Seachem in the house showcasing Salinity and Fusion 1 & 2

Our friends at Seachem are always great to see out at the industry events and there are out here in California promoting their lines of reefing products. At the center stage of the display are the AquaVitro Salinity salt and…

Digital Aquatics showcasing firmware 2.0 and myReef 2.0 alphas

Digital Aquatics is showing up some great things here at MAX. The long anticipated firmware  and myReef upgrades are closer to reality and should be releasing in the coming weeks. On the software side, myReef 2.0 looks loaded with great…

Updates from Ecoxotic’s comfy couch at MAX

Well the internet BLOWS here at MAX but thanks to our friends Ecoxotic who have shared their Sprint connection, we have a few updates from MAX. The afternoon traffic is picking up a little bit and there are plenty of…

Marine Aquarium Expo: Fun for the whole family

The Marine Aquarium Expo (MAX) is coming up this Saturday and Sunday (April 10-11) at the Orange County Fairground and will be packed full of goodness for the whole family. Besides the typical array of really cool reefing gadgets and…

Stop Shark Finning Campaign

Some of you might have seen me at shows wearing the above shirt. It supports the movement that is “No Shark Fining”. If you aren’t aware it is a big problem and sharks fins are used in Shark Fin soup.…

Your chance to voice your opinion to oppose the endangered listing of stony corals is running out!

We been bringing you all the details about the 80 stony coral targeted for listing as endangered from the proposal by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and how it could impact the hobby from erroneous listings of such broad species classifications. Well its…

Stick in a Box: Tunze Mangrove Box and black mangrove seedlings

We know you’ve been wanting to get something for that special reef aquarium in your life and with Tunze’s new Mangrove kit, you can now adorn your favorite reef with a stick in a box. That’s right, diamond rings and…

Stunning coral-inspired glass artwork

Internationally reknowned Australian glass artist Kevin Gordon works magic in his designs with direct inspiration from the ocean. His latest work, “Systema Naturae” is on display at the Jane Sauer Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico until April 10 and features…

Reef Builders invades California this weekend: Brian @ MAX, Jake @ BAR

The Reef Builders staff does it’s fair share of traveling to marine aquarium events around the country but this weekend we’ll be serving double duty with Brian at MAX and myself at BAR. This Saturday and Sunday, the third Marine…

Premium Aquatic’s German 1-2 Glue ain’t your grandpa’s reef epoxy

Two part epoxies are gross, smelly, cumbersome, they takes forever to cure and half of the time the bond doesn’t hold. For this reason we have more or less abandoned using two part epoxies and try to use super glue…