I officially sealed my fish geekery not only by getting myself a peppermint angelfish action figure, but by having it signed by Richard Pyle, the ichthyologist who originally caught and described this most sensational of reef fishes. However we’re not…
Video of the X-inout in action at the Xaqua InterZoo booth
X-aqua X-Inout device instantly struck us as one of the most innovative and potentially very popular marine aquarium products of InterZoo 2010. The X-inout looks inocuous enough but something about the fluid dynamics of the return part of the device…
Sprung Reactor: Julian walks us through the KW Reactor 300
The Sprung Reactor is what we are affectionately calling the new KW Reactor 300 with the novel sprinkler head mixing device. Although we jokingly gave Two Little Fishies some ribbing for the KW Reactor 300 before we saw it in…
Gramma dejongi, an exciting new deepwater gramma from Cuba
Gramma dejongi is a spankin new reef fish species that was discovered by Dejong Marinelife from some shipments of aquarium fish from Cuba. The new Gramma dejongi species has been kept under wraps by Dejong while awaiting formal description by…
Teco E-Chill are high performance (darn expensive) aquarium fans
The E-chill is a new aquarium cooling solution from Teco, the company that specializes in producing some of the finest aquarium chillers money can buy. Realizing that not everyone can afford a big ole chiller, and that chillers are expensive…
Revolution M Deluxe from Korallen Zucht is a recirculating cone-beckett
The Revolution M Deluxe Cone Beckett protein skimmer is a new take on the unique design from Korallen Zucht. the Revolution M Deluxe uses a novel pump intake assembly which makes it recirculate some water from the skimmer while also…
MagFox, the magnetic hose cleaner from Two Little Fishies
The Magfox is the name of the new magnetic hose cleaner from Two Little Fishies which we first reported back in March at the Global Pet Expo. While scouting at Two Lil’s booth at InterZoo in Germany last weekend, Julian…
The Volcano ate our old Server
But thankfully we got another one. Reef Builders is back online after going through a lot for the past 48 hours. Normally, things don’t happen like this here, and we we’re all very shocked to discover that the site was…
Gertrude Neumark Rothschild filed lawsuit against CREE, Inc about two LED patents
Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, is suing CREE, the manufacturer of high-end LEDs about two patents that Rothschild owns. The inventor of the patents is named Gertrude Neumark. She is an American physicist, that has quite a few of these LED patents…
The Helios LED + T5 hybrid from Giesemann is drop dead gorgeous
The Helios LED + T5 hybrid reef aquarium light from Giesemann was arguably one of the sharpest looking new lights unveiled at InterZoo this past weekend. Price and specifications we have none; like their lighting products, the Giesemann booth was…
