Reef Tanks of Instagram are Beauty Magazines all over again

“Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.” These iconic words appeared in the “Wear Sunscreen” address given to graduates in 1997 by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune and were later popularised by Australian film…

EcoTech Marine has a Facebook photo contest and is giving away some great prizes

Hitting the 10-year milestone for a company in this industry is impressive and EcoTech Marine is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style by hosting monthly Facebook photo contests and giving away some great prizes to the winner. Each month until…

Contest ends Monday: Enter our Facebook contest to win a set of Cobalt Aquatics Mysis Flakes

UPDATE: The contest ends on Monday, June 17 at 12 p.m. PDT! Make sure you enter today!  It has been a while since we’ve had any contest here on Reef Builders and when Cobalt Aquatics contacted us with some free…

6 tips for social marketing in the aquarium hobby

You’ve set up a coral oasis in your spare bedroom, a fish breeding operation in the basement, have taken to acrylic-smithing in the garage, or have are a regular brick-and-mortar LFS and you need to reach your customers. Social media…

Get the most out of Reef Builders: New Chrome extension and social links

We know we have the best fans and wanted to make sure you are able to get the most out of the entire Reef Builders experience and wanted to share our new Chrome browser extension and social media links. For…

Ichthyology and Facebook intersect to turbocharge fish identification

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/48909830[/vimeo] Just when we were beginning to think that Facebook was only good for virtual farming, viral memes and keeping tabs on your frenemies, a new story about the social networking giant instills hope for the usefulness of having a…

Marine Depot launches “Like It” giveaway

We like Marine Depot, we like Facebook and most of all we like free stuff. Marine Depot recently rolled out a new contest where all you have to do is “Like” them on Facebook to enter. The pick one random…