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Whatafather reef from Hong Kong is a thing of beauty

There are tanks that are awesome for their fish and coral, and then there are tanks that are awesome because of their cleanliness along with the fish and coral. The Reef of Hong Kong reef forum user Whatafather definitely falls…

Coral-shop lowering prices on all their products with up to 25% reductions

While most companies start of the new year with price increases to compensate for increased costs and inflation (like ELOS did), Coral-Shop decided to change things up a bit. Word is that they managed to pull in some long term…

White Corals hits a mother lode of disc corals

White Corals has been on the Reef Builders front page before for plenty of cool corals and livestock, and now they’ve done it again with this crazy mother lode of disc and plate corals. It is no secret we like…

FFAZ’s automated fish feeder is like a fish feeding robot on steroids

Everyone has probably used a regular autofeeder at one point. They offer chambers that are able to hold a couple weeks of food worth and are usually easy to program, the simple rotation design furthermore leaves little room for mechanical…

Aquatronica LED light fixture ready for the spotlight

Aquatronica was showing off their new LED fixture at Interzoo 2012, and it looks like they finally have finalized the design and are ready for production. Like the model shown off at Interzoo the new Aquatronica LED fixtures offer a…

Alpheus made to order LED lamps have some serious research behind them

There seems to be a common theme in the French reef aquarium industry of very high standards. Using blue lights to sell corals for example is highly frowned upon and virtually isn’t done. Similarly, the makers Alpheus LED have put…

Reef Aquascaping, why hasn’t the movement really caught on yet?

Aquascaping, the art of creating asthetically pleasing underwater worlds is widely popular in the freshwater hobby, but it hasn’t exactly caught on within the saltwater industry. There are plenty of amazing, well thought out reef aquariums out there that put…

AquaInno water-cooled concept LED system recaptures heat to warm your tank

As every reefers knows, the efficiency and longevity of LEDs largely depends on the temperature the chips are ran at. Cooler chips are more efficient and last longer, while hotter chips are less efficient and have shorter lifespans. For this…

Korralenwelt video highlights the build of Stefan Kadatz’s spectacular reef system

Korrallenwelt is a ceramic rock manufacturer located in Germany, and to highlight their rocks they’ve created a video featuring the absolutely spectacular reef of Stefan Kadatz.

Nano-reef user Metrokat’s display refugium is an awesome collection of macroalgae

Marcoalgae is awesome, and not only because of their nutrient removal abilities. We love macro algae for its ease of maintenance, cool growth forms and colors and we’re even more fond of macro algae displays. This display refugium of nano-reef…