It’s just five weeks until you get to go live and visit Reef Builders’ very own event ReefStock in person, this time in a brand-new location, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Started in 2004 in Denver, Colorado, ReefStock is the original real reefer’s…
Top 10 Algae Eaters For Reef Tanks
Algae is one of the worst menaces of any aquarium, and a top reason people leave the hobby. Here are just 10 fish and invertebrates that can help to make our tanks more algae-free. 1. Algae blenny The humble Algae…
Take part in TSA’s Coral Smackdown Grow Out Competition
Are you good at growing corals? Are you good at growing Acropora? Do you think you’re good enough to take your skills to competition level? Then this Top Shelf Aquatics/Reef Builders collab competition was tailor-made for you. What’s the competition?…
The Importance of Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium in a Reef Tank
There are many aspects of the hobby that for one reason or another are controversial. But one of the few that isn’t is the need to manage the big three: Calcium Alkalinity and Magnesium. That is everyone agrees that it…
Outplanting Coral Fragments May Be A Big Expensive Waste Of Time.
Principles for Coral Reef Restoration in the Anthropocene is a fascinating document that has been put together by leading coral scientists from the James Cook University and the University of Melbourne in Australia. We got to see this document after…
Why Florida Sea Cucumbers Are Champions of Cleanup Crew
The Reef Aquarium Industry is heavily reliant on invertebrate cleanup crew. Demand for cleanup crew organisms will only continue to sky-rocket with the popularity of the hobby. Economic and environmental criteria define the future of an ideal reef cleanup crew…
Mark’s Return from Backpacking and Raj’s Diamond-Encrusted Glove! That’s Reef Therapy Episode #70
There’s a new episode of Reef Therapy out, so make sure you watch, listen, stream, or download the latest episode to catch up on what Remy, Mark, and Raj have been up to, and spoiler alert, Raj has actually started…
Try Acanthurus tristis – The Indian Mimic Surgeonfish
Having kept all the usual tangs in our home aquariums over the years we wanted something different for our latest tank, and settled on one of the Mimic tangs, Acanthurus tristis. Like its cousin Acanthurus pyroferus, which mimics either Halfblack…
Top 10 Affordable and Unique Corals
Last week we were talking with Reef Builders host Remy about corals we recommend to people, and of course, the obvious beginner corals come up like Toadstools, Green Star Polyp, and Pulsing Xenia. But with 100+ genera of Indo-Pacific hard…
Pollia fumosus – a new form of natural Vermetid Snail control?
A recent article by Michael Paletta which covered Vermetid snails came at a timely moment. I have been tinkering with these whelks at the coral farm for over a year and I feel it’s time to finally share my observation…
