We’re excited to bring you this interview of Claude Schuhmacher about the balling method from Fauna Marin. This interview was done by a local reef club. Enjoy! Choosing a supplement method for Ca, Kh and Mg to your reef aquarium…
Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris
We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…
50 Years of TUNZE 1960-2010
We are extremely pleased to welcome a great inaugural post by our newest contributor, Mirko Belosevic, who will become the Reef Builders Eastern European correspondent. Mirko is a professional aquarist and writer, he is the former editor and publisher of…
Vertex’s new Lumina LED lighting fixture
Vertex is getting into the LED lighting game with their new Lumina LED lighting fixture. At first glance the Lumina is a very flat looking LED light with a nice black coating and red LCD screen of sorts. However with…
Aqua Driver PitBox will help eliminate microbubbles, noise
Aqua Driver’s new PitBox should be an instant hit. The Pitbox is designed for your sump overflows, usually the last stage of the sump where the water flows over to the return pump section. What usually happens with this? Besides…
Fauna Marin’s new Reef Scape Foam for aquariums
Fauna Marin is close to releasing reef foam. This reef foam from Fauna Marin is a dark grey color and made for aquariums and terrariums and is ideal for designing and modeling of aquascape. Along with that though its great…
Time lapse of 198 days of growth by Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis
Who said corals grow slowly? Obviously this Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis didn’t get the memo! Growing at breakneck speed in an aquarium by Atlantic Reef Aquaculture, this precious Atlantic staghorn coral is chronicled through an amazing time lapse video…
Comparing the NanoCustoms and LeDio LED Spotlights over a real nano reef
If a picture is worth a thousand words then the animation above is a 5000 word thesis on the color and spread of a variety of LED spotlights from NanoCustoms and Volx Japan. Over the weekend Taka and I got…
New AquaLight Flash Spot LED is dimmable and expensive
Aqua Light has a new LED lighting fixture that they have just released. The AquaLight Flash Spot LED is new and it has something that is a rarity among LED fixtures: its dimmable. The new Aqualight LED flash is housed…
Green Marine opens the first all captive raised reef shop in Berkeley, CA
The first all captive raised LFS has finally opened. Green Marine opened its doors on Jan 1, 2010 in Berkeley, Calif., and we have to say we are impressed. The store is clean, open and was well stocked with both…
