Green Fluorescent Protein from bioluminescent jellyfish used to make solar cells

Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) is a green pigment with which most coral keepers should be familiar with; GFP is the most common fluorescent pigment found in soft and stony corals, GFP is an antioxidant when corals are exposed to light…

Book Review: Guide des poisons de Tahiti et ses Iles

The following contribution is from Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka, a well known expert on reef wrasses and an avid collector of all reef fish books Guide des poisons de Tahiti et ses Iles is a new excellent guide book to fishes…

Red Sea Salts launching in UK

Red Sea is planning to release their new Red Sea Salt and Coral pro salts very soon according to numerous sources we’ve learned. The salts have been retooled from feedback from many aquarists as well as industry professionals. The difference…

Hands on and review of the AquaMax hang on back skimmer

The AquaMaxx hang on Back Series protein skimmer is a finely crafted acrylic box that is perfect for your nano aquarium. That is my opinion after I’ve had this running on my quaint 20 gallon aquarium. With so many nano…

Looking at MACNA from a purely hobbyist point of view (where are the kids?)

Here at Reef Builders we tirelessly work our fins to the spine to stay on top of the news and to make sure our readership is the most informed about everything related to the aquarium world. Whether it’s new fish,…

Atlanta Reef Club’s domain problems

The Atlanta Reef Club, which successfully hosted the 2008 Macna in Atlanta has been having domain problems. Apparently the issue has stemmed from a user who was banned. That user then sent in a copyright infringement notice directed to the…

AC-powered OLED light from Philips could point to a future of thin efficient aquarium lights

The bright white light that Philips is showing off is a new OLED fixture which could set the stage for the next revolution in low profile and high efficiency lighting. Although LEDs seem to inundate the news of aquarium lighting,…

DYMAX Super Size skimmers from Singapore

The new DYMAX Super Size protein skimmers appear to be some economical proteins skimmers in two model categories — Beckett and recirculating. The Singapore-based company doesn’t have too much information out on these models but from the five available on the…

MACNA 2010 Rocked!

Reefbuilderss has asked contributors to recount their MACNA 2010 experience – its my turn, so here goes! My MACNA 2010 really started when I arrived at the hotel at 11:55 pm on Thursday night. I expected to go to the…

Beautiful pair of wrought iron butterflyfish caught on video

[youtube width=”670″ height=”425″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H8jd_4NKL8[/youtube] Wrought Iron butterflyfish are unique among the Chaetodon for their black coloration, strong schooling behavior but most of all they just look totally freakin cool. Furthermore, their subtropical distribution in the waters around Japan means that these…