There’s a new aquarium movement sweeping Chinese aquarium keeping and it is all the rage in combining nature motifs and reproducing environmental gradients. The multi zonal environmental gradient aquariums features the awesomeness of three dump buckets, and a wonderful laminar…
New Variable speed brushless DC Red Dragon 2 Classic pumps from Royal Exclusiv
Royal Exclusiv has just released details about their new Variable speed Brushless DC Red Dragon 2 Classic pump. Royal Exclusiv researched thoroughly on what they wanted to do with the new DC Red Dragon 2 pump and has made major…
Max S LED Dive Flashlight from MaxSpect has some aquarium uses too
MaxSpect is rolling out a line of LED dive lights which may not be immediately applicable to aquarium purposes, but if nothing else it does show that MaxSpect is serious about making LED lighting products. We are particularly interested in…
Sfiligoi Genesis LED gets displayed in a very big way
The Genesis LED light from Sfiligoi is a dimmable LED fixture. We first reported on the Sfiligoi Genesis LED in May when we spent some time with the prototype fixture at InterZoo in Germany. One of the first Sfiligoi LEDs…
When hobbies collide: “Birdquarium” combines bird cage and aquarium
So you are living in a small area and you can’t decide on whether or not to keep birds or an aquarium. One inventor came up with the perfect scenario with a birdcage and aquarium hybrid that lets you keep…
Turboflotor Blue T3000 is the mother of all hang on skimmers
The Turboflotor Blue T3000 is part of the next generation of needle wheel skimmers from Aqua Medic. The Turboflotor Blue series builds upon the successes of the legendary Turboflotor skimmers which introduced most North American to the concept of recirculating…
Some deepwater corals being found smothered by crude from the BP oil spill
A recent survey of the sea floor near the failed BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered a coral graveyard of deepwater coral species that were most likely damaged from the infamous recent oil spill and plume…
Microbe-Lift Herbtana and Artemiss “Pay it Forward” giveaway
We’re all about giving here at Reef Builders and thanks to the generosity of Microbe-Lift, we are giving away a twin-pack of Microbe-Lift’s Artemiss and Herbtana — natural expellants for bacterial and parasitic diseases. Not only are we giving these…
Magnetic Top Off kit from Avast Marine will soon have digital out to controllers
The magnetic top-off kit from Avast Marine is an idea whose time is way overdue. For a device that really needs to stay put, it’s a wonder why some top off switches still use ghetto suction cups or some awkward…
French aquarists from All Marine travel to Indonesia to film zoanthids in their natural habitat
All Marine is a progressive reef aquarium operation in France with a special connection to some coral collection sites in Indonesia. Since several of their staff are crazy for zoanthids, on their last collecting trip they made a special effort…
