Looking to preserve the rich biodiversity of coral species in Hawaii, scientists from the University of Hawaii have created a cryogenic coral bank. Similar to the frozen coral bank we brought you before, the university is freezing samples of corals…
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Beta mini cube is a stylish nano tank with built in filtration
The Beta Mini Cube is a novel, modern looking small aquarium which is packing some serious features for a beta setup. Low power LED light, curved acrylic front pane and a built-in filter in the rear makes this small aquarium…
Reef Hot Spot opens Aquaculture system in Los Angeles
Reef Hot Spot, the online retailer based in California, has recently completed the installation of a new culturing system at its Los Angeles Airport warehouse. What this means is Reef Hot spot will begin to offer aquacultured corals to the…
IceCap has a new LunarLite LED retrofit and its coming in December
IceCap has a new LunarLite – Blue LED Retrofit that will be available soon. This should work in nicely with their new Reef illuminations light fixture that was released at MACNA. IceCap had this to say on their website: The…
Jellyfish-eating coral caught in the act
Recently scientists from Israel encountered a strange sight—a coral eating a jellyfish in the Red Sea. We saw this news posted on the BBC’s website and did a bit more digging. Typically larger predators are the animals taking advantage of…
LIVE: In Atlantic City the Banquet at MACNA
Reef Builders is here live at the Banquet for MACNA. We will be live blogging from the dinner feast. So stay tuned for more.
MASNA appoints new President, Steve Allen
While Eric Borneman’s tenure with holding the position of President of MASNA was short lived, MASNA appointed a new president to the board. Steve Allen is the new president of MASNA which was effective in early April and has big…
Nano Reef Aquarium secrets: Simplicity is key
One of the biggest misconceptions in the saltwater industry is that if you have a nano you need to go “all out”. Some reef keepers do this and stuff a tank full of SPS, LPS and any other coral that…
Tank of the Month May 2008
Congratulations to William1 who won the tank of the month contest for May 2008. Hit the read link for more information about his beautiful tank.
Tank of the Month: February 2008, Reef Builders Member: Carym
In October of 2004, started with a smaller 30 gallon reef setup, still have some of the same corals and fish that I started with in that tank, but it was always a dream of mine to do a saltwater…
