It’s been just about a week since InterZoo 2014 wrapped up another huge conference, and we’re still burning the candle at both ends to catch up on as much new product posts as possible. Despite all the commotion of liveblogging for…
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The strange superpower of the clingfish
The craze of superhero movies recently has us thinking more about what superpower we would want — x-ray vision, the ability to change shape, flying, superhuman strength — but do we think about the ability to stick ourselves to things?…
MaxSpect Riptide is the first pump specifically designed to create gyre flow
The MaxSpect Riptide is arguably one of the most exciting products released at InterZoo which comes to us from a company better known for their LED lighting innovations. First we had centrifugal pumps, then we had propeller pumps, and now…
Panta Rhei used ultrasound to sex mega rare zebra pike cichlid
For many marine fish, it is impossible to determine the sex of a given reef species simply by looking at it. Many species of saltwater fish have differently colored sexes, dichromatic, or different shaped sexes, dimorphic, or in the case…
Battle to save Miami coral from destruction
Colin Foord from Coral Morphologic is battling time, strong currents and eels in the effort to save corals in Miami’s harbor from being blasted to smithereens by the Army Corp of Engineering during the $220 million Deep Dredge project to…
Tunze LED full spectrum 8850 light bar
Tunze added the LED full spectrum 8850 bar to their lineup at Interzoo 2014. It comes equipped with 7 white (5000K), 7 blue (470/450nm), and 12 red Nichia and Osram LEDs; which provides the ability to adjust temperature from 5000K to…
Tunze’s new internally mounted Comline DOC Skimmer 9012
The DOC Comline Skimmer 9012 from Tunze is a new take on the specialized internally mounted protein skimmer. Rated for aquariums from 50 to 300 gallons, the DOC Skimmer 9012 uses two magnets to secure the skimmer body to aquariums walls…
Tunze redefines the algae scraper with the Care Magnet
Tunze’s new “Care Magnet” is a welcome refresh/addition of their cleaning magnets and it’s quite innovative! The magnet portion doesn’t actually touch the glass, thereby reducing scratches from sand particles. All the scraping is done via the scraper blades, available…
Sneak video preview of DeJong’s world debut display of tiger and peppermint angelfish
Featured here are two of the aquarium world’s rarest species of marine angelfishes; the peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei and the tiger angelfish, Apolemichtys kingi. Both of these two demi-gods of reef life have been thoroughly featured on Reef Builders throughout the years but this…
Fun drink for your Memorial Day or reef club party
Our East Coast friends are just hitting the afternoon and we are sure many are looking to start the long weekend early. Here is some inspiration in the form of an interesting cocktail sure to turn some heads. Even if…