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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…
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,…
Frogfish Has Surgery to Remove Algae Magnet Its Eaten
While it’s fairly well known that frogfish, in this case, a hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), will eat anything that can fit in its extremely large mouth, we did not expect our pet Tadpole to quickly pounce on a Two Little…
Three Super Rare Saltwater Fish Available Right Now
Over the years many of us have fawned over the amazing Twilight Zone fishes shared on Reef Builders, but few of us have seen most of these in person, let alone had the opportunity to purchase them. These animals are…
Tropical Fishkeeper Revealed to be Pro-Russia Propagandist
An Aquatic Retailer who once appeared in an Aquarium Co-Op podcast has been found out as a well-known Pro-Russia Propagandist called Donbas Devushka. 37-year-old Sarah Bils from New Jersey ran a store named Cascade Aquatics, selling tropical fish and imported…
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…
