The pro 2 skimmer which was introduced at MACNA back in September of last year uses a new needlewheel to draw in additional amounts of air which mixes well with water. As these hands-on photos show us, it creates a…
UV Lighting’s new T5 bulbs get another look
The impending release of UV lighting’s new aquasun series has quite a few of reef hobbyists excited and rightfully so, the aquasun bulbs promise a 10,000 Kelvin temperature coming out of the domestic company. The bulbs above are lit by…
Midwest Frag Fest: The Frags
What’s the point of having a frag fest without frags? The Midwest Frag Fest had a great selection of Frags available and being a frag fest its little wonder. Although we did see mostly SPS coral frags for sale, being…
Reef Builders Podcast #2 — Midwest Frag Fest
This installment of the podcast (episode #2) has myself and Jake talking about the Midwest Frag Fest, new equipment and the new Alpha 250 cone skimmer. Hosts: Ryan Gripp, Jake Adams Producer: Ryan Gripp Podcast RSS iTunes
Encrusting corals: We want these Frag Disks
We spied this new frag piece at the Midwest Frag fest in Rockford, Illinois. The piece which is actually two pieces is a clever way to entice encrusting corals to well do their thing, which is to crust up substrates.…
Is this the next Deltec protein Skimmer?
We haven’t heard a peep come out of Deltec for a very long time and we have reason to believe this might be Deltec’s next new skimmer design. Take a gander at the above photo, notice inside the reaction chamber…
Cooling fans on ATI Sunpower found to run 24/7
The ATI sunpower T5 lighting system which has been extremely popular for its performance and price has been getting some grumbling from users as of late. Mainly the system uses two fans that are designed to cool the T5’s that…
The beautiful reef tank of Paolo
Upon first seeing this tank you’ll no doubt be filled with awe as you gaze upon Paolo’s tank. This tank is actually an Elos tank that is lit with two Diamond Lumenarc III with 2 bulbs 250W HQI and 2…
Tell us: What reef salt do you use?
We admit it. There is a massive amount of different salts on the market in which to pick from…and with all these options we were debating which salt is used the most among reef hobbyists. Is it the new salt…
Red Dragon II powered Bubble King from Royal Exclusiv pics leak out
Royal Exclusiv has been working on another version of their very popular Bubble King line of protein skimmers. These models might replace the older models with the deluxe name, much like a car manufacturer has a new model every year.…