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Reef Fuze fluorescent superglue from Brightwell Aquatics
R.E.E.F. Fuze is a new super glue from Brightwell Aquatics which is fluorescent yellow-green. Besides making super gllue super strong, sticky, and fast-setting, there’s not much that can be improved in the…
Not Every Small, Benthic Fish Is A Goby
This is a guest contribution from Joe Rowlett, one of the many talented fish geeks working the fish tanks at Old Town Aquarium in Chicago. The taxonomy and classification of fish is not a subject that your average reefkeeper investigates…
Zoo Med is the guardian of an amazing aquarium museum
Last week I, Jake Adams marine aquarium writer, had the rare opportunity to visit Zoo Med Laboratories, the most well known brand name in reptile products.While I had expected to see quite a spread of live reptiles, especially the turtles and…
Helcogramma is another poorly known nano fish bursting with reef aquarium potential
If you thought the multitude of unknown Trimma species out there were heartbreakers for the nano fish realm, here’s another very unknown and poorly offered genus that is equally suited for the home style reef tanks. Helcogramma is a genus…
You Can Succeed with the Copperband Butterflyfish
Ecotech Marine Radion & Radion Pro wins the 2013 LED Showdown
Congratulations to Ecotech Marine for winning their second Reef Builders LED Showdown for the year 2013. It’s been a long road getting through the whole year, with so many great new LED lights revealed in the last 12 months. Starting…
Royal Exclusiv USA: Germany’s best is coming to America
Royal Exclusiv USA is a new division of the venerable German aquarium company which has been in the works for nearly two years now. Last fall, Royal Exclusiv USA Llc. was officially formed in Ft. Myers Florida with an office…
Another new Hang-On skimmer from JNS & SeaSide Aquatics
SeaSide Aquatics has been blazing a trail paved with new products in recent months, the newest of which being another noteworthy hang on protein skimmer. The ES1 Hang-On protein skimmer shares some similarities with the JNS-built DeepWater Aquatics hang-on protein…
Opistognathus sp. 6, the Chinstrap Jawfish is an amusing fish to keep
If you love Opistognathus (jawfishes) but are jaded with the regular fare of O. aurifrons and O. rosenblatti, why not give the Chinstrap jawfish a try. It’s not a newcomer to the aquarium trade, but it is a species that has…
Why this may be the future of aquarium (and home) automation
Aquarium control and automation has been a hot topic for years. Before affordable aquarium controllers hit the market, we were linking together lamp timers and hacking X10 devices to do our bidding. Not that automation and control is getting more…
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…
