Reefstock 2009, at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver Colorado.

If you live in Colorado or a neighbouring state, clear your calendar for Reefstock March 14th 2009 at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. Following on the enormous success of last year’s Reefstock, this year the event will be raising the…

The top public aquarium in North America is in Springfield, Missouri

As the official kickoff to the summer travel season is here, we thought we’d share this interesting article from the USA Today as part of the publication’s 10Best series, that names the top public aquarium in North America the Wonders of…

Go Dive Now: Try Scuba Diving at the Denver Aquarium June 30 & 31

Aquariums and scuba diving tabbed as two of the most expensive hobbies! Well, not today my friends. This weekend, you can try scuba diving for FREE in the Go Dive Now pool on wheels, outside the Denver Aquarium. July 30 & 31 from…

5 reasons to visit the Denver Aquarium

The Denver Aquarium features a mix of saltwater and freshwater displays and is home to over 500 species of marine life. With over 1 million gallons of underwater exhibits there is plenty to see and do at the Aquarium. 1.Dreamy Coral…

Friday Smorgasbord: Ocean Health Index, why fish school, crochet reefs, artificial islands, underwater hamsters, iMac aquariums and a lionfish derby

Another Friday and another interesting smorgasbord of news and tidbits. First off is news about a new Ocean Health Index developed by marine scientists from a range of conservation, academic, and government institutions this scoring system was built to assess…

Lytro pictures of the Estherea Hotel reef aquarium by Jan Willem Esselaar

By now you should be keenly aware of our little infatuation with Lytro’s light field camera photography when coupled with beautiful coral reef aquarium scenery. With this point in mind, the amazing aquarium of Jan Willem Esselaar in teh Estherea…

More Lytro images of aquarium corals

https://pictures.lytro.com/ReefBuilders/pictures/47726 We love our aquarium Lytro pics, and we love top down shots, so naturally we are addicted to combining the two. In this sequence of living pictures, we take the Lytro for another spin on our own little 28…

The Greatest Aquarium LED show on Earth, this saturday at ReefStock and on Reef Builders

Unless you’ve been living deep inside a piece of Totoka live rock, by now you should be aware that a huge LED lighting demonstration will be taking place at ReefStock this Saturday, March 13th at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. LED…

Reef Diving FAQs

Do you own a reef tank and want to take the next leap in learning? Are you traveling to a coral reef destination on vacation? Windsor Adams answers our frequently asked questions on Learning To Dive. Do you need to…

The Biome Approach: A Tale Of Two Reefs

The Biome Approach: A Tale Of Two Reefs By: Greg Collinske It seems like whenever we consider starting a new reef aquarium, we always come back to thoughts about the two very large reef exhibits in Denver’s Downtown Aquarium.  We…