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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…
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…
WTF are Aqua-Crobes?
When we came across the name, we had to ask ourselves “WTF are Aqua-Crobes?” After reading more about it, we discovered that DVH Aqua-Crobes is a new product that looks to do battle with pathogenic bacteria by releasing positive bacteria that compete…
Rainbow Pectinia alcicornis are totally hot this year
Rainbow Pectinia are a new breed of the once obscure group of corals which are making a big splash this year. Although corals in the wild haven’t changed, what we harvest for our reef tanks changes quite a lot and…
Aqua-Trend is a doser and aquarium electronics related manufacturer from Poland
Aquatrend is an aquarium electronics related manufacturer located in Poland. They are already a well established company with a large line of products, but the brand is currently not very well known outside Poland. Aqua-Trend recently crossed our radar, and…
Finding Dory, Sequel to Finding Nemo due in 2015
Disney’s Pixar animation studios just pinged us about Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo due to hit in 2015.
NEC raises the bar with OLED efficiency
NEC Lighting Ltd just announced at Light Fair Japan 2013 that it has hit a new industry record for OLED efficiency at 156lm/W. This is trumping the announcement last year from Panasonic for an efficiency of 142lm/W. The achievement was made in…
AI Vega Review: the promise of LEDs is available now
The last six months have seen a flurry of next generation LED light being released with the AI Vega firmly in the vanguard of that pack. First announced over 18 months ago, there has been a great deal of expounding…
Auto ZR Zeovit Reactor video reveals unique zeolite tumbling technique
Last week we shared with you the peculiar Auto ZR zeolite reactor from Perfect Reef Systems (PRS)and with no Japanese-reading skills to speak of, we deduced that the device was designed to bounce zeolite to dislodged biofilms. Correctly. There’s not…
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…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
