Global Coral Reef Week 2020 Is Happening July 1st to July 14th

Global Coral Reef Week is a virtual event where you can watch over 100 recorded talks by coral reef scientists and practitioners around the world. We love the idea of virtual conferences, especially for marine science as they provide opportunities…

See You All At ReefED in Denver This Saturday

What’s up Reef Builders and Colorado Reefing Fam? This Saturday April 28th we’ll be making our way to ReefED at the Lakewood Holiday Inn to do some coral shopping, talk shop, and catch up with veteran Reef Builder Mike Paletta. …

Reefapalooza Orlando Roll Call & Face Time With The Editor

What’s up everybody? As you might imagine to keep blogging as we have for you guys for ten years strong we have to be like, really into the reef aquarium hobby. Writing about, learning and testing new things in the reef…

An overview of Reefapalooza New York 2016

Nothing is worse than being invited to a great party and not being able to attend. If you did not go to this year’s Reefapalooza in New York, that is definitely the case. Since I know you already feel bad…

InterZoo 2016 will be a huge event for new aquarium products

InterZoo 2016 is the greatest pet and aquarium show on earth, it’s right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more pumped! For six years, since InterZoo 2010, Reef Builders has been the go-to source for aquatic news and new…

Top 5 reasons to go to a professional aquarium show like ReefAPalooza

We just want to take a moment to draw a line in the sand; there are frag swaps, and then there are professional marine aquarium conferences. Any given weekend there are countless reef club functions and frag swaps around the…

Italian Zoomark International 2013 in Bologna in review

The most important Italian pet show, Zoomark International, held every two years at the Bologna fair, closed last week. We went to visit Zoomark, and our vision, limited to a small part in the PET sector, the aquariology, is quite mild for…

InterZoo 2012 video of aquarium companies: Rio, Tunze, Vortech, Radion, Schuran and Mitras all get some time in the spotlight

InterZoo 2012 in Nuremberg Germany was an amazing time, and a stimulus overload for any diehard aquarium and reef tank junky. The amazing displays found in the InterZoo booths of Rio, Ecotech Marine, GHL and Schuran are all given a…

BAYMAC coming to Bay Area tomorrow, make sure to check out this free event

Mark your calendars and make sure to head out to BAYMAC tomorrow if you’re in the Bay Area. Not only is this a great lineup of manufacturers, speakers, coral vendors and clubs — but its absolutely free! This year’s BAYMAC is…