There is so much we don’t know about the bacteria we buy and add to our reef tanks. Salem Clemens answers some of your most Frequently Asked Questions on Reef Aquarium Bacteria. Is it possible to keep bacteria alive in…
The Microbial Men Discuss All Things Bacterial at Reefstock Denver
I don’t know if it’s the current buzzworthy topic, or if the subject of the bacterial microbiome has been amplified since adding Salem Clemens to the team, but one thing is for sure, the topic is here to stay. In…
Modern Reef’s Biodiversity is much more than bacteria in a bottle
Euro Corals brand Modern Reef has introduced a new microorganism soup called Biodiversity. Separate from their Nitri-Bac beneficial nitrifying bacteria for new aquariums, Biodiversity has been created to introduce diverse bacteria strains, microorganisms, minerals, and nutrients to reef aquaria, with…
PNS Homegro Enables Big Savings on the Red Reef Juice
Purple Non-Sulfur (PNS) Bacteria is one of the newest breakout hits for microbial remediation as well as feeding your reef with an all natural source of bacterio-plankton. Produced by Hydrospace in Boulder, Colorado the unique red reef sauce has been…
Bacterkit Aragonite is Prodibio’s New Substrate ‘Conditioner’
Bacterkit Aragonite is a new bacterial inoculation additive from Prodibio for saltwater aquarium substrates to help do much more than simply cycle your aquarium. The new aragonite flavor of Bacterkit follows in the footsteps of their Bacterkit Soil which introduces…
How to Cycle a Reef Aquarium Right Away – With Corals First
Forever and a day we have been schooled in how to set up and cycle an aquarium. Set it up, wet it, add bacteria, test, add fish, test again, and then eventually add corals. But here at Reef Builders we can’t help but think there’s another way to fast reef tank cycling, and that actually, people have been doing it wrong all along…
PNS Substrate Sauce is Nitro for the Nitrogen Cycle
PNS Substrate Sauce is a new blend of purple non sulfur bacteria (PNSB) specially formulated to help condition reef aquarium sandbeds and substrates. Hydrospace cultivated this special bacteria blend with Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Rhodospirillum rubrum with the expressed purpose of turbocharging the nitrogen…
Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria Now Available as a Coral Food from Hydrospace
Hydrospace is a new company offering Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria as a novel source of coral foods for our aquariums. Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria are an important part of the microbial food webs in many different environments including natural seawater…
AquaBiome: Can Reefers Benefit from an ‘ICP Test’ for Bacteria?
AquaBiome is a new company that is offering a novel kind of water test for our reef aquariums, one that gives some practical measurement and analysis of the microbiology of our captive reef ecosystems. Just like ICP opened the door…
MicroBacter Start XLM Makes Cycling Easy
MicroBacter Start XLM is a new live nitrifying bioculture from Brightwell Aquatics for starting a saltwater or reef aquarium in record time. Cycling a saltwater aquarium has never been easier and there’s numerous live bacterial cultures available in the aquarium…
