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How and Why to Dose Your Reef Tank
We’re asked more questions on dosing than virtually anything else. Here’s a Beginner’s Guide and our most Frequently Asked Questions on Reef Tank Dosing. What is dosing? Dosing is when you add…
Ranching – a Different Way to Collect Saltwater Fish for the Aquarium Industry
In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine Centre in the UK,…
How to Aquascape a Reef Aquarium
Once the live rock has been cured and cycled one of the most fun aspects, at least to me, of setting up a new reef tank has finally arrived. Aquascaping a tank, that is designing and positioning the live rock…
Flashback Friday: When Jake visited Mile High Reefer’s tank
It’s when you look back through Jake Adams’ posts that you realize just how truly reef-obsessed he really was. Not only did he obsess about reef aquariums 24/7 and built himself a coral mecca in the Reef Builders Studio, but…
Crazy Ludicrous Chalice in the wild!
Once in a while, you come across a coral during a dive, and you can’t not share it with everyone. This was the case during an exploration dive in the south of Sumba. Exposed, high swell, cold up-wellings, everyone was…
Has the Hobby Gotten Too Expensive?
Let’s face it, this hobby has never been an inexpensive one. Even during the early years of the hobby, it was expensive for a number of reasons. Corals and saltwater fish have always been more expensive than their freshwater counterparts.…
3D Printed Nozzles Bring Angle Adjustment to VorTech Pumps
3D printer 4D Aquatics has produced two third-party interchangeable nozzles for all three of EcoTech’s VorTech wavemakers. The MN Series push-on nozzles offer either straight, more focussed narrow flow, or wide flow more like that of the stock housing, but…
Flashers from down under! Australia’s Flasher Wrasses and the newest species from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
The eponymous flasher wrasses are so named for their dazzling courtship displays, in which males flash iridescent neon colours to attract females and to ward off rival males. This behaviour is best appreciated about an hour before sunset, or as…
The Orange Tree Gorgonian is a Rare, Deepwater Treat
The wonderful Swiftia exserta, also known as the Orange Tree Gorgonian, is a treat for all those reef hobbyists who enjoy oddball marine life. Their striking color and shape have them highly sought after in the non-photosynthetic side of the…
Swiss Watches Feature Nudibranchs
I’m a big fan of all things fusion and this new collaboration between watchmakers Swatch and Blancpain is giving me sweet surges of serotonin and dopamine. For those of us who are embracing the aquarium lifestyle, the Swiss watch duo…
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…
