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Friday Smorgasbord: “You might be a redneck…” edition
Nothing like opening a Friday Smorgasbord with a Jeff Foxworthy-esque statement, “You might be a redneck when you get your feathers ruffled over dihydrogen monoxide in your water supply!” April Fool’s Day always…
GreenReset 100 Canister filter from Sicce makes grown men look like children
The GreenReset 100 is a canister filter by Sicce which is so large, we can’t imagine it comes in one piece. Rated for filtering ponds up to 7,800 gallons in volume, the GreenReset 100 has a huge volume of filtration media which…
DVH BioGro 1-2-3 looks to give your NP biopellets a boost
DVH, who first introduced the reefing world to the NP biopellet and the solid carbon dosing craze, has a new supplemental product to give your biopellets a boost. DVH BioGro 1-2-3 will work alone or give the pellets a hand…
The Poseidon is Aqua-Trend’s version of the aquarium controller
We recently highlighted a relatively unknown Polish company Aqua-trend and the Poseidon is Aqua-Trend’s version of the aquarium controller. The Poseidon offers an interesting package which should be more than capable at controlling basic functions in your tank. The Aqua=Trend…
Fauna Marin gets new US distributor in Oculus Aquatics
Germany’s Fauna Marin is getting more North American exposure with Los Angeles-based Oculus Aquatics announcing it is now a distributor for the product line. According to the email distributed to the Oculus distribution list, the wholesaler is going to be…
Reef Builders Chicago Meetup — Saturday, April 27th
Reef Builders is proud to announce that we will have our first Reef Builders Chicago event Saturday, April 27th. Reef Builders Meetup in Chicago will be at the Old Town Aquarium which is home to one of the Midwest’s premier…
HydroJet hot rod centrifugal pump from Panta Rhei
The HydroJet is a highly performance centrifugal pump by Panta Rhei with the same breed of hyper efficient electrical motor as the HydroWizard pumps. In development for some time, the HydroJet codename “63” can be used externally or submerged and…
An open letter to Reef Builders readers from MASNA
To all Reefbuilders Readers: The MASNA Industry, Legislation and Conservation staff has been hard at work preparing MASNA’s response to the proposed listing of 82 coral species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). In connection with preparing the response, we…
Reef Hobby needs YOU: call for comments regarding ESA coral listing
On December 7, 2012, NOAA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (77 FR 73219) in response to a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity to list 83 reef-building coral species as threatened or endangered under the…
ORA Rubrocinctus is now identified as Amphiprion barberi – the Fiji Clownfish
ORA announced today that upon DNA testing, it has been confirmed that the fish they have been selling as the Australian Amphiprion rubrocinctus is in fact the Fijian species Amphiprion barberi. How did this happen? In short, it happened because years…
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…
