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New study finds herbivore fish poo is bad for corals
For a long time, it has been assumed that herbivores are good for coral reefs and corallivores are bad. Herbivores like surgeonfish and rabbitfish graze the algae which would otherwise overgrow, smother…
Improving Carbon Dioxide and pH Management
During the early years of the hobby, some of the factors that were most intently looked at were calcium levels, pH, and salinity. Over time these have kind of faded from being thought of as critical and have been replaced…
New Coral Reef Discovered in the Galapagos
A new coral reef has been discovered off the Galapagos islands. The 1.2 miles-long, 400m deep pristine coral reef was found on the summit of a submarine mountain by a deepwater scientific expedition. Ecuador’s environment minister Jose Davalos declared that…
Watch Reef Therapy Episode 63
Another week, another podcast, and Remy, Mark, and Raj continue their reef jam on beer, tanks, equipment, even house plants, and reefing life in general. Official topics include The Pink Porcupine Crab story that went viral, first impressions of the…
The $100 Coral Challenge
A running theme that can frequently be heard in our hobby is that everything is so expensive. From equipment to livestock, it’s not cheap! To some extent, that statement is true. However, the same could be said for any hobby.…
Gilmorei is the first Polylepion wrasse to be found in the Atlantic
A new species of small, deep-water wrasse has been described from the Atlantic Ocean. Members of the Polylepion genus have previously been restricted to the Indian and Pacific Oceans but this one, named Polylepion gilmorei after Grant Gilmore, formerly of…
Show Us Your Reef Tees!
Remember Jake Adams and you’ll remember him not just for his world-class reef information, but his apparel too. Despite coming to us from the frosty climbs of Colorado, Jake was so often seen in shorts and sandals, a baseball cap,…
What you need to know about Refugia
A reef tank is different from other types of tanks in a lot of ways, with one of the biggest being that most reef tanks utilize a sump to hold the equipment and to add volume to the system. An…
Coral biodiversity measured by eDNA seawater samples
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have developed a method to measure coral biodiversity by collecting seawater above a reef. The method involves extracting the environmental DNA (or eDNA) from a liter of surface water and…
Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire Successfully Fertilize 1.3m Coral Embryos
A reef restoration organization has collected and successfully facilitated the fertilization of over 1.3 million Grooved brain coral embryos. The mass spawning event happened just after dusk on Monday night on Buddy’s Reef, Bonaire, with Grooved brain corals, Diploria labyrinthiformis,…
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…
