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Sicce Launches a Suite of New Products for Their 50th Anniversary
Sicce has kept coming with new products in 2024. Back in May of this year, we caught up with Sicce at their booth and saw the prototype of the Shark Pro Nano.…
Smart Doser 2 is a Slimline Hang-On Dosing Pump from Auto Aqua
ATO manufacturer AutoAqua has designed what it says is the World’s first and only hang-on automatic dosing pump. Named the Smart Doser 2, the device is super slimline at just 35mm / 1.4” thick, and at only 5.6 inch x…
An Interview with NPS Coral Pioneer Boris Bielan
You think keeping NPS corals is difficult now? Try doing it 11 years ago! Florian Gaudig speaks to NPS coral-keeping pioneer Boris Bielan. While researching for my last article, I came across a ReefBuilders feature I had read years ago…
Fruit Salad Chalice Coral Looking Sweet at Nick’s Aquarium
The Fruit Salad Chalice Coral from Cairns Marine remains one of the most eye-catching, memorable corals we’ve ever covered. Jake Adams first wrote about it back in 2021 but the wholesaler procured at least two more, both of which ended…
Call to action: Share your Linckia starfish experiences!
We all know about the infamous blue Linckia star, Linckia laevigata, and its depressingly poor survival record in captivity. Hailing from the Red Sea to Australia, Linckia laevigata is a common sight on reefs between 1-10m and is often even…
Oceanic Institute and Georgia Aquarium Breed Squarespot Anthias Successfully
The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University and world-renowned Georgia Aquarium have successfully bred and reared the Squarespot Anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia. Wild-caught Squarespots are a difficult proposition for the average home reef aquarist, needing expert quarantine and conditioning for survival,…
15% off Hanna Instruments in SaltwaterAquarium.Com Labor Day Sale
Reef Builders Retail Partner SaltwaterAquarium.Com is having a Labor Day Sale with up to 25% off Current USA, 20% off ORA, 15% off Hanna and Sicce, 10% off Bashsea, and 10-15% off a further seventy popular non-MAP reef aquarium brands. …
Still no Hawaii Aquarium Fishing Permits as Meeting Stalls for 10 days
The future of Hawaiian fishing permits is still up in the air after last week’s meeting with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources. At the meeting The Board of Land and Natural Resources and the state…
Blueface X Sixbar Hybrid Angelfish Lands at Iwarna Aquafarm
A beautiful angelfish hybrid has landed at Singapore-based livestock retailer Iwarna Aquafarm. Thought to be a cross between a Blueface Angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, and a Sixbar Angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, this large angel lovechild features the yellow eye mask, blue pelvic…
Cryopreservation Comes to Florida Coral Conservation
An ambitious, new scientific project aims to preserve endangered corals using cutting-edge cryopreservation techniques. The latest phase of this groundbreaking work is happening this week at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center in Apollo Beach, Florida, in collaboration…
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…
