The Vortech MP60 water pump is the EcoTech Marine’s most significant product announcement since the VorTech MP10. After years of serving the mid and high range of aquarium water pumps, the Vortech MP60 delivers a mind busting 5500 GPH while…
Vortech MP60 comparing betas to betas part deux
The Vortech MP60 is one of the biggest product announcements here at MACNA but we wouldn’t be Reef Builders if we hadn’t been testing out a beta version of the Vortech MP60 beforehand. The Vortech MP60 is a pump who’s…
Convertible Maxijet 1200 can do either propellers or impellers
The convertible Maxi Jet is Marineland’s fancy new version of their Maxijet 1200 water pump that ships with a propeller housing. No longer will you have to buy aftermarket mod kits because now the maxijet 1200, 900 and 400 all…
Here’s our top picks for MACNA speaker presentations, what’s yours?
So we’re on our way to MACNA in Orlando and in order to make sure we don’t miss any of the top notch speaker talks, we’ve already programmed alerts into our iPhone for when certain presentations will go down. In…
Mariner Energy oil platform in the gulf just blew up
Mariner Energy is about to have a really bad day because one of their oil rigs in the gulf just went kablooie. That’s right, just went we got the BP oil geyser under control and stopped the gush of crude…
Exclusive first unboxing of the Reef Capable LED fixture from Marineland
The Reef Capable LED from Marineland is a very hyotly anticipated aquarium LED light which has not yet been released. However, the fine folks at UPG sent over a review unit for us to share with you. As we predicted…
Halichoeres hilomeni and H. erdmanni are two new wrasse species described from the East Indies
Halichoeres erdmanni and H. hilomeni are two new species of wrasses that Dr. Gerald Allen recently brought to our attention with their official description. The two new Halichoeres species were described in the latest issue of issue of the Raffles…
V-Link: First peek at the Vertex USB wireless connection for Illumina LEDs
It may not be a lot to look at, just a USB stick with ZigBee bluetooth baked in, but the V-link from Vertex is a sure sign of things to come. With electronics shrinking and coming down in price, it’s…
New Acropora is among ten new species of stony corals discovered in Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii
New Acropora species are not discovered very often so it was with great excitement that we came to learn that a recent biodiversity survey in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands discovered a new Acropora species from Papahanaumokuakea. If you’ll recall, last…
Horizontal Calcium Reactor masterpiece from My Reef Creation is a design that was way overdue
The Horizontal calcium reactor above may be photographed standing up, but this is one little number that was specially built to lay flat. If necessity is the mother of invention, then tight space restrictions in the stand of William Scherbath…