As hobbyists, we’ve used to the perception that importing live coral specimens from the wild has a negative impact on coral reef ecosystems in the wild, but new research is actually showing the hobby is actually having a positive impact…
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ORA witnesses mass coral spawning in their culture systems
ORA is a name any aquarist is familiar with, their captive bred fish, especially weird clownfish morphs capturing the heart of many. Not to mention their frags were the first to serve as an example of how healthy encrusted frags…
Solitary coral poetry
We like to share a lot of news on this here blog, most of it pertaining to new species, rare fish, exciting equipment, some occasional ocean science and artworks but real bonafide poetry is notably absent. In an effort to…
Coral-shop lowering prices on all their products with up to 25% reductions
While most companies start of the new year with price increases to compensate for increased costs and inflation (like ELOS did), Coral-Shop decided to change things up a bit. Word is that they managed to pull in some long term…
White Corals hits a mother lode of disc corals
White Corals has been on the Reef Builders front page before for plenty of cool corals and livestock, and now they’ve done it again with this crazy mother lode of disc and plate corals. It is no secret we like…
CoralVue to carry Flipper Cleaner product line
We just learned that CoralVue is now the exclusive North American distributor for the Flipper Cleaner product line. The Flipper is a magnet algae scraper and cleaner that allows you to flip sides with a twist of the outer handle.…
Five DIY fish and coral aquariums that we particularly like
One thing we enjoy seeing around are unique modifications to anything related to aquariums. Regardless of if its a DIY skimmer made from a traffic cone to adding a beefier pump to an archaic filter, we love us some mods!…
Reef Octopus DC-X video shows the dense frothy cloud of the CoralVue POV
The march of the DC controllable skimmer pumps is in full swing, with the Reef Octopus DC-X being one of the first to market with the new open volute design. You may recall that towards the end of last year…
Neon yellow hammer corals are the new must-have Euphyllia ancora
The yellow hammer coral is an exciting new color variation of the ever popular Euphyllia ancora. We’ve seen a steady stream of exciting new fleshy LPS corals coming to aquarium channels over the last few years; most of us will…
Video collage of nearly all of ORA’s captive bred clownfish
We all know ORA as a the most prolific inland marine life producer, breeding, growing and generally culturing all manner of reef fish, corals and invertebrates. Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums masters the breeding of new species so regularly that we…
