The original Hanna Halo wireless pH meter is one of the best standalone pH testers we’ve ever used so naturally, Hanna went and made it even better with the Halo 2. The Halo 2 has all the same features of…
Double Black Fin Angelfish Linked to Centropyge bicolor
The Centropyge pygmy angelfish make up the largest genus of marine angelfishes and their diversity and abundance has led to many different variants being discovered by the aquarium hobby. Among these oddball pygmies there exists a whole spectrum of poorly studied…
Hygger Makes the Most Interesting but Sketchy Heaters
Hygger makes a lot of different devices for keeping aquariums from lights to pumps to tanks but we want to talk about the Hygger aquarium heaters. Within the aquarium hobby the most static and stagnant devices of all are aquarium…
The Most ‘Natural’ Aquascape is Built With a Variety of Rocks
Aquascaping is one of the more artistic aspects of reefkeeping with many subjective guidelines to consider for creating the most appealing arrangements of rocks and corals. Some reefers really aim to have an impressive aquascape from just the rocks alone, others really…
Carbon Doser V2 Review: Precise CO2 Dosing in the Wrong Direction
The Carbon Doser V2 is the second version of a very ingenious way to meter out pressurized gas, in aquarium applications this means carbon dioxide. To this day the overwhelming majority of carbon dioxide regulators use some kind of solenoid…
Alexloga & Co Skimmer 300X Review: Impressive Performance through Creative Design
The Alexloga A&C skimmers are a very interesting line of foam fractionators from Ukraine that are engineered to have a very small footprint but are also quite short compared to modern protein skimmer models. This ultra compact size is achieved…
Abyzz Flow Cannon AFC 150 Review: Good for 20 Feet of Flow
The Abyzz Flow Cannon AFC 150 is a water mover that has more in common with a trolling motor than an aquarium water pump but the AFC 150 is so powerful you could easily move a small boat with it.…
Our Acropora Dominated Reef Tank Has Begun
The company mission of Reef Builders is all in the name – we like to build reef aquariums and will go to every length possible to learn and discover the best methods and the most progressive equipment to make the…
Linea made a Stand with a Slide Out Sump!
Of all the components of reef aquarium systems the stand is the most easily overlooked and aside from using new materials like steel or aluminum, there’s rarely much innovation getting applied to aquarium stands. Thankfully this stagnation is starting to…
Pteragogus turdus, a New Species of Sneaky Wrasse
Pteragogus turdus is a new species of sneaky wrasse discovered from the Indian Ocean of Western Australia and the West Pacific Ocean which adds the eleventh species to this easily overlooked genus of reef fish. Unlike most other species of labrids…