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The Ten Most Annoying Things About Reefkeeping
Sometimes reefing can really get on our nerves! Here are just ten of the things we really hate about our hobby right now. When fish jump out Unfortunately, we’ve all been here,…
FJW Aquarium loses $300,000 of Livestock in Store Fire
A fire in an aquatic store in Houston, Texas, will cost owner Dennis Hoang over $300,000 in livestock alone, he revealed to Reef Builders in a recent video. The fire happened in the early hours of the evening, devastating the…
Clownfish Larvae Become Mini Athletes to Swim Against Ocean Currents
It is well known among breeders that Clownfish undergo major physiological changes as they transition from pelagic larvae to reef-dwelling, anemone-dwelling adults, but researchers at the James Cook University in Australia took a deeper dive into exactly what happens during…
Coral Publisher James M. Lawrence, passes away, at age 76
Reef Builders is sad to learn of the death of the editor, publisher, and CEO of Microcosm and Reef to Rainforest Media, James M. Lawrence. James presided over aquatic book publisher Microcosm since 1996, and Reef to Rainforest since 2008.…
Why Flow is So Critical in a Reef Aquarium
If you shut off your skimmer for a day or two there is usually no problem. I have also shut off all my lights for four days to kill algae and again there was no issue with the corals. But…
Five of the best Acanthophyllia Meat Corals we’ve featured on Reef Builders
We’ve got the Friday feeling here at Reef Builders today. Several members of the team are setting up new reef tanks and with new tanks come endless coral possibilities, so let’s start with some real eye candy and a dream…
Ocean Census seeks to find 100,000 New Marine Species in the next 10 years
The largest program in history to discover life in our ocean has been unveiled with the ambitious target of finding at least 100,000 new marine species in the first decade. The number of species we currently know of stands at…
How To Get Rid Of Vermetid Snails
In the early days of the hobby when we were just happy keeping anything alive, our next greatest joy was when we got something to reproduce. It could have been Caulerpa, Aiptasia, and then finally something like Xenia. Regardless of…
FWC Whitelists Will Devastate Florida Pet Industry says Pet Advocacy Network
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is meeting today to discuss a proposed rule that will have impacts on the pet and aquatic trade in the state. The meeting is about non-native fish and wildlife and how to regulate…
Chrysiptera starcki, the Poor Man’s Resplendent Angelfish
We’ve always had a soft spot for damselfish since they were our first saltwater fish over 25 years ago. We still like their bold colors, cichlid-like looks, and behavior, and still add them to our reef tanks even now. Sure,…
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…
