What is a Starfire glass aquarium? The lowdown on low-iron glass

Starfire glass is the brand name for a type of low-iron, a high-clarity glass used for one or more viewing panels on an aquarium. The term may be a bit confusing as people often use the term Starfire in a…

All the HOT Corals Were at ReefStock Australia This Year

The two biggest reef shows of the summer, ReefStock Australia and MACNA, have come and gone and while we’re almost caught up on all the products from MACNA, we still have a lot to tell you about ReefStock Australia. Although this…

Salinity Manager by Fauna Marin

The Salinity Manager is a new kit from Fauna Marin to help reefers manage the salt content of their saltwater aquarium with greater ease, and accuracy. The kit for Salinity Manager includes a quality conductivity meter, cleaning solution to keep the…

Huge Hybrid Emperor Angelfish Surfaces in Taiwan

The recent parade of exotic angelfish continues with a very large adult hybrid Pomacanthus. The emperor angelfish is arguably the most popular and recognizable of all the large angelfish species in the Indo-Pacific, which is why fish fanciers really notice when…

ORMA Teases the Motherlode of Colorful Fluted Moon Corals

The fluted moon corals formerly of the special Barabbatoia genus may have been re-reclassified back into Favia, but that doesn’t really change how much we love them in reef tanks. This group of moon corals (Faviids), first ‘championed’ by Ocean…

Australia’s Hmahli Introduces NEW Kind of Reactor for Resins

Resin reactors are a brand new concept in reef aquarium water treatment being promoted by Hmahli Marine Life Support Systems, specially designed for use with the Blue Life USA line of resins. Chemical medias such as activated carbon, granular ferric oxide…

It’s Still Hard to Believe the Colors of Micro Lord Corals

Recently we came across a series of pictures taken by Ultra Coral Australia. Shots of some of their new collection of Rainbow Micro Lords, aka Micromussa lordhowensis, and we couldn’t resist to share some with you. UCA is starting to…

Unboxing the Motherlode of Rare and Exotic Fish [video]

For years we’ve wrote about, photographed and filmed some of the rarest tropical reef fish in the world, often by visiting the right marinelife dealers, reefs or private tanks. One of the biggest reasons for the Reef Builders Studio is…

Red Sea ReefLED 90 & 50 Full Details Highlighted in New Webpage

The ReefLED is a new reef aquarium light by Red Sea that we’ve been covering since Spring of last year. Red Sea has made many aquarium lights over the years, most notably they made one of the highest quality lines…

WATCH: The Flagship Peninsula Tank

Well, here we have it folks, the tank we’ve all been waiting for! The Reef Builders flagship aquarium is a Waterbox 6ft crystal peninsula tank and will be filled exclusively with gear and corals from our YouTube channel sponsors. This…