Home
TOMLOV DM602 is the Perfect All-Around Microscope for Reefkeeping
Microscopes are cool and have lots of uses for reefkeeping: looking at the critters in the sand, looking at the details of a coral’s surface, trying to ID pests, and more. But…
MARTA Rail Cars to Become Artificial Reefs off the Coast of Georgia
Atlanta-based transport company MARTA is going to retire eight train cars and place them in the Atlantic Ocean. The cars will be submerged off the coast of Georgia near Savannah as part of a recently approved project. The hope is…
Forced Fusion of the Dallas Acropora
Experimenting and playing god with corals is something that will always grab my attention. So when I noticed Ben Duncan, the owner of Exotic Aquaculture, a boutique reef store In Melbourne, Australia doing some grafting with iconic staghorn Acropora I…
Automatic Top-Off Systems, Reservoirs, and Dehumidifiers
One of the crucial aspects of having a successful reef tank is having the tank be as stable as possible and this is especially true in terms of salinity. But when setting up a new system, one of the aspects…
How to keep your Reef Tank Cool in Summer Heatwaves and Hot Weather
Summertime, wildfires, and the return of El Nino mean it’s time to think not about how we heat our reef aquariums, but how we keep them cool. We need to keep our tanks at a steady 25C/77F with few exceptions,…
Reef Builders Studio Update Video
It’s been eight months now since Jake left us and in that time, most of the questions have been about the Studio. Is it still running, has it still got corals, and why don’t we see videos from there anymore?…
Lobophyllia robusta is the easiest “Symphyllia” available
We are often asked to recommend which LPS species are the most suitable, but when we gazed into our tank today the answer had been staring us right in the face. Lobos! Sold as Spiny brain corals, Lobed Brain corals,…
How to properly Treat and Dip Newly Acquired Corals
As we have gotten better at keeping our corals and especially propagating them, we have also gotten better at recognizing the many pests that feed on them. As a result, it is now necessary to manage these pests lest they…
Eviota taeiae is a New Species of dwarfgoby from Samoa
A new species of dwarfgoby has been described from Nuusafee Island, Samoa. Named Taei’s Dwarfgoby, Eviota taeiae, it becomes the fourth species of the Eviota guttata species complex and takes the total number of valid Eviota species up to 129.…
Trimma longispinum is a New Species of Pygmygoby from the Northwestern Tropical Pacific
A new species of Trimma goby has been described from Tabuaeran and Kirimati Atolls, Kiribati. The Long-Spined Pygmygoby, Trimma longispinum, is a tiny goby just one inch long or smaller (24.8mm Holotype,) and was collected from a coral reef near…
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…
