Our aquarium life is all but dominated by photosynthetic corals and to be fair, the brightly lit aquariums they require is part of the appeal. But there’s a whole wide world of cool and unusual corals growing literally in the shadows,…
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Giesemann is Betting Big on the VerVve LED Light
Giesemann is legendary in the marine aquarium world for building sinfully gorgeous metal halide and T5 fixtures with luxury car paint jobs. The veteran German aquarium lighting company has been gradually easing into the LED lighting market with increasingly sophisticated…
Upgrade Your VorTech – ReefBuilders Facebook Giveaway
For the month of October EcoTech Marine is celebrating “the world’s favorite magnetically coupled powerhead” by giving away VorTech Upgrades! Don’t delay contest ends October 28th. ReefBuilders Upgrade Your VorTech – Facebook Giveaway To enter: like the ReefBuilders Facebook page,…
Slim Overflows Are Taking Over From Reef Ready Aquariums
Overflow boxes are one of the most iconic, aquarium-hobby specific devices which has been helping turbo-charge reef aquariums for decades. However, after years of stagnation we’re starting to see a big shift in the way overflow boxes are made, and…
Huge Visual Update of 6-Meter Pieter’s 20 Foot Reef Tank
Pieter van Suijekom’s 20 foot reef tank has been in operation for the better part of a decade and in that time it has become something of a legend. This 6 meter long reef tank with a concave front glass panel…
NanoBox Wide Quad LED is a New Handmade Light for Wider Aquariums
The NanoBox Wide Quad is the newest hand made LED aquarium light fixture from NanoBox Reef. As the name implies, the Wide Quad has four of NanoBox Reef’s unique LED clusters arrange in a rectangular configuration, for better coverage of…
The Leng Sy Cap is Still Unique Among All Montipora
The Leng Sy Cap is one of the most legendary and recognizable of all aquarium Montipora corals. First grown by Leng Sy and then popularized on the label of their Reef Solution bottle, this is one aquarium coral strain that never, ever…
Synchiropus sycorax Is The New Official Name of the Ruby Red Dragonet
Synchiropus sycorax is the newest species of dragonet to get an official name, brought to you by Yi-Kai Tea, better known as Lemon in the Reef World, and his advisor Dr. Anthony Gill. The Ruby Red Dragonet, which the aquarium…
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 2: One of The Best Skimmers Ever
The Tunze DOC DC 9410 Skimmer is one of the veteran company’s first ever controllable protein skimmer models. We’ve been using this model on a 60 gallon reef tank for half a year and we couldn’t be happier with the…
Biota’s Bristletail Filefish are TRAINED to Eat Aiptasia!
Bristletail filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus, is a well known reef fish that has a strong potential to eat Aiptasia and Majano pest anemones. Despite their long record, I’d actually never personally employed one for this purpose, opting instead for peppermint shrimp and/or copperband…