The Reef Angel, a new programmable controller, is coming to market and looks to be a great way to get a fully customizable controller at a lower cost relying more on DIY programming and some assembly rather than the turnkey products on the market today. While this may not be the best product suited for [...]
Online vendor Reef Specialty is teasing us with the new Diablo cone skimmer available shortly exclusively at Reef Specialty. The Diablo is designed for smaller tank owners looking to get the performance of a cone skimmer in a smaller footprint. The cone is a 6-inch base with a 3-inch neck with a total footprint of [...]
Hydor’s newest hotness, the Hydor Koralia Evolution and the uber new Koralia Nano have been hitting retailers all this week. In case you missed it, we had a review of both the Evolution and the Nano which we found them to be a supremely built pump and significantly improved upon older models. In fact Reef [...]
The V2Ozone is a compact O3 generator from Tropical Marine Centre which aims to bring this once widely popular water treatment method back into the mainstream. Adding O3 to aquarium water with ozone generators raises oxidizing levels (ORP), thus helping to break down harmful waste products and creates crystal clear water by removing yellowing compounds. [...]
Tropical Marine Centre (TMC) has added to their V2 compact skimmer line with two new products in the category the compact 300 and compact 500. First up is the V2 Skim 300 compact which is great for aquariums up to 300 liters (66 gallons) with a max flow rate of 720 lph. The V2 Skim [...]
A new type of coral frag holder has been introduced in Europe. The new coral frag holder is made out of a mixture of crushed coral rubble and then positioned together to form a frag. Like most frag holders this is also harmless to your aquarium as it is made out of 98% coral rubble [...]
Ecoxotic is adding another flavor to its Panorama line of modular LED lights with the release of a new all blue, 453nm actinic module for reefers looking to take advantage of actinic LED lighting. Before the company had a blended module of 8,000K white and 453nm actinic blue LEDs and now you can get as [...]
AquaFx makes a variety of RO/DI systems for hobbyists, consumers and industrial applications. They do have a new hobbyist/consumer aimed product call the octopus that simply put is a beast for your reverse osmosis needs. The feature list is very impressive and includes:
-Microprocessor Controlled 1:1 Waste water Ratio
-High Pressure Bracket Mounted Booster Pump (Located Post [...]
Thanks to the good folks at Hydor USA, we here at Reef Builders were able to secure some of the new Koralia Evo circulation pumps to put to the test and so far, our impression is really favorable. We will be putting these new pumps through the paces over the next few weeks and will [...]
AM-Detox is being billed as a “next generation” reverse osmosis unit. The two module and three module heads can be equipped with different filter cartridges. What’s cool about this RO unit is the modular design allowing you to expand your RO system with different media choices, versus being stuck with a hard metal case/support system [...]
