1000-bottle wine cellar, a movie theater, an indoor spa,…
How to Select Fish for a New Reef Tank
For the majority of us who started in the hobby, our initial lure was watching a beautiful colored fish in a saltwater tank in the local fish shop. It could have been a clownfish frolicking in an anemone or a…
How to Move a Reef Aquarium
One of the most dreaded things in life is moving house, factor in moving an aquarium, and stress levels peak. Here’s an informative guide that might help you have a casualty and stress-reduced day when the time comes to move…
Remy Fills His Red Sea Reefer 625 G2+
Reef Therapy host Remy has finally filled his Red Sea Reefer 625 and its going to be a hybrid of methodologies, learning, and hopefully a lot of fun. After much debate with both the pro-bacteria and pro-sterile tank guys Remy…
How to Care for Non-Photosynthetic Soft Corals
Reef Builders Field Reporter Evie Lyn Hale flew out to Quality Goldfish in Clearwater, Florida, to catch up with new Reef Builders contributor Levi Peterson. As well as working for a coral wholesaler Levi has developed a passion for Florida…
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…
Eviota bacata is a New Species of dwarfgoby from New Caledonia
A new species of Eviota goby has been described from Grand Terra, New Caledonia, taking…
Signature Frags’ Split Personality Spliced Acro May Have Been Born Out of Stress!
Reef Builders is no stranger to spliced Acropora, but this one came out of British…
Reef Builders Raj Works on 10,000 Gallon Mega Tank Build
Raj has never really flexed his skill set to the Reef Builders audience before. He…
