Reef Builders top ten livestock picks of 2010

2010 has been a great year for marine aquarium livestock, with many new corals and rare fish appearing in the marine and reef aquarium hobby. It was hard to make a decision, there was a lot to pick from this…

CoralsCaptiv-E by SeaSlug wants to feed your small polyp filter feeders

CoralsCaptiv-E is the latest product from Poland-based SeaSlug and is a small particle, filter food for your smaller polyp filter feeders in your tank. The CoralsCaptiv-E pearls are touted as being highly nutritious with high levels of protein, vitamins and…

Demonstration video of the IVS Portal in action really shows why this is one exciting product

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc-gdhdRv5Q[/youtube] The IVS Portal is an amazing new tool that doubles up as a toy. You may not have been able to fully appreciate the possibilities of magnifying your aquarium using the Portal viewer in the picture we…

Local Fish Stores: Separating the great from the mediocre

I tend to travel a lot and I’ve also moved quite a bit. In every town I called home, I’ve had my favorite local fish store (LFS) and I tended to be loyal to my favorites. Whenever travelling abroad, I…

The Rocky Mountain Reef Tank gets a two-year anniversary update

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sncfi4hgnM0[/youtube] The 1200 gallon Rocky mountain Reef Aquarium of Stephen Hurlock is a very special one for us, and a very important one for Reef Builders. I was fortunate enough to be involved in the design and construction…

The lucky winner of the G2 Maxspect LED light from Fins Reef is…

Congratulation to Tucker Debord of Worthington, Ohio who was the lucky youngster randomly chosen to be the winner of the G2 Maxspect LED fixture donated by Fins Reef. We are exciting to be making one young hobbyist’s day with this…

Classic: Blue Reef Photography is a rare fish lover’s wet dream

The following post is a classic which we originally posted way back in April 2009. It features fish which are still so rare that this post is definitely worth another turn. Ballina, semicinctus and conspicillatus angelfish, Amphichaetodon butterfly, latezonatus clownfish…

Korallen Zucht release ZEOstart 3, Bio Mate Zeovit products

Korallen Zucht, the original company that produces the ZEOvit system has announced that they will come out with two new products shortly. You’ll see an addition to the Basic 4 line up with ZEOstart3 which will replace the ZEOstart2 organic…

Chlorophyll F, a newly discovered photosynthetic pigment uses infrared light

Chlorophyll F is a photosynthetic pigment which is able to capture light energy in the infrared spectrum. Chlorophyll F has an absorption peak of 706 nanometers, a segment of light which was previously considered to weak to drive photosynthesis. The…

Asian Reef Video Blitz: RGBY LED reef, wild caught marines with no tails, Japanese maiden goby and a nice stand of smooth skin acros

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwbQsoOGgLI[/youtube] Reef Videos are in such abundance on the net these days that we struggle to keep with posting them one at a time. Currently we’ve been building up a nice collection of great reef videos from Japan,…