Dakkang’s spectacular reef from Korea

Dakkang is another talented reef aquarist from Korea, with aquascaping skills to boot. The previous rock arrangement of this 98 gallon reef was quite impressive, but the aquascape recently got a complete overhaul to optimize the water flow. The result…

Oceanlife’s new aquarium carbonates test kit (kh)

A few weeks ago Oceanlife presented it’s new aquarium test kit line and we have been highlighting these kits here on Reef Builders. Today we will speak more in depth about the carbonates test kit (Kh). As you can see…

Ocean Nutrition AquaYums, a good variety pack for your carnivores

AquaYums frozen variey pack from Ocean Nutrition is a good choice for those of you who appreciate having a variety of meaty frozen foods on hand but don’t want to have a bunch of packages sitting in the freezer. Each…

Synergy Reef Systems travel frag tank is ready for anything

This Synergy Travel Frag tank is sure to please those looking for a portable frag tank solution. The portable travel frag tank was manufactured by Synergy Reef Systems, a high quality everything-acrylic-related manufacturer, located right here in the United States. Synergy…

Buying Marine Fish and Inverts: LFS vs. Online

Once a new saltwater aquarium is up and running, fully cycled, and ready to receive fish and/or invertebrates, the hobbyist has the choice of buying livestock from a local fish store (LFS) or from various online sources. Both options are…

Friday Smorgasbord: Living fossils, baby elephants, bad shark movies and more

Welcome to the Memorial Day weekend edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. With summer right around the corner, here is your friendly reminder to check your chiller and cooling fans to help keep your tank nice and cool. No on to the Smorgasbord!…

Oceanlife presents his new aquarium Nitrates test kit

Some weeks ago Oceanlife presented his new test kit line. We have just seen the nitrites test kit, and now we take a look at Oceanlife Aqua Test Nitrates. As you can see from the picture the test is composed of…

Sicce’s booth at Zoomark 2013 featured lots of goodies for the future

We started our tour inside the italian pet show Zoomark starting from Sicce stand in Hall 19. With this article we are here to tell you about it. After the last few years we have been accustomed to seeing Sicce together…

AlgaGen PhycoPure Zooxanthellae, are real live zoox in a bottle

The release of PhycoPure Zooxanthellae by Algagen might very well be breaking new bounds in the reefing hobby. The PhycoPure zooxanthellae culture actually consist of live zooxanthellae collected from both clams and indo pacific corals, and includes a wide variety of species…

Cree XP-E2 Color announced with upgrades over original

The Cree XP-E has been the reefing industry workhorse for the longest time (relatively speaking) when it comes to colors outside of white and royal blue, although it has done pretty well in those roles too. Seeing as the white…