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Skylight Hyperspot R is an Aquascaping Light Adapted for Reef Tanks
Back in March last year we found a slick-looking aquascaping light called the Skylight Hyperspot and remarked that we would love to see a reef version. 18 months later, the reef spec…
How to Cure Live Rock
Up until now, everything that has been necessary to do has been relatively easy. This next step in setting up a reef tank properly is what starts to separate those who will be successful long-term from those who will not.…
Flashback Friday: Jake Adams’s Love For Anthias
We don’t know why but this morning, we woke up really feeling it for Anthias, so we entered it into the search bar on the Reef Builders’ website and were treated to some image-rich, species-rich articles written by Jake Adams…
FAQs on Phytoplankton Part 1
You wanna know how Phytoplankton really works in your aquarium? We asked Phycologist Taras V Pleskun. Which reef aquarium corals and other animals can ingest, and benefit from Phytoplankton? Microalgae are the nutritional foundation of all marine ecosystems. They are…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recruiting 30 Biologists – Deadline Today!
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recruiting 30 biologists to work in locations across America. The positions will serve as Fish and Wildlife Biologists on the Recovery Planning Team (RPT) with primary responsibilities to support Endangered Species Act (ESA) recovery…
Reef Factory Release Dosing Pump Pro
Polish reef equipment company Reef Factory has released its second generation of dosing pumps, the Dosing Pump Pro. Available as a single-head X1, or a four-head X4, Dosing Pump Pro comes with a new design incorporating new stepper motors (this…
Jake Adams 42nd Birthday Tribute
Reef Builders’ Late, Great Managing Editor Jake Adams would have been 42 years old today. So please join his wife Windsor and three-month-old son Reef in wishing him a Happy Birthday, remembering his contribution to the reef aquarium hobby, and…
Serpentine Gobies are a Rare Import from Japan
Singaporean retailer Iwarna Aquafarm is offering an interesting fish originating from the temperate shores of Japan. Pterogobius elapoides goes by several names including Serpentine Goby, Brown Barred Hover Goby, or simply Kinubari in Japan, and it hangs out in rocky…
Levi’s Caribbean Biotope Aquarium
I’ve always personally wanted to set up an aquarium endemic to a certain area of the ocean. I recently moved across the country to Florida, and with the move, I happened to have an empty 75-gallon aquarium. I figured if…
Hydros Control X10 is a Dosing Pump and Aquarium Controller In One
CoralVue is soon to release its latest addition to the Hydros Aquarium Controller portfolio, the Control X10. Like others in the range, the X10 comes fitted with two Command Bus, two Drive Ports, and four Sense Ports to power 12V…
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…
