Reef Builders Top 10 Products of 2024

It’s time again for Reef Builders’ Top 10 products of the year. Due to the studio fiasco and many other items we needed to clean house with, we decided not to conduct the Facebook poll this year to save time…

Reef Recapathon 2024 Giveaway List and Schedule

Sunday December 22nd 2024 starting at 12 pm central Salem Clemens will be live on Reef Builders YouTube for a 12 hour live stream with Chris Meckley. Each hour will have different guest and topics. Additionally, you can be entered…

Reef Builders Black Friday Sale Compendium and Top 10 Picks

With Black Friday sales starting tonight, I thought it fitting to put together a list of as many sales as possible. If I did not mention your company, please feel free to shout yourself out in the comments, and I’ll…

Saltwater Aquarium.com’s Massive Black Friday Sale Is Here

The TLDR: It’s once again time for Saltwater Aquariums massive site wide discounts for black Friday. The length of the sale is dependent on each brand – on average most run until December 2nd or 3rd. As always orders from…

The Tale of the Purple Monster and the Land of Gold

Recently I gave a talk at a UK reefing show, where I gave my (British,) take on the American reefing scene. One of the many aspects I admire the most is the legacy corals, their sharing throughout the community, and…

Reef Builders to Construct a New Multiomics Coral Disease Database

Today, I will begin accepting data to construct a multi-faceted coral disease database. This database aims to draw correlations from multiple data points in relation to coral disease. We would like both quantitative and qualitative data. If you have ever…

DOC is The Most Important Parameter For A Healthy Reef Tank: Here’s a New Method to Manage It

In this article, I will provide an overview of my take on the current zeitgeist of reefing and explain why the entire industry is ignoring a critical aspect of coral care. I will explain what issues this parameter causes, how…

Evaluating the Repeatability and Differences between ICP Tests

By Sanjay Joshi and Richard Ross. ICP testing has become more mainstream in the past few years since it was introduced in the hobby almost a decade ago, but questions about the utility of the testing results remain. ICP testing…

Vote for Your Favorite Reef Aquarium Product of 2023

50 new products crossed the Reef Builders News Desk in 2023, and looking through the list there were several major product launches from some of the biggest brands in the saltwater aquarium industry.  In 2023 we saw innovation in pumps,…

Jake Adams, Celebration of Life Dive Trip

This year, we commemorated the first anniversary of our great friend’s passing. The coral feast that I had planned to show him and that was left unfinished, ended up into another great adventure celebrating Jake’s coral love with other great…