Sustainable Aquatics is on something of a hot streak when it comes to breeding new marine fish lately. Wandering far from the well-travelled paths of captive breeding clownfish & dottybacks, Sustainable Aquatics has recently tried and succeeded at rearing several…
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How Much Waste Does a Filter Roll Remove?
Since the advent of automatic filter rolls, no one has been more keen on this approach to mechanical filtration making it to consumer grade than us. Since 2010 we’ve watched as automatic filter rolls have gotten smaller, cheaper, and more…
Take a Ride on the Passport to Coral Paradise in Northern Sulawesi Indonesia
Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Northern Sulawesi as part of the ReefBuilders scuba destination trip. On this expedition, we visited three location along the Northern coast of Sulawesi, Manado, Bangka, and Lembeh Strait on a set tour…
Innovative Marine Teases New Larger 75 & 100 Gallon EXT Aquariums
The Nuvo EXT line of glass aquariums are some of the most appealing that Innovative Marine has ever offered. Together with their new modular APS stands the EXT line are really right on the pulse of what the hobby is…
Video Tour of Manhattan Aquariums in New York City
Normally when I do video tours of aquariums and stores it’s the result of lots of planning and forewarning for all parties. But this latest video walkthrough of Manhattan Aquariums was the result of a cancelled flight courtesy of United…
LED & T5 Face-Off in the White Corals Display Tank
The display reef tank of White Corals is a spectacular reef aquarium display no matter how you look at it, and it will be the focus of a future Reef Builders video. But in the interim we wanted to share…
Removing Predatory Snails Can Increase Coral Resilience Throughout a Bleaching Event
Coral reefs are under increasing pressure. Threats from climate change, overdevelopment, increasing population, and overfishing have a compounding effect to weaken coral resilience, making them more vulnerable when ocean temperatures rise and coral bleaching sets in. But the more we…
Aquashella is Bringing an Aquarium Festival to Chicago!
It might seem like there’s a never ending parade of new reef shows popping up in America on a frequent basis but AquaShella will not be a ‘regular’ reef show. Spearheaded by George Mavrakis better known as CoralFish12g, AquaShella is…
Visiting the Coral Greenhouse of Tampico Coral Farms [Video]
Greenhouse Coral Farming was once a hypoed buzzword in the coral hobby but although we don’t hear so much about it these days, there’s still some reefers soldiering on growing corals with natural sunlight. I had the opportunity to visit…
Butterflyfish Pairs Must Work Together To Defend their Food
Pairing and monogamy is nearly always associated with sex and reproduction but it turns out that some species of butterflyfish have a different reason to pair up. Competition on tropical reefs is intense for virtually all resources, and there’s always…
