Reef Builders announces new ownership

Reef Builders · Feb 14, 2023

Reef Builders® is pleased to announce Raj Shingadia as its new owner. Shingadia, who holds a bachelors of science and bachelors of arts from the University of Georgia, is the co-owner of MRC. He brings 20 years-plus of industry experience in aquarium maintenance, fabrication, design and implementation, as well as industrial sales and marketing leadership…
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Guy317 · Feb 15, 2023

Good luck you have big shoes to fill I’m rooting for you

Reefing102 · Feb 15, 2023

While exciting, I hope the “team up with some top names in the industry to really raise the bar in delivering quality content” doesn’t mean a sell out to the highest bidder and stays as impartial as possible

A Young Reefer · Feb 17, 2023

They sold jakes corals to polos reef. Not a very good start.

colossal_tater · Feb 17, 2023

A Young reefer said:
They sold jakes corals to polos reef. Not a very good start.

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srobertb · Feb 17, 2023

Pretty cool. Raj was kind enough to answer my question about the MRC skimmers (I still don’t understand but that’s on me). I think he also answered my question about the CoralBox DC9.

I’m hopeful that they create more infrastructure and streamline shipping. Right now charging $50 for shipping on $400 items that most places offer for free makes them less competitive.

A Young Reefer · Feb 17, 2023

colossal_tater said:
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Polos reef instagram

colossal_tater · Feb 17, 2023

A Young reefer said:
Polos reef instagram

Thank you! I do have mixed feelings on that for sure. Although it says Jakes wife was involved, so maybe Jake owned most of the corals outright. We don’t know reefbuilders business agreements before Jake passed.

KStatefan · Feb 17, 2023

A Young reefer said:
They sold jakes corals to polos reef. Not a very good start.

Why is that not very good?

NaClH2O · Mar 31, 2023

To be clear, Jake's wife, Windsor, sold some corals to Polo Reef. The studio is still chocked full of Jake's corals. Some were shared with prominent hobbyists and a couple of wholesalers. It's good to have the DNA distributed and protected. Thanks go to Polo Reef for providing support to Jake's pregnant widow.