This year’s MACNA in Las Vegas in just over a week away but we’ve just received confirmation on next year’s host city. MACNA 2019 will be in sunny Orlando Florida, a location which had a smashing successful MACNA as recently…
New Larger RiserRX Controllable AC Pumps from Rossmont
The Rossmont RiserRX is a new class of controllable AC pumps from the ambitious Italian pump maker. Just over a year since we learned of the original Riser controllable return pump Rossmont is set to reveal the new RiserRX pumps…
85 Mile Long Coral Reef Recorded Off The Coast Of South Carolina
Deep Sea Coral Reef Little is known about the natural resources of the deep ocean off the United States’ Southeast coast from Virginia to Georgia, so Deep Search 2018 was created to learn more by exploring the deep-sea ecosystems. The…
Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition in Bangka Island
Bangka Island Bangka Island is known as a nonphotosynthetic coral paradise. Scuba divers and vacationers are attracted to the Robinson Crusoe island to get away from the hustle, relax on a white sand beach, and jump in the flow for…
Deep Sea Deltocyathoides Coral is Basically Living Gravel
Today we have access to so many more corals than we could have ever dreamed of, but these still represent only a small cross section of the corals alive in the world today. Not only are we getting only corals…
Coral Restoration Foundation Massive Caribbean Coral Gene Bank
Coral Gene Bank The Coral Restoration Foundation™ is building a massive Caribbean coral gene bank along the coasts of southern Florida. The underwater haven for corals currently holds 303 coral genotypes across 10 species, including the massive reef-building corals Orbicella faveolata,…
Friday Smorgasbord: One fish, two fish edition
We’re getting closer to MACNA and the end of summer ? but we have another edition of the Friday Smorgasbord that hopefully is a nice consolation prize. Have a great weekend all! Home for Wayward Goldfish France's unwanted goldfish get new home…
Announcing the Brand New Reef Builders Studio
Since it s inception way back in 2006 Reef Builders has grown and developed as the quintessential reef blog for reef aquarists and saltwater enthusiasts all over the world. During that time we’ve had many tanks, traveled many miles, and…
New Captive Bred Cortez Angelfish Show Extra Striping
Pomacanthus zonipectus is a large species of marine angelfish which has a unique and beautiful juvenile pattern. A handful of these recently turned up as larvae in the culture vats of Bali Aquarich representing the first captive bred cortez angelfish…
Smart Plugs Going Mainstream with New Ikea Offering
Smart plugs and power strips, most of which are wirelessly controlled and programmed can function as a very practical, and sometimes much smaller light and appliance timer. We’ve been using small, single outlet smart plugs to control the timing of various…
