Hi, my name is Rich Ross and I am way into cephalopods. Keeping them, breeding them, eating them. Mostly the first two. One of the holy grails of ceph keeping are the two Metasepia species, the flamboyant cuttlefish. I have a…
DT’s almost visible Live Marine Copepods are swimming your way
DT’s has released new Live Marine copepods in a handy convenient tub form. These subtropcial Harpacticoid copepods are an easy food for corals and fish. They shouldn’t have any problems building a thriving population in your reef aquarium. Â If…
It’s Business Time for a Spawning Pair of Joculator Angelfish, because it’s Wednesday!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ_kAt5TJtc[/youtube] We have a knack around Reef Builders for the newest products, the rarest fish and high caliber videos. The video above represents the last two things that RB does best by bringing you an original video of the twilight…
Tunze Silence Pumps, shhh what was that?
Opps somehow we neglected to mention this, thanks to Eric for bringing it to our attention. One of the biggest complains in reef aquaira are noises. We all have and heard them, whether it be our skimmer, or lighting fans…
ReefBuilders welcomes new blog contributors Guin Burnard and Rich Ross
As you may have noticed, things are happening here at ReefBuilders. We are staying busy reporting the world of science, art and hobby of the marine aquarium and everything associated with it but the site has grown so much readership…
Contest: Marine Depot T-shirt
The kind folks at Marine Depot have given us a handy T-shirt. On the front it reads “Dead Fish stink”, and indeed they do. How do you enter? Just leave a comment on the blog. This contest will be open…
Reef Keeper Lite pre orders, final design
In what can be described as a wicked pace, Digital Aquatics has outed the final production model of the Reef Keeper lite. The model which is more refined then its prototype model promises to control your reef for a nay…
TECO TR5 finally available for US
Back in September we got to see the TR5 nano aquarium chiller in person and the little unit looked perfect for any nano aquarium. It’s taken TECO awhile to push this unit out to market, as today it is finally…
Atoll reef deco makes live rock jealous
One of the biggest complaints about aquascaping a saltwater aquariums is the sizes and widths that are available for live rock. Most designers literally have to chop and peck away at larger live rock sections, then drill and place them…
Newly discovered giant deepwater “Venus Fly Trap” is a carnivorous sea-squirt
Researchers probing deepwater regions of Tasmanian oceanic waters have discovered a wealth of new species and previously unknown cold water coral communities. One of the most striking finds is a giant sea squirt which resembles a large venus fly-trap. Like…
