Scuba Diving Adventure In Sulawesi Indonesia, And New Travel Vlog!
Scuba Diving in Sulawesi We're back from an epic two-week scuba diving trip around Northern Sulawesi. Apologies as we've been a little MIA from the blog lately, but rest assured we have a good excuse ;) We've interrupted the regular…
Reef Builders Travelogue, Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi Indonesia

Reef Builders Destination Sulawesi Indonesia Here at Reef Builders we are fortunate to dive some of the worlds most lush and vibrant coral reefs, so last year we decided it was time to invite our readers along for the journey.…

UPDATED: Reef Builders Destination: North Sulawesi Indonesia Aug 10th – 20th
Join us in Sulawesi Indonesia as we explore the Island's Northern Coast. Get ready for an unforgettable experience with the Passport to Paradise Reef Builders Destination. This eleven-day itinerary allows us to visit all of North Sulawesi’s amazing underwater diversity. We…
Sulawesi coral shipments are bringing new treasures from the Coral Triangle

Sulawesi corals are about to pick up where Borneo corals left off, we hope. A couple years ago there was some efforts to get Borneo corals into the aquarium trade, and that hasn’t panned out yet, but now Sulawesi corals may become…

Pseudochromis erdmanni, a new dottyback species from Ambon and Sulawesi

Pseudochromis erdmanni is a new species of dottyback from Indonesia which has just been described by Jack Randall. The specimens used in the description of P. erdmanni were collected from Ambon and the Rajah Ampat Islands of Indonesia but is…

Pictichromis dinar, a new bicolor dottyback species from Sulawesi

Pictichromis dinar is a new species of Pseudochromis discovered in the Western Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although we’ve seen Pictichromis dinar in person on a couple occasions over the last 18 months, the species was only recently described by…

$20,000 Odontanthias rhodopeplus is a Super-Rare Treat from the Twilight Zone

Rare and Deepwater fish vendor Unique Fins is holding a single specimen of the Anthiadinae species Odontanthias rhodopeplus, that it claims is probably the rarest fish to be imported in the 2020s so far. With no english common names, Boro-sakuradai,…

Jake Adams Receives 2023 MASNA Award

The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America has posthumously honored Reef Builders Managing Editor Jake Adams with the 2023 MASNA Award. In a statement released today,  MASNA said that each year it recognizes individuals who have stepped forward in unique…

Jake Adams, Celebration of Life Dive Trip

This year, we commemorated the first anniversary of our great friend’s passing. The coral feast that I had planned to show him and that was left unfinished, ended up into another great adventure celebrating Jake’s coral love with other great…

Raja in Pajamas is the Hottest Coral in the World Right Now

With the dark-rimmed yellow mouths and green base of a Raja Rampage, and the blue streaks of a Jelly Bean Chalice, the second we saw this coral we knew we had to find out more. Blaine Shivley from Top Shelf…