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6 tips to make equalization easy
Learning to equalize your ears is basic diving skill, and it is important to learn the proper technique for clearing your ears while scuba diving. If you are not able to equalize…
Korallen & Meer 265 Gallon Reef Tank
This 265 gallon reef tank by Martin at Korallen & Meer is exploding with coral and too good not to share. We love the huge colonies of SPS corals at the top of the tank which are just about ready…
Bubble Magus QQ2 protein skimmer shines in shallow frag tanks
The Bubble Magus QQ2 is a new nano internal protein skimmer which has a lot going for it. The plastic-molded QQ2 is the technical sibling to the Bubble Magus QQ1 which is a small hang on protein skimmer with a…
Salty Q&A: Is RO/DI Water All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Question I’ve been keeping saltwater aquariums for five years, and in all that time I’ve never used RO/DI water for top offs or mixing up clean salt water. I just use tap water treated with a dechlorinator / dechloraminator, and…
New Decodon hogfish collected in Dominica
The Curasub responsible for so many new discoveries and new species in Curacao is on the move. As part of the Smithsonian Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP), a team of researchers and the Curasub are currently in Dominica, to do…
Diving Menjangan Island, Bali Indonesia
Menjangan is a small island off the North West coast of Bali. Menjangan is a popular day trip and has many beautiful dive sites. The small island of Menjangan is surrounded by a vibrant corals reef that fridges the islands shores.…
Tips for clearing your dive mask
Mask clearing is one of the first skills you will learn in any scuba course. At first most new divers struggle to master this skill, but it is important feel comfortable clearing water from your mask before your first open…
Dive marshals to protect coral reefs in Sipadan
Four dive marshals from Malaysia have been appointed Sipadan’s first underwater enforcers. The team has been put in place to monitor divers and ensure they do not destroy or damage the coral reefs around the world-famous Sipadan Island. Sipadan is a…
OceanSwipe 360 is still on track to be made
The OceanSwipe is the closest thing we’ve seen to an aquarium glass cleaning robot. Details of the high tech glass-cleaning, acrylic-polishing and music-playing robot have been popping up over the last two years, culminating into a crowdfunding campaign later last year.…
How is this elegance coral even real?
Elgance corals, Catalaphyllia jardinei, come in a myriad of beautiful colors and patterns but ‘Red Elegance Coral’ has never been in our vocabulary fro this iconic coral species. However a new crop of pictures of this coral from central Indonesia might put…
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…
