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Top 5 magnified viewing accessories for seeing more of your aquarium
There’s so much cool new, colorful and interesting things to see in our reef aquariums these days, if you don’t have at least one form of visual enhancement, you’re probably missing out…
Apex Fusion’s cloud based updates are a taste of the future
The much-touted Apex Fusion cloud based control and interface of the Neptune Systems Apex controller has been available in Beta form for a couple months now and the features are slowly beginning to be added. Just this week the graphical…
Turbinaria heronensis – an incredible story of coral comeback
I’ve been personally fascinated with Turbinaria heronensis ever since the first time I saw one in a book, but never could I have believed that I would ever get my hands on a whole colony of this fantastic species. Looking more…
Coral Cement is aiming to provide the best superglue for coral fragging
Coral Cement is a new company hoping to make a name for itself by selling aquarium-specific superglue, and nothing else. We’ve seen it before with Joe’s Juice but so many companies make and sell super glue, can Coral Cement really…
A good look at a nice supermale comb wrasse, Coris picta
The comb wrasse is an Australian endemic reef fish which is sometimes seen in the trade, but no one deliberately clamoring for it. But Rudie Kuiter knows the striking beauty of this fish as it was selected to grace the…
The future supply of Cyclopeeze is not guaranteed
Ever since it was first introduced, the super copepod that makes up Cyclopeeze has been one of the most favored aquarium foods for feeding small and young fish, corals, and an ingredient in a huge variety of foods. We’ve been…
Using the Dupla Marin hydrometer as a hardware salinity reference
The Dupla Marin high resolution Hydrometer came along at a time when we are really becoming quite critical about salinity measurement. This large, oversize hydrometer is specially designed to measure seawater salinity at 25C/77F but only between 33 and 38 parts…
Five External Stressors of Marine Aquarium Fish
Most marine aquarium hobbyists want to provide as naturalistic and stress-free an environment as possible for the fish and other livestock in their care, so they’re careful to maximize water quality, offer nutritious foods, promote compatibility among tankmates, aquascape appropriately,…
The Bali Shortcake is a new rosey colored Acropora latistella
The Bali Shortcake Acro is a color form of Acropora latistella with a unique tricolor appearance that originated from Bali, although the species is widespread in the whole Indo-Pacific region. It is red along the lower part of the branches then become bright yellow…
Each bag of Omega Sea Reef salt really does mix up 60 gallons fast and clear
About one year ago we found ourselves at the Omega Sea booth at Aquarama, pondering to ourselves how was it possible that a bag with less then 17 pounds of salt mix could produce 60 gallons of seawater to natural…
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…
