The third generation Koralia pump has taken the reef world by surprise, showing us all that Hydor has the chops not only to build one of the most popular propeller pumps of modern reefing, but also to improve and innovate…
Closer look at Orphek’s new Atlantik Pendant 300 LED
The new Orphek Atlantik Pendant 300 is one beast of a hanging LED light. The extremely large size and proportions of the Atlantik Pendant 300 seem comical compared to regular home aquarium LED lights and pendants but not compared to…
Hawaii anti-aquarium legislation being reconsidered TODAY
An amended HB 873HD1 regulating the aquarium fishery will be heard by Committee on Judiciary on Friday at 3:00 p.m. in the State Capitol’s Conference Room 325. Testimony must be received by the Committee no later than 3:00 p.m. Thursday,…
Red Sea Reefer Tank makes American debut at ReefStock 2015
Right when you walked into the show floor of ReefStock 2015 last weekend, the first thing you saw is the glorious new creation from Red Sea called simply, the Reefer Tank. Aquarium manufacturers have offered equipment to keep and grow aquatic…
Trio of eye candy coral videos focus on fluorescence, macros and time lapse
If any animal is more worthy of closer scrutiny using macro video, time lapse, and fluorescence exposure, than corals, we don’t know what that creature is. Long time readers of Reef Builders will be familiar with the semi-regular sharing of…
East1’s 1.5 gallon SPS tank is the swankiest pico reef to date
Since the volumes associated with a ‘true’ pico reef is quite restrictive, we tend to think of pico reef tanks as examples of simplicity, and exercises in minimalism. Somehow, Nano-Reef forum user East1 failed to read that memorandum and charted…
Sneak peek at Hydor’s third generation Koralia water pump
The third generation Koralia pump is Hydor’s latest breed of propeller pump which really bring with them a next generation level of refinement. Any pump manufacturer can deliver incremental improvements to their newest pumps, kinda like what hydor did with…
the AI Prime LED looks incredible on its own, and over reef tanks
The AI Prime LED is AquaIllumination’s smallest LED light to date and it is the first new product that has been designed after the merger of AquaIllumination and Ecotech Marine, with contributions from both companies’ engineers and designers. The resulting…
You’ve never seen a Trachyphyllia like this one
Is it a Acan lord? Is it a Lobophyllia? No this funkadelic coral is one of the wildest Trachyphyllia corals we’ve ever seen, with a crazy morphology to boot. This one of a kind Trachy was acquired by Aquatech Imports, a wholesaler…
Ruby seadragon, Phyllopteryx dewysea, discovered in south Australia
Phyllopteryx dewysea is a new species of seadragon from the southern coast of Western Australia with a brilliant red color giving it the name of Ruby Seadragon. There are only two other species of seadragon, the leafy seadragon, Phycodorus eques,…