A barely-explored underwater coral reef has revealed what scientists are calling a “species factory,†due to dozens of new exotic species of fish and corals being discovered there in two recent expeditions. Though it lies in an area one tenth…
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Live from Macna 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Day one of MACNA 2007 is here! There a lot of vendors, visitors and speakers this year in Pittsburgh. More corals, books, aquariums in such a confined space that you will start drooling the minute you step inside the tradeshow…
Aquarium Games for Nintendo DS
Two additions to the Zen Games series were announced today by growing UK games publisher, Mercury Games as part of their partnership with Japanese publisher Ertain BV. The games, “Aquarium by DS†and “Fantasy Aquarium by DS†both for the…
Tunze Nano Streams 6055 (controllable), Tunze MultiController 7095 in the Reef Builders lab
I received a couple of Tunze Nanostreams in the other day. Everyone has been eager to get an in depth view of these pricey water movers. So I take them to the Reef Builders lab (a 75 Gallon Tank) to…
Red Sea Max tank cycling…dirty, magnet cleaner needed
The Red Sea Max is cycling, I have a few pieces of live rock, and I threw some zoo’s in there. I’ve had this for a little over 2 weeks and have already decided that there are things I really…
The Reef Engine, Symbiodinium-and why you should get to know it
If you haven’t heard of Symbiodinium then don’t worry, not a lot of people have. You can think of Symbiodinium as the heart of your corals, scientists have compiled the world’s first detailed gene expression library for Symbiodinium, the microscopic…
Reef Builders Magazine: where we are heading with it
Seems that the tradition in the reef industry is to launch a reef magazine of some sort. We continue the tradition, we haven’t forgotten about it. We are working on the magazine and rest assured, it is still going to…
Setup of the Red Sea Max 34 Gallon Aquarium
I ordered the Red Sea Max aquarium to hold my corals and fish while I take down my 75 Gallon aquarium. I am doing this because the sump is leaking, and it has affected the stand it is on. I…
Red Sea Max 34 gallon Aquarium arrived!
I took my carpet up and had to figure out how I was going to break down my tank, install the sump and new stand and put it back. Ideally I would like to do this in less than one…
What is in a job? Building Saltwater Reefs for a living…in the ocean.
What do global warming, estuaries, hurricanes; boat wakes, coral reefs, juvenile fish, and artificial reefs have in common? The answer is; In the coming years, more than you ever thought. David Walter DBA Walter Marine developed a business out of…
