Manhattan Reefs has new iPhone app

Manhattan Reefs, the very popular NY reef club has launched an iPhone app for their loved reef forums. The App which you can download from the iTunes store is available for $1.99 and is currently in version 1.0. Current features…

Aquascaping techniques, tips and thoughts

As a reef geek who is more than just casually interested in creating great looking aquariums, I’ve made it my personal mission over the past few years to rid the reef aquarium world of dull and mediocre aquascaping. To this…

How a small warming can completely change an ecosystem

Yesterday Guin and I went snowboarding in Vail, Colorado. We took highway I-70 west from Golden towards all the slopes and through the heart of the Colorado Rockies. I’ve been making this trip countless times throughout the years but more…

The world watches what our leaders will do at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

The United Change Climate Change Conference which began yesterday in Copenhagen Denmark is, how should we put it, a very big deal. The Cop15, as it is also called, has gathered the most powerful nations of the earth to come…

Dymax 3 Gallon acrylic Pico aquarium wants to be on your desk

The Dymax 3 Gallon acrylic Pico aquarium was released in Singapore at Aquarama earlier this year. The IQ3 3 gallon aquarium includes a light (Robot LED), filtration system and the benefit of knowing you won’t shell out a lot for…

Tropical Marine Gardens by Andre Seale

Andre Seale is the author of the book Tropical Marine Gardens which features no less than 15 years of award-winning photographs of a wide range of marine fauna and flora. An accomplished diver, photographer and marine biologist, Andre Seale and…

One new tank…A million ideas!

I’m deep into the planning on my first new aquarium in 2 years. It’s a great feeling, I’m now in that most exciting phase of the planning process (in my warped opinion, anyways): the “Which idea do I try?” phase!…

French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis available for the first time from LiveAquaria, hybrid coming soon

The French Butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis, is an extremely rare deepwater Caribbean butterflyfish which has very seldomly been collected for the aquarium trade. Most fish books list this species as being widespread in the Caribbean and absent from Florida, but recently,…

From ReefBuilders to you, extremely useful and inexpensive gifts for every reefer on your list

The holidays are just around the corner and we at ReefBuilders thought we would help you out with some great ideas for inexpensive, yet really useful gifts. Sure we all probably add a new controller, lights or skimmer to our…

Tuamotu Maxima Clams begin to make the rounds, show off why some are being called ‘Multicolor Maxima’

Tuamotu Maxima Clams are easily one of the most exciting things to happen to Tridacnids for the home aquarium in a really long time. We were stunned to report that these clams would be a regular part of the giant…