Aquarium controllers are incredible tools to help automate and keep track our of salty investment and something many people are very passionate about. Here is your chance to chime in and vote for your favorite controller released or upgraded this…
Readers’ Choice Awards: Water pumps and circulation
Water flow and circulation is an important part of our success in the hobby and newer, better and more efficient pumps continue to come into the market. Here is your chance to vote on which aquarium water pump and circulation…
Reader’s Choice Awards: Vote on the best lighting products of 2009
The technological advances in the hobby each year are fascinating to look back at and reef aquarium lighting is no exception. 2009 brought many new improved lighting on the market. Despite the fall of PFO and the LED patent war…
Cast your vote for the Reef Builders Readers’ Choice Awards: Protein Skimmers
We have brought you plentyof new and exciting products in the last year here at Reef Builders and we are proud to announce the first ever Reef Builders Readers Choice Awards. We value your insight and great comments that make…
GHL ProfiLux II offers new economical controller that plays nice with your LEDs
The GHL ProfiLux II is releasing early next year with plenty of interoperability to really tap in and control your LED lighting system. The new ProfiLux unit is a good option for budget-minded reefers looking for the benefits of GHL’s…
Get schooled on invertebrates with Ron Shimek, Reef Stewardship Foundation
Ron Shimek, author and one of the decent marine biologists in the hobby especially when it comes to invertebrates, is offering you the chance to learn more about inverts through the Reef Stewardship Foundation’s online course starting this January. The…
EXtreme Reef cone skimmers showcase Israeli technology advances
A new line of cone protein skimmers by start-up EXtreme Reef are making a splash in Israel and should be making their way to Europe in the near future. The company’s founders are R&D engineers in the burgeoning Israeli hi-tech…
Flexible LED lights make adding efficient lighting simple
LED lighting is all the rage and with these flexible LED lights from QE Global you can inexpensively add low-heat, energy-efficient lighting to your setup. Granted, these lights may not pack enough punch to use strictly for aquarium lighting for…
December issue of Advanced Aquarist now available
The December issue of Advanced Aquarist is out and with it are PDF issues of past magazines up-to-date through October’s issue. In the last issue of 2009, Terry leads off with an editorial revisiting the dreaded “old tank syndrome” that…
Octopus goes “Gilligan’s Island” making a home out of coconut shells
In a scene more reminiscent of a Gilligan’s Island, octopuses are caught on film digging up discarded coconut shells from the ocean floor and scampering away with their booty to build shelters that would have made “The Professor†proud. The…