A look back at our favorite ORA stories

We do so many posts here Reef Builders that after a while we start looking back at some of our favorite posts. We were ruminating on all the interesting things ORA has done over the years and thought it would…

Coral Shop CoraSound Multi can be used as a dip or inside the aquarium

Naturally derived treatment for parasites and pests aren’t new and Coral Shop is the latest to offer a natural product to battle parasites, bacterial infections and viruses in your aquarium. the new Coral Shop CoraSound Multi is a 100% natural product for…

4 Reasons There’s No Better Eel Than the Snowflake Moray

That’s the point I tried to communicate to my wife, Melissa, when developing the livestock list for the 125-gallon FOWLR (fish-only-with-live-rock) tank that now resides in our living room. I really wanted to include a snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa), a…

Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado hosting ‘Reef Ed’ this weekend

The Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado is hosting a Reef Ed event with two speakers and plenty of vendors to get your reefing fix this weekend. On Saturday, June 22, join the MASC team welcome both Scott Fellman and our…

Ratters Reef from the UK was 218 gallons of stunning coral

We absolutely love large corals, which Ratters Reef definitely had going for it. But beside the gigantic corals we also love the fact that the reef was so grown in. This is not one of those reef systems where the…

Coral Shop adds new P.R.O.S. protein skimmer to filtration lineup

Coral-Shop has added a few new products to its lineup recently including its new  P.R.O.S. protein skimmer to its filtration products. Using the square, boxy shape consistent with its other filter products, the new P.R.O.S. protein skimmer can either be used as…

This new mystery box from Coralux wants to control your lights

We came across this upcoming LED controller from a startup called Coralux and needless to say the upcoming Coralux Storm and Storm X have piqued our interest, especially since we appreciate Arduino programmed devices. Right now these controllers are in beta…

Two new coral species found off West Coast of North America

Two new species of octocoral have been discovered off the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. The new corals were discovered in a tide pool in San Diego and the other off the coast of British Columbia. Octocorals are…

Colwater Marine Aquatics lands some absolutely adorable Dango Lumpsuckers [VIDEO]

Lumpsucker lovers beware, Coldwater Marine Aquatics managed to import a group of Lethotremus awae from Japan, and these little suckers (pun intended) are absolutely adorable. Called Dango-uo in Japanese, we’ll call them Dango Lumpsuckers. Lumpsuckers are not fish you typically…

AquasunLED is ZooMed’s first foray into solid state lighting

The AquaSun LED light in regular and HO flavors by ZooMed is a light fixture which we first got wind of several months ago but had to come all the way to Singapore to confirm. Here at Aquarama ZooMed showed…