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Fluorescing with nudibranchs and scorpionfish [VIDEO]

We’ve posted stunning videos of coral fluorescence and were awestruck when we saw this video of fluorescing nudibranchs and scorpionfish. Corals are thought they glow to attract symbiotic algae or to protect…

Ecoxotic gets fresh

While we are all about the saltwater over here, we have a fond appreciation for freshwater planted aquariums and were glad to see Ecoxotic getting a little fresh today — freshwater that is. Ecoxotic has announced a freshwater version of…

Longfin Boomerang Discus catch this reefer’s eye at Aquarama 2013

These longfin ‘Boomerang’ discus are among some of the many fine fish entered into this year’s aquarama fish competition. Reef Builders had exclusive access to viewing the competition side of Aquarama during judging and these domestic strains of discus fish…

Food

Sicce HyperKoral and Sicce Calanus, a tag team approach to feeding your reef

Sicce USA has just announced a new two-part complete reef feeding program with its Sicce HyerKoral and Sicce Calcanus products. The system was designed to feed LPS and SPS corals, soft corals and other marine filter feeders. While we brought…

Equipment

Turning Up the Heat on Tropical Saltwater Aquariums

The vast majority of saltwater aquarium hobbyists choose to keep fish and invertebrates that were collected on and around tropical coral reefs. Thus, if they want to keep their marine livestock alive and thriving, it’s essential that they maintain tropical…

Dakkang’s spectacular reef from Korea

Dakkang is another talented reef aquarist from Korea, with aquascaping skills to boot. The previous rock arrangement of this 98 gallon reef was quite impressive, but the aquascape recently got a complete overhaul to optimize the water flow. The result…

Oceanlife’s new aquarium carbonates test kit (kh)

A few weeks ago Oceanlife presented it’s new aquarium test kit line and we have been highlighting these kits here on Reef Builders. Today we will speak more in depth about the carbonates test kit (Kh). As you can see…

MIA x Coral Morphologic skateboards apeal to skaters and reefers alike

Coral Morphologic is well known in the aquarium world for their coral photography and art projects, and their very interesting work regarding urban corals in downtown Miami. Some of you might especially remember their role in bringing attention to the hybrid Acropora x ‘prolifera’, which is…