If you’re from colder climbs, winter presents several challenges for your reef tank including increased condensation and carbon dioxide in the home. Carbon dioxide is the enemy of reef-building corals and its acidifying effects are well documented in the oceans.…
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10 items that make reefkeeping easier
We wouldn’t run a reef tank without these! RO Unit Filling up and maturing your tank with tap water is fine, but for topping up you need a pure source of water that will replace evaporation without making any levels…
Reef tank maintenance tips – helping you succeed with Acropora
We’ve been having fun this week visiting troubled reef tanks and troubled reefers and trying to help them with their ongoing problems. Talking to people online, by phone, or even face to face in your LFS is one thing, but…
Nyos launch Pure Salt Mix
It’s been a long time coming but Nyos has launched a new marine salt called Pure. Teased as long ago as MACNA 2015, and then named Purpure, the German reef product manufacturer spent a long time researching salt, tried for…
Reef Zlements Z-pHplus is a two-part dosing system that raises pH
Its taken years to get to the forefront but finally, pH and its positive effects on coral growth is a thing in mainstream reefkeeping. And thanks in no small part to our very own Potential Of Hydrogen champion Jake Adams.…
Red Sea ReefMat: 10 Things we Already Love About It
The Red Sea ReefMat is an ambitious new device which is making its mark in the burgeoning young product category of automatic filter rolls. First announced just a few short months ago in December the ReefMat has been one of…
Two Year Update of the 1-Day Nano Reef Tank Build
We love new and exciting reef aquarium gear as much as the next diehard hobbyist and it’s literally the lifeblood of the Reef Builders blog. But at the end of the day our main goal with reef aquariums has always…
Everything We Plan to Stock Up On at Our Local Fish Stores this #LFSSaturday
No doubt there are a lot of reefers anxiously awaiting all the great deals coming up later this week and as we’ve loudly proclaimed, we’ll be going out of our way to visit as many local fish stores in our…
AQUA show 2021 product round up
The UK’s biggest aquatic-only trade show went ahead last week, despite some major marine players being conspicuously absent. Previous exhibitors including Tunze, Red Sea, Tropical Marine Centre and the EcoTech and Triton distributors were all missing this year, resulting in…
Powertronic & Flowtronic Look to Round Out Focustronic Ecosystem
The Powertronic and Flowtronic are two predictably named products from Focustronic which will one day give the company one of the most well rounded ecosystem of reef aquarium gear. The Focustronic catalog already includes one LED light and another one…
