Tunze builds upon it’s controller line with the new 7097 Bluetooth Multicontroller. The new multicontroller works with the controlable Tunze Turbelle pumps and LEDs. With the inclusion of Bluetooth, the user can now adjust and program these pumps and LEDs…
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Tunze LED full spectrum 8850 light bar
Tunze added the LED full spectrum 8850 bar to their lineup at Interzoo 2014. It comes equipped with 7 white (5000K), 7 blue (470/450nm), and 12 red Nichia and Osram LEDs; which provides the ability to adjust temperature from 5000K to…
Tunze’s new internally mounted Comline DOC Skimmer 9012
The DOC Comline Skimmer 9012 from Tunze is a new take on the specialized internally mounted protein skimmer. Rated for aquariums from 50 to 300 gallons, the DOC Skimmer 9012 uses two magnets to secure the skimmer body to aquariums walls…
Tunze redefines the algae scraper with the Care Magnet
Tunze’s new “Care Magnet” is a welcome refresh/addition of their cleaning magnets and it’s quite innovative! The magnet portion doesn’t actually touch the glass, thereby reducing scratches from sand particles. All the scraping is done via the scraper blades, available…
Sneak video preview of DeJong’s world debut display of tiger and peppermint angelfish
Featured here are two of the aquarium world’s rarest species of marine angelfishes; the peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei and the tiger angelfish, Apolemichtys kingi. Both of these two demi-gods of reef life have been thoroughly featured on Reef Builders throughout the years but this…
MaxSpect Glaive focuses on superb LED color mixing
Alongside the MaxSpect Ethereal LED, the Glaive is another hotly anticipated new LED light fixture from the prolific manufacturer. Where the Ethereal LED is a single square fixture meant to compliment reef tanks like the Mazarra, the Glaive is a…
Tunze NanoStream 6020 and controllable 6040 introduce novel flow deflector
The Tunze Turbelle NanoStream 6020 and controllable 6040 are an interesting new twist on what a reef aquarium propeller pump can be. Instead of being directable with an articulating mount like a contemporary stream water pump, the NanoStream 6020 and…
Apex Fusion comes out of Beta just in time for the European debut of the Apex controller
With the Apex Controller quickly becoming the default computer of reef aquariums in the U.S., the timing couldn’t be any better for the full release of the cloud-based Apex Fusion software system. The full release of Apex Fusion takes it out…
Skimz shares parameters of its new PUR ReefSalt
We covered the new Skimz PUR ReefSalt back in February one of the key bits of information we were missing were the parameters. As we are starting to gear up for our InterZoo 2014 coverage, we noticed Skimz posted some…
Triton Reef Elementz and Triton Lab water testing are a revolution in reefing chemistry
Whenever a company says their ‘Product X’ is the “best in the world”, we usually will discount their claim and move on to something less outlandish. But in the case of Triton Reef which doesn’t explicitly make that claim, having spent…