Unless you’ve been reefing under a live rock this year, you will no doubt have heard the aquarium chemical additive buzzword of the year, Triton Elementz. Triton first gained our attention with their interesting Lani LED light fixtures but the…
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Apogee rumored to be developing a USB PAR meter
Earlier this year when we wrote about the iPhone Light Meter, we implored the inventors out there to develop something like it for aquarium use. Well our calls were partially heard because we’ve gotten word that something along those lines…
Marineland floating LEDs can make for great looking corals
When you have as many coral tanks as we do, you tend to grow an excess of coral and there’s always a small group of corals that need special care, or don’t quite have their place in the main displays yet.…
Precision Submersible Heater quietly released by Marineland
The Precision Submersible Heater is a new model of aquarium water heating device that Marineland put back in its catalogue after a long absence in this category. Following some major quality control issues regarding its Stealth heaters and a subsequent…
Kessil A160WE begins shipping to US in limited numbers, UK getting first dibs
Kessil’s been partially quiet about its forthcoming Kessil A160we LED spotlight, the next generation upgrade to the Kessil A150 that really launched the company into the marine aquarium hobby. the Kessil A160we brings two levels of performance improvements over its…
Zeovit Automatic Elements may actually reduce the cost of dosing Iron, Potassium & more
Zeovit Automatic Elements are an innovative new method to dose a handful of trace elements to our reef tanks on a long term basis. For major elements like Calcium, Carbonates and Magnesium it is critical to keep elevated levels in the…
Coralife LED Aqualight is a great choice for the mid-range of LED lighting market
The Coralife LED Aqualight that was debuted at MACNA 2014 in Denver got its first big reveal to the consumer world in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. Coralife’s first effort at making an LED aquarium light was ill-fated for trying…
Gyre Flow: What a difference ten years can make
The year is 2003 and I was just starting to delve into the first year of real marine science courses like ecology, oceanography, and fluid dynamics. At that time I’d already been keeping marine aquariums for 8 years and i was…
Our Top 5 favorite stories from Cairns Marine
For twenty years Cairns Marine has been a leading collector and supplier of sustainably harvested marine aquarium livestock and for most of Reef Builders’ existence Cairns Marine has been an invaluable partner in helping us get the word out about…
Tunze Care Magnet Review: Tunze’s novel design hits all the high marks
When it comes to reimagining the trusty magnetic algae scraper, it takes a certain kind of curiosity, and creativity, to take a step back and ask yourself how the device could be improved. We all want an algae scraper with…