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Coral Eye Candy, Vol. 1
For the first installment of Coral Eye Candy, we bring to you some absolutely stunning macro and extreme macro photos. In addition, you’ll find brief care requirements if you’re interested in keeping…
“Once upon a Montipora” by George Adkins
Once upon a Montipora… Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the aquarium. Not a fishie was stirring, not even Z. veliferum The socks were all hung by the reefer with care, In hopes that Poseidon soon would be…
Reef Builder’s recap on 2013’s most alluring hybrids
We wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t cover any hybrids this year, and like the hardworking elves at Santa’s factory, we made sure we did it with glitter and bow ribbons. This year we had our fair share…
End the Toil and Trouble of Bubble Algae
“Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” could be the lament of any marine aquarium hobbyist battling a stubborn outbreak of green bubble algae. (Okay, “Double, double toil and trouble,” is the actual incantation from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but I digress.) Green bubble…
AquaticLife Edge LED striplights with built-in timer
The Edge LED is a new strip light from AquaticLife which is aimed at general purpose aquarium lighting, with a built-in timer on its edge.The Edge LED ups the features and performance of their striplight from their 0.5 watt and…
The mystery of Bodianus “kimura”- shocking information that will leave you asking for more
Recently, some light has been shed on a new species of Bodianus that has gotten everyone worked up. Some light has been shed, but not nearly enough, and we’re still scratching our heads at this Bodianus conundrum. The new species,…
New Royal Nature Test Kits for Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphates
Having found success when Royal Nature launched its first test kits back at Zoomark in May, the company had unveiled three more test kits check your nitrite, nitrate and phosphates levels. All three test kits are designed to be easy to…
Three snippets of recent good news about fish and corals
With a the whole news-cycle industry programmed to grab your attention with “if it leads it bleeds” headlines, we’ve got a trio of stories to counter all the downer news out there. Earlier this year, aquarists at the Zoological Society…
How to Handle a Hunger-Striking Saltwater Fish
Having a fish that refuses to eat anything offered—or having a specimen that had been eating suddenly lose all interest in food—is a problem virtually every marine aquarium hobbyist can expect to encounter at one time or another. While such…
First batch of HydroWizard Small pumps ready for testing
The HydroWizard Small is the third installment of the powerful pump trilogy from German manufacturer Panta Rhei. While the original HydroWizard at $5000 is really priced at huge aquatic displays (think seals and penguins), an the HydroWizard Medium is for…
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…
