Mangrove trees are a popular addition to reef aquarium systems, and we’ve recently focused our attention on them with all the newfound space at the Reef Builders Studio. It’s positively easy to simply keep a few Rhizophora mangrove pods alive…
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Kamoer X1 Micropump has Wireless Control for only $60!
The Kamoer X1 Micropump is a new liquid metering device which packs a ton of features in a small size and a tiny price to match. At $59 we’d be pretty happy with the Kamoer X1 if it performed a…
How to Actually Make Corals Grow Faster, High pH
After temperature and salinity, the pH of aquarium water is one of the most important parameters of reef aquarium chemistry. In freshwater tanks soft water fish have been adapted to higher pH and vice versa, and saltwater fish are not…
The Red Sea Reefer Peninsula Has Corals! [Video]
The second concept aquarium, and really the first true concept reef tank at the Reef Builders Studio is the Montipora dominated Red Sea Reefer Peninsula aquarium. A few weeks ago we shared with you the setup of this reef aquarium system…
How to Lower Excessive Nutrients in a Saltwater Aquarium
Nitrates and phosphates are beneficial in small amounts but problems can arise when they increase. Excessive nutrients fuel algae growth and can stunt the growth of corals. Low nutrients will keep your corals growing fast and healthy and keep your…
The World Wide Corals 900 Gallon Show Tank 3+ years later
There is a saying that time does not pass, it continues. We originally did an article that we published way back in November 2014 called “A masterpiece is born: time lapse aquascaping of World Wide Corals’ new show tank” Now…
Reef Reboot Check-In #2: No Water Changes for a Year!
Has it been 2 years since my last check in? It sure has. Last time I wrote an update, I was losing Acropora to a mysterious cause. I think now it was due to overdoing it with bacterial additives the…
Top Companies We Expect Great New Products From at InterZoo
If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time, then you know that InterZoo is the ‘Olympics’ of new pet and aquarium products. This mega-conference is so large that it takes place every two years, across several halls…
Ask Reef Builders #2: Why do you believe pH is so important?
Welcome to ‘Ask Reef Builders’, a column where we’ll take some of your best questions and share our responses from which all our readers can learn. For years we’ve answered questions fielded through twitter, facebook and youtube comments, and now…
Building my Last Reef Tank
As the year winds down we tend to look back on our failures and successes and the major events of the year, as well as ahead to the things that we want to accomplish and what we are looking forward…
