The foundation of any saltwater aquarium is, of course, the salt water itself, and through your time in this wonderful hobby, you’ll be mixing up plenty of it! You’ll need it when you first fill your aquarium and quarantine tank,…
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From the Archives: How to appease the aquarium gods
The gods of coral reef aquariums are wrathful. They do not appreciate any display of confidence, comfort, or excitement for the hobby. You must respect them to succeed in this hobby. Here are some rules I have learned to follow…
Petco’s $1 a gallon tank sale is a good bargain for that spare tank
Petco routinely has a $1 a gallon sale on its Aqueon aquariums and it looks like the company is at it again with a sale running now through April 27. The circular is showing the 10, 20 and 40 gallon…
MicroUV Inline ultraviolet sterilizer from Cobalt Aquatics
The MicroUV from Cobalt Aquatics is a tiny inline ultraviolet sterilizer which is easily installed inline with existing aquarium plumbing. The Cobalt MicroUV is just big enough to be serviceable with a cord, screw-lock mechanism to hold the three watt halogen UV…
New Sicce Whale canister filter
Sicce has launched the Sicce Whale canister filter with four sizes to handle the filtration needs of a variety of tank sizes. Although these aren’t commonplace in reef systems, the Sicce pumps and filtration volume available makes this an interesting…
Cobalt Duofilter UV brings germicidal LEDs to aquariums
Cobalt Aquatics unveiled two new internal filters, the Duo-Filter UV 500 and 1000. As the name suggests, the Duofilter UV include a USB powered UV steriliser with germicidal grade LEDs. Four LEDs blast the pumps impeller chamber with 500mW of…
Real Reefers John Coppolino and Rob Brynda will deliver ReefStock’s Sunday presentations
Two days of ReefStock means that this year we get an extra day of speakers. Complimenting ReefStock’s Saturday presentations, on Sunday it will be John Coppolino and Rob Brynda giving the hand-picked speaker presentations. John Coppolino is a world renowned expert…
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Rapture of the Deep – The elusive Narcosis Angelfish
Nitrogen Narcosis, The Martini Effect, and Rapture of the Deep: all are terms used to describe the effects of the alteration in consciousness when diving to depths greater than 100 feet (30 meters). This temporary and reversible effect is similar…
Reef Builders Magazine – Editorial 1
Welcome to a new chapter in the history of Reef Builders, what a great way to kick off a new year by introducing Reef Builders Magazine, a new on-line publication ready to promote excitement in this fascinating hobby of ours. …
