The Ecoxotic 25 Gallon LED Aquarium System is a modern all-in-one reef tank, providing a solid and stylish all-in-one system. For a company just over a year old, Ecoxotic has made their presence known in the aquarium and reef aquarium…
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Shorty buckets of Seachem Salinity shipping soon, three buckets up for grabs right now
Seachem Salinity has recently become of the highest grades of synthetic salt mix available to reefers. Although Seachem Salinity first shipped in a large bucket that mixed up 200 gallons, curious reefers eager to get in on the premium salt…
Could high energy visible (HEV) light be damaging to corals?
High Energy Visible (HEV) light refers to the part of the spectrum from 380-530nm, which includes our beloved blue and royal blue LEDs as well as the violet, indigo, cyan and near-UV LEDs which are not yet widely used. With…
EcoEZ PNG SEASMART Operations Hamstrung by Premature Funding Loss
We were starting to wonder what happened to the forecast December 2010 release of maricultured corals from SEASMART program in Papua New Guinea. Today it was announced that the loss of PNG government funding during the last quarter of 2010…
Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2010
It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we last published our list of best aquarium products of 2009. If you needed any indication that 2010 was a big year for aquarium products, consider that last year…
2010 was a massive year for marine fish captive breeding
In May of this year, I asked if 2010 would be the year that the marine aquarium hobby shifted to breeding. By September of this year, I felt we already had our answer since this has indeed been one of…
Reef Builders top ten livestock picks of 2010
2010 has been a great year for marine aquarium livestock, with many new corals and rare fish appearing in the marine and reef aquarium hobby. It was hard to make a decision, there was a lot to pick from this…
ReefStock 2011 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, March 12
Mark your calendars because the fourth annual ReefStock conference is happening at the Denver Downtown Aquarium once again next year. As usual we’ll have great speakers, great vendors and live corals, an amazing raffle of great reef aquarium gear, and…
IceCap Lighting officially goes out of business, closes its doors
IceCap, a once popular lighting company that is headquartered in the United States is out of business. In a letter to their customers, Chuck Troiani stated that they have suspended operations. Chuck goes on to explain: “Unfortunately, we finally hit a…
Anampses lennardi video documents nearly a dozen of these glorious wrasses at Route 66 Marine
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74_ZAsSxgg[/youtube] Anampses lennardi is the rarest of the rare wrasses and although we count their imports on one hand at a time, it appears that Route 66 Marine has succeeded in obtaining nearly a dozen of these amazing…