It’s been 10 months since Matt Pedersen anounced the first sucessful spawning and hatching of the world’s only captive bred Lightning Maroon clownfish offspring. The aquarium world has since held their breath, waiting to see what comes next. While having…
Friday Smorgasbord: Two-head sharks, squid bombs and more
The final Friday of March is here and with March Madness fully underway, we found some crazy articles to give you your weekly dose of the wacky, weird and wonderful. Sometimes nature can write better movie plots than what Hollywood can come…
Maxspect Razor clone ‘Tesla LED’ spotted in the wild
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and with this LED fixture we spotted — the Maxspect Razor definitely should be flattered. We recently heard about this similar-looking fixture from Clovers LED, an equipment wholesaler in Asia, that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Razor.…
Lights go on for the Kessil A360 webpage
The highly anticipated Kessil A360 LED pendant is now available marked by the new A360 product page going live on the Kessil website. We were able to see these first hand at Reef Stock earlier this month and if you…
Maxspect G2 exchange program lets you turn in your old G2 for a new Razor
The Maxspect G2 LED Exchange Program is a unique program to get U.S. owners of the older Maxspect G2 LED fixtures upgraded to the new Maxspect Razor. As Maxspect starts the plan to sunset the older G2, the company is giving…
Friday Smorgasbord: Saving reefs with antacids, fish molars and more
Ocean acidification and rising temperatures are taking its toll on our oceans’ reefs, but one team from Australia is testing a way to solve the issue by treating the water with an antacid. The team from the Carnegie Institution for Science…
Innovative Marine NUVO 24 pricing and availability announced
We were able to get the exclusive download and now have more details including the pricing and availability on the upcoming Innovative Marine NUVO 24 desktop aquarium we uncovered last week . As we mentioned before, the NUVO 24 is…
Tougher wildlife import restrictions proposed by US…again
Newly proposed federal legislation is taking aim at halting the importation and interstate trade of non-native livestock, including fish and aquatic organisms bred or collected for the aquarium trade. This isn’t the first time legislation like this was proposed and…
Get the most out of Reef Builders: New Chrome extension and social links
We know we have the best fans and wanted to make sure you are able to get the most out of the entire Reef Builders experience and wanted to share our new Chrome browser extension and social media links. For…
Jebao WP40 is a Chinese water mover looking to replace Vortech, Tunze
The Jebao WP40 is a wavemaker from China positioning it against top-shelf water movers such as the EcoTech Marine Vortech or Tunze Wavecontroller 7092 but at a fraction of the cost. While it resembles the Tunze Turbelle design more than…