When we are at the reef shows, and coral hunting, we usually have stony corals almost exclusively in mind. It takes a special kind of soft coral to grab our attention, and this green toadstool leather coral is exactly the…
Aquarium Shows
Ecoxotic teases new E-Series RGBW LED striplight and inline controller
Ecoxotic is a ReefStock regular and as such, they’ve usually got a few nice new tricks up their sleeves for us to enjoy and blog on during the show. This year the big reveal from Ecoxotic is the E Series…
Fluid Designers makes a big splash with a suite of novel acrylic designs
Fluid Designers is a brand new aquarium company started by some old school veterans of the aquarium industry. Founder Dave Marriott has been around the block at every level of the aquarium business chain, as front man for wholesale, retail,…
Kessil A150WE Amazon Sun and 360WE Tuna Sun announced this weekend
The Kessil A150WE and 360WE Tuna Sun are two new LED spotlights announced this weekend, one of which was first demoed at ReefStock in Denver Colorado. Like the Tuna Blue that Kessil first released to the marine aquarium hobby with…
The American Reef Scene is descending on ReefStock March 1 & 2
We’ve been keeping ReefStock 2014 slightly on the Down Low as to not steal too much thunder from the also-coming to Denver MACNA 2014, but nothing can hold back the American Reef Scene from coming together and enjoying its annual…
Two days of ReefStock means even more world class presentations
Since MACNA is in Denver’s near-future, we’ve been keeping ReefStock 2014 a little lower key than before, but low key doesn’t mean we won’t deliver our usual share of world class reefing activities. We may be only rockin’ 24 booths…
New Giesemann Futura-S LED gets performance boost
The new Giesemann Futura-S is getting a performance upgrade thanks to incorporating CREE X-series LEDs into the fixture. The updated light was designed with a modular approach each using 20 5W CREE X-series on each board without the need for secondary…
ReefStock 2014 happening March 1st & 2nd
With MACNA 2014 taking up a big part of my time, many thought that perhaps ReefStock wouldn’t happen in 2014 but we’re doing it! In order not to steal any thunder from the coming national marine aquarium conference, for its…
MaxSpect unveils two new large high powered LED floodlights
If you thought LED spotlights couldn’t get any bigger, think again. We’ve had 100 watt LED spotlights and floodlights around for a while now and not only is MaxSpect releasing a one hundred watt LED spotlight, they’re also going to…
Unbelievable – RAP Does It Again!
Last year was my very first Reef-A-Palooza (RAP) and I was so excited to be part of such a historic event, as they broke their attendance record. Well, this year I could not have asked for more excitement – they…