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New Sanrise LED lights blends performance and versatility
The Sanrise Aqua LED is a new flagship light from the Chinese manufacturer whose fixture is stealthily hiding a cool suite of innovative features. LED fixtures have gotten so slim over the…
Rainbow Australomussa from the Solomon Islands has almost magic color
I returned from a coral collecting and scouting trip to the Solomon Islands less than a week ago and all this time, I’ve been anxious to see how the corals collected would fare on the extra long, 48 hour flight from…
A special visit to Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Following up on our recent European trip, we paid a visit to Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet in Sweden to give a little talk at a nordic coral symposium. Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet is a Maritime Museum and Aquarium located in Gothenburg, the second largest city in…
How to Prevent Fish from Stealing Coral Food
When it comes to acquiring food, fish will take the path of least resistance. And one of the best ways for a fish to score an easy meal is to snatch morsels away from their glacially slow-moving invertebrate tankmates. Heck,…
First Impressions of the Aquamaxx ConeS Series Skimmers
Remember when an affordable skimmer meant an ugly piece of extruded acrylic paired with a pump that acted as both a heater and unsoothing noise machine? We remember. It used to be that the only way to retire the droning…
Ocean Swipe adds 360 Junior to its line of glass-cleaning robots
The Ocean Swipe 360 Junior is a freshly announced new glass-cleaning device for home aquariums from the makers of the Ocean Swipe 360. The original Ocean Swipe 360 glass cleaner is an all out glass cleaning robot with more features…
Reef Builders Reboot Phase Two: It’s Never a Smooth One
Reboot Phase One consisted of deciding on and ordering the new tank. Once that was done, it was time to tear down the original system. Temporary holding tanks were set up to hold the livestock, and the chaos began. The painful reminder…
The AI Prime makes one awesome accent LED light
When most people see a teeny tiny LED light, their first thought is probably of nano reef aquarium applications. Naturally, a physically small light is ideally suited for smaller tanks, but we also see diminutive LED light engines like the…
Eshopps modernizes their sump line with noise-reducing spillways
There’s a flurry of activity in the marine aquarium sump space as of late, and Eshopps has noticed that in 2015, users are demanding better features from new sumps, especially in regards to quieter operation. The new line of Eshopps…
Why Kids Shouldn’t Keep Nemo with a Host Anemone
Ask any group of young children to name their favorite saltwater fish, and chances are nearly all of them will reply “the clownfish.” Of course, to most kids, “clownfish” is synonymous with “Nemo,” so the species they have in mind…
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…
