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Grey Seas Aquatics Compact 6 protein skimmer, first impressions

We brought you the newest addition to the Grey Seas Aquatics line with the affordable Compact 6 protein skimmer the other week and we want to thank Dan at GSA for sending along an evaluation unit so we can put this skimmer to the test. GSA combined performance and affordability in this skimmer and so [...]

Analysis & Review of Seachem Laboratories Aqua Vitro

Analysis of Seachem Laboratories Aqua Vitro

Back near the beginning of May, Reef Builders asked me to test a new line of products geared toward reef tanks called Aqua Vitro by Seachem Laboratories. The Aqua Vitro line of products consists of 7 different additives. They are – Alpha, Balance, Calcification, Eight.four, Fuel, Ions, & Vibrance. Click [...]

Seachem’s Aquavitro line seeks to expand market share, profits.

Before you rush out and buy Seachem’s new line of “things you must have for your reef”. Be warned. Most if not all of their products are just a re-hash of similiar products they already sell, with one or two things added that make them “must have”. Fancy labeling and “mac” stylized graphics [...]

Part 1: Aesthetics…Reef Keeper 2 VS Aqua Controller Jr

Neptune Systems introduced the Aqua Controller Jr to a lot of fan fare. After all, it was one of the first controllers on the market that the average reef keeper could afford. However it wasn’t until later that Neptune Systems realized that customers preferred the “coolness” of the Reef keepers 2 in order for them [...]

Live in Madrid Spain? Check this 90 gallon wonder out…

If by chance you live or plan on visiting Madrid Spain, you might want to drop by and say hello to Enrique Mora who runs a spanish blog about his 90 gallon setup. For those of you who don’t speak Spanish you can read his thread about his 90 gallon wonder of a tank. Among [...]

Euro Reef Protein Skimmer Skim Mate for One Day

Here’s what my Euro Reef pulls out in one day. This is running on my light bio-load 75 gallon.
I encourage anyone needing a new Protein Skimmer to check out the Euro Reef line.

REVIEW: Knop C Calcium Reactor

There are a lot of choices out there for a calcium reactor. Just like everything else it seems the more choices the better off you are. This is especially the case when it comes to saltwater aquarium equipment. That brings us to our current review.