The MW 700 is a new portable lux meter from Milwaukee Instruments which was spotted lying around on a table in Orlando this weekend. ReefBuilders writer Scott Fellman was shmoozing at the Global Pet Expo and he managed to snap…
EcoReef One, second preview
Here is another preview video of EcoReef One, a live rock-less, LED-lit five gallon nano cube that lives off of an average of 20 watts of power consumption and water changes. This is indeed a video, see the harlequin shrimp…
Blue Planet Reef Farms closes
Months ago we introduced you to a new company specializing in captive grown and reared fishes. Unfortunately, as of this month Blue Planet Reef Farms is closing down. An email sent to their customers cited a major disaster to a…
Eerily cool statues drown in Cancun
In a follow-up to a previous post, the Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum has added three new sculptures to their enormous collection of underwater art. The three new additions are entitled Dream Collector, Man on Fire, and The…
Blue Ringed Octopus captured on HD Video
Very few of us keep a Blue Ringed Octopus, and for very good reason. They’re poisonous, can escape just about any glass cage and very smart. While most of us wouldn’t keep this guy, we can see why so many…
ZooMed Ocean Sun 10k and Actinic 420 T5 bulbs
Zoomed, manufactures of reptile products has released Coral Sun T5 lights in either 10k or actinic 420 colors. Apparently Zoomed thought it wise to come out with the T5 lamps after realizing T8 and T12 lamps would be going the…
Hitler gets Acropora Eating Flatworms Video
Taking over the reefing world is not as easy as it seems. This video explains why.
KW Reactor 300 from Two Little Fishies caught in the wild, finally coming to market
The KW reactor 300 from Two Little Fishies is a new kalkwasser reactor that has been promised to us in the 2 lil fishies catalog since MACNA in Jersey but which is only now close to becoming available. The KW…
Two Little Fishies algae magnet scraper cleans the inside of tubing
Looks like Sprung’s Two Little Fishies aquarium product company has come out with a specialized algae magnet that can clean the inside of aquarium tubing. Many aquarists won’t be tripping over themselves to bump this aquarium cleaning accessory to the…
New Caledonia enlists Australia to aid in reef protection
We’ve all heard of the Great Barrier Reef but did you know New Caledonia is home to the second largest reef in the world? The French Pacific territory recently made a call to Australia in hopes of tapping into the…
