The Panorama module from Ecoxotic is the mid-range LED offering from the fledgling solid state lighting company. The Panorama module contains 12 x 1 watt LED lights that are tightly fastened to a solid heatsink. The heatsink has built-in brackets…
Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2009
2009 has come and gone and from where we’re sitting, this has been a very dynamic and exciting year for the reef aquarium hobby. A ton of innovative new aquarium products made our reporting that much more fun and looking…
Giant invertebrates are the masters of Antarctica’s marine environments
Giant amphipods, isopods, seapigs and scaleworms are some of the lower creatures who have enjoyed an evolutionary field day in the isolated frigid waters of Antarctica. Newly released images from the British Antarctic Survey reveal many ginormous species of invertebrates…
Prognathodes carlhubbsi: will the real scythe butterflyfish please swim up?
Prognathodes carlhubbsi is a species of deep cool water butterflyfish which bears a close resemblance to the classic scythe butterflyfish, P. falcifer. The image above is a screencap from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s guide to Shorefishes of the Eastern…
Biopolymer particles are readily visible in the goopey matrix of Natural Nitrate Reducer
It’s hard to not be skeptical of aquarium products and additives that seem to contain more sci-fi techno-babble than actual substance. We were pleasantly surprised when we poured out a goop of Instant Ocean’s Natural Nitrate Reducer and it was…
Happy Holidays from Jake Adams
The following is a beautiful original poem by George Adkins, president of the Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society, COMAS. I thank George for letting me share this poem with you and I wish you all a very safe and happy…
Masked Angelfish, Genicanthus personatus caught spawning on video for the first time
The masked swallowtail angelfish, Genicanthus personatus is the most highly coveted and expensive angelfish in the aquarium trade that is actually available for purchase, however rarely and expensive it may be. The masked or personatus angelfish is endemic to the…
Ecoxotic Stunner LED strips totally unboxed
The Stunner LED strips from Ecoxotic have been shipping for a couple weeks now and we already got our hands on a sample pack that includes all of the currently available color combinations. To refresh your memory these small LED…
Clarion angelfish: Hybrid and Adults featured in video
The hybrid Clarion x Passer angelfish which we first told you about last week is now starring in this brief video that was made shortly before the fish was packed up and shipped off to Israel. We’ve also come to…
Reed Mariculture deepens it’s love affair with Aquathrive premium pellet food
Back in April at the MAX show we reported on a little fling that Reed Mariculture was entertaining with a certain nondescript looking pellet food with protein that is primarily derived from ragworms, or spaghetti worms as many reefkeepers call…