The Nano Wave LED light from Aqua Sanrise is arguably one of the swankiest little light engines we’ve seen for entry level, solid state lighting fixtures in quite some time. LED technology doesn’t have to be through the roof for…
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Tryssogobius Tuesday: A guide to the genus of fairy gobies
Amongst the giddying myriad of nano-sized gobies suited for the home aquarist, few genera exuberates brilliance and mystique quite like Tryssogobius. The genus comprises of delicate dainty gobies, of which seven are scientifically recognized. There are invariably many more waiting…
Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor debuting at Aquarama next week
Skimz is at it again with its mission to gain more real estate in your sump with the introduction of its Skimz Monzter Mini Calcium Reactor next week at Aquarama in Singapore. Powered by what they are touting as the…
Trimma yoshinoi, a new species of pygmy goby from Japan
Another day, another new species of pygmy goby joins the ranks of our fishy wish list. Trimma yoshinoi is the latest species to be inducted into the growing genus of ‘Pygmy Gobies’ known as Trimma, this time it’s from southern Japan. Five…
Mini Cube LED is packed with power and versatility
There’s an awesome and cute little LED light currently under development that just screams success from across the LFS. We sighted the affable little cubes of LED lighting power in New York recently and absent a specific product name, we…
Hammer Coral Heaven is the best type of specialized micro reef tank
If we’ve learned anything from our years of reefkeeping and experimenting with smaller more specific aquarium environments, it’s that keeping a community reef tank with every kind of corals happy in the same aquarium is just about the hardest aquaristik…
Stunning new species of Trimma dwarf gobies described from Papua New Guinea
There’s a fresh new crop of newly described species of Trimma dwarf gobies from Papua New Guinea and several of them are quite the lookers. The four new species described by Gerald Allen include Trimma abyssum, T. nauagium, T. chledophilum and T. multiclitellum. As you…
Cobalt Aquatics debuts unique hand-blown glass pico aquariums
Cobalt Aquatics unleashed a truly unique line of glass nano aquariums with the release of its new Cobalt DECORIA line of tanks handmade by European glass blowers at the Global Pet Expo this week. The tanks are made in Poland…
East1’s 1.5 gallon SPS tank is the swankiest pico reef to date
Since the volumes associated with a ‘true’ pico reef is quite restrictive, we tend to think of pico reef tanks as examples of simplicity, and exercises in minimalism. Somehow, Nano-Reef forum user East1 failed to read that memorandum and charted…
Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: Top 5 best Nano products of 2014
When considering the best new products of 2014, we try to highlight the most innovative, and performance-enhancing new devices that have the potential to radically change how we do things in our marine aquariums. However, last year more than ever…