Acquario Ceará, South America’s largest aquarium set for 2015 debut, has strong US ties

The largest aquarium in South America, Acquario Ceará,  is expected to open its doors in 2015. While this unique design and location may be enough for a cool story, there is an even more intriguing story behind the aquarium. The aquarium…

World’s largest aquarium opens in China, sets five world records

There is a new king when it comes to aquariums and it is setting new world records — five in fact. The Guinness World Records recently confirmed the new Chimelong Ocean Kingdom that just opened in China is now officially…

ProVolitans & EasyLED make a truly professional grade LED light

At first glance the ProVolitans LED light appears to be woefully plain, simple and with an alarming lack of apparent heatsinking but we’re glad we gave them some closer inspection at Aquarama 2013. What seems to be a simple LED…

Giant aquarium ruptures, injures 15 at mall in China

A large aquarium at a mall in Shanghai, China, burst and injured 15 people the other day. The 7-meter-long, 3-meter high aquarium was on the first floor of a mall that replaced a window between the inside and outside. The…

Electric Eel powers Christmas tree in Utah

One thing that seems to mark the holiday season here at Reef Builders is us finding a cool story about an electric eel powering a Christmas tree. This year is no different except now we found one at an aquarium…

New video of SEA Aquarium at Resort World Sentosa shows how it is clearly the world’s largest

Resort World Sentosa is an entertainment playground in Singapore which recently opened the world’s largest public aquarium. The sprawling aquatic life compound at S.E.A. Aquarium spans ten different zones with all manner of habitats for large sharks, zebra sharks, manta…

Major aquarium leak dampens Miami casino’s Labor Day weekend

Sometimes it doesn’t take much to dampen all the fun, and all it took this weekend was a crack in a 13,000 gallon aquarium to cause Gulfstream Racing and Casino Park in Miami to shutdown the casino over this holiday weekend washing…

A rooftop aquarium in Tokyo turns into a magical place where penguins can fly

Penguins are birds, have wings but cannot fly, right? Well one aquarium in Tokyo is giving penguins the chance to fly — or at least appear to. The Sunshine Aquarium in the Ikebukuro area has a rooftop aqua ring that usually…

Friday Smorgasbord: Tank cleaning octopus, way too many koi, AquaCool demo and revenge of the sea star

The staff at the Loch Lomond Sea Life aquarium in Scotland is getting a helping hand — or tentacle — when Jock, one of its octopuses on display, began helping clean the aquarium glass. Known to be pretty intelligent creatures, this Giant…

Monterey Bay Aquarium’s renovated “Open Sea Gallery” on video

The Monterey Bay Aquarium recently opened its transformed “Open Sea Gallery” giving visitors some of the old familiar favorites along with new exhibits and perspectives and this great video showcases the exhibit exquisitely. On Vimeo, producer Yasmin Mawaz-Khan shared a great video The Open Sea…