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How to Acclimate New Fish
For those of us who started with freshwater tanks, the general rule for acclimating a new fish was to simply float the bag until the temperatures matched, gradually add some tank water…
NOAA Educational Poster can Help Reef Aquarium Newbies too
We came across this poster recently on Coral Housekeepers, and how fish help to maintain healthy coral reefs in the wild. It has been produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and explains in simple, easy-to-understand language how…
Is the Saltwater Aquarium Hobby in an Economic Downturn?
There are just some things that hobbyists don’t want to talk about. These include having an unwanted pest, losing a fish or coral for an unknown reason, or even worse wiping out an entire tank. No one really likes to…
Watch the first-ever Ladies’ Takeover episode of Reef Therapy
We always like to break new ground here at Reef Builders, and with previous contributions from Evie, Jen Wanner, and Sara Stevens, and revolving guests and hosts on the Reef Therapy podcast, we got the idea to host the first-ever…
Splendid Alfonsinos can live to Sixty Years Old, study finds
How long do you think most saltwater bony fish live for? Ten, maybe twenty years? Researcher Allen Hia Andrews investigated the age of the popular deep sea food fish, the Splendid Alfonsino, and found that they can live for sixty…
Two Rare Plectranthias Basslets Imported by Unique Fins
Two rarely seen deepwater perchlets have been collected and exported from Southern Taiwan. Plectranthias maekawa was only described in 2018, based on three specimens collected from the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima, Southern Japan. It inhabits the cool, low light, rariphotic waters…
Top 3 Unique Corals at Aquashella Daytona
Remy, Jack, Evie, Levi, and the Reef Builders crew attended one of our favorite shows the weekend before last – Aquashella Daytona. Aquashella has to be one of the most fun shows you could attend, blending fresh and saltwater and…
Why and How to Quarantine Saltwater Fish
One of the dirty little secrets of the hobby is that fish a large number of fish come with parasites. Even though most of them look healthy when we buy them, and who would buy a sick fish, the stress…
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. What is an N-DOC test? N-DOC is a…
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,…
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…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
