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Aquatronica’s new touch controller is born in Italy
Aquatronica, the Italian aquarium controller company, is set to release a new controller called “Touch” which as the name implies allows you to use your fingers as a stylus. The Touch Controller…
Aquarium Systems NeWave pump gets a second generation tune up
The NeWave propeller water pump from Aquarium Systems has been available for just over two years yet it is already getting a refresh. The (new) NeWave seems to bring with it primarily two big changes, in the design of the…
Open brain corals are perfectly capable of catching small healthy reef fish
It’s pretty common knowledge that anemones of any kind can easily catch small fish, or specimens that are weakened from stress or injury, but you don’t really expect that from corals. Sure we’ve all seen the evidence of open brains…
AquaBeam 600 Ultra Fiji finally brings Cree Royal Blue LEDs to TMC Aquaray
The AquaBeam 600 Ultra Fiji is the first striplight from Tropical Marine Centre (TMC) which brings the highly prized Cree Royal Blue LED to the AquaRay line of aquarium LED strip lights. Whereas the first all-blue TMC AquaRay used a Cree…
More Lytro images of aquarium corals
https://pictures.lytro.com/ReefBuilders/pictures/47726 We love our aquarium Lytro pics, and we love top down shots, so naturally we are addicted to combining the two. In this sequence of living pictures, we take the Lytro for another spin on our own little 28…
Tunze Masterstream pumps take over water flow for 1,500 and 40,000 gallon aquaria
The Tunze MasterStream pumps are some of the largest water flow producing propeller pumps available for aquariums. Built with DC motors and low voltage input, the Tunze Masterstream are specifically designed for tanks big enough that people can get inside…
StarkLED Blunova offers a wide range of features in a small LED package
The BlueNova from StarkLED is an interesting new LED light with built wireless capability and control. StarkLED is a company completely new to the LED game, but feature wise they’ve seem to have hit the nail right on the head.…
Myrichthys paleracio is a gorgeous new species of snake eel from the Philippines
Peri’s snake eel, Myrichthys paleracio, is a remarkable new species of snake eel in an otherwise unremarkable group of fishes. We actually do have a soft spot for snake eels – they’re hardy, attractive and they have a lot of personality…
The Coral Bin adds new twist to WYSIWYG Coral retailing
The Coral Bin, a new upstart WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) coral livestock company has recently launched. With traditional WYSIWYG outlets, you go through rows and rows of thumbnails looking for a particular species or animal that…
Milwaukee Instruments releasing new ORP and pH controllers
Milwaukee Instruments is releasing a series of controllers to monitor your pH and ORP levels in your system. For hobbyists looking for scientific grade and lab accurate controllers, the new series from Milwaukee Instruments might be just for you. The…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
