There is an Arizona based environmental group that has started a petition that calls for protection of 80 species of stony corals. Effectively putting them on the Endangered Species list. While 83 were specifically stated, only 80 have made it…
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Koralia Evolution 1400: hands on with hydor’s hand grenade of flow
The Koralia Evolution 1400 gives the reef aquarist more choices than ever when it comes to propeller water pumps: with so many aquarium water flow products on the market the first generation products are starting to show their age but…
Frag holder made out of coral rubble hits Europe
A new type of coral frag holder has been introduced in Europe. The new coral frag holder is made out of a mixture of crushed coral rubble and then positioned together to form a frag. Like most frag holders this…
Read the Digital version of CORAL magazine for free for Reef Builders Readers
CORAL magazine, a popular saltwater aquarium publication is promoting their digital version which allows you to take the magazine wherever you go. If you are already a print subscriber you will receive the digital version for free. Nifty yes? Single…
Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest Control, for coral dips
Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest control will be available soon. And as much as we would like to think we don’t need products like this we all do at some point in our saltwater keeping lives. This Ultra Pest Control…
Mesophotic Reef- low light reefs can teach us new things about contemporary reefing
Tim Wijgerde of Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system, basically a low light reef. Tim dropped in to share with us why he decided to do a low light reef tank and what low light reef animals can teach…
Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today
Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging…
Karma works: Neptune Aquatics coral bandits arrested
Remember those shoplifters who nabbed over $1,000 worth of clams and corals from Neptune Aquatics in Milpitas, Calif., the other week? Seems these Darwin Award candidates got what they had coming as reefing karma worked again. Recently four suspects were…
Some tips and tricks to keep coral munching fish in a reef aquarium
I often hear fellow hobbyists taking about the risk keeping a certain type of fish in their reef tank. Usually, it’s that beloved Angelfish or ultra-cool Butterflyfish that the hobbyist simply cannot resist! I know- I deal with this all…
Win ‘em before you can buy ‘em: Next up, Koralia Evo 1050!
We just put up the new Koralia Evo nano pump up for grabs and we’re ready to start our next round for its beefier cousin, the new Koralia Evo 1050. This is one really nice pump pushing out 1,050 GPH…
