Keeping most fish in a dedicated aquarium is incredibly more easy than trying to condition and acclimate them to aquarium life in a reef tank. For most of this year the Mode retail rack at the Reef Builders studio has…
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Red Sea ReefLED Review; the Best First-Generation LED Light to Date
The RedSea ReefLED is exactly the kind of practical reef aquarium light we expect from Red Sea, and hands down one of the best first generation lighting products we’ve ever reviewed. Since this is such an important release and their…
Snorkeling Secret Spot Uepi Solomon Islands
Snorkeling Uepi Solomon Islands Psst, let me let you in on a little secret. Skip the scuba gear and simply grab a mask and snorkel. The shallow coral reefs around Uepi island are best seen from the surface. Uepi Island…
Video Details the Attributes of True Weeping Willow Leather
Let’s get one thing out of the way, there are NO original Weeping Willow leather corals for sale anywhere, because I know the three people I’ve ever given frags of this coral to. However, there are countless long polyp leather coral…
Red Sea Clams Return to the Aquarium Hobby
When we were just a wee little aquarist still playing around with African and American cichlids, one of the creatures that drew us to the world of ‘mini reef’ aquariums were the giant clams from the Red Sea. It was…
Scuba Diving With Raiders Hotel & Dive Solomon Islands
Raiders Hotel & Dive Solomon Islands Shipwrecks and coral reefs, Raiders Hotel & Dive on Tulagi Island has something for every diver. The hotel is only a short boat ride, around 1hr from the capital Honiara, offering dive sites for…
Triton Applied Reef Bioscience Q&A at Reef Stock Australia
Finally, Triton has arrived in Australia! A lot of things have changed over the past decade in the field of aquarium water chemistry. The main, if not the only, driving force in this revolution in reef keeping has been Triton…
Aquatic Art’s 500 Gallon Reef is Built on Sound Principles [video]
If you want to see a great example of a thriving, successful reef tank with proven results, and no tricks or gimmicks, we’ve got just the video for you. Leading up to ReefStock Australia in a few weeks, we paid…
Maxspect Aeraqua Duo Skimmer Review; a Milestone in Reef Tech Design
When it was first announced, the Maxspect Aeraqua Duo came out swinging out the gate with not one, but two needle wheel impellers while using just a single motor. This on its own, or coupled with the static ring of…
Bridgelux EB Series LEDs Achieves 200 Lumens per Watt!
We seem to recall a time when we were very impressed when consumer light emitting diodes had achieved 100 lumens per watt. Engineering LEDs to output twice that power was only a hoop dream except within certain conditions in laboratory…
