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Reef Gently Frag Trees a new way to mount coral

Reef Gently, a company known for their AccliMate acclimation kits, is showing of their new Frag Trees here at MACNA. These Frag Trees are made from either colored or clear acrylic and…

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DrTim’s Aquatics NP-active pearls spotted at MACNA

We’ve covered plenty of biopellets here at Reef Builders but the NP-active pearls by Dr. Tims creation are a bit different. Although the NP-active pearls look pretty much the same as most on the pellets on the market, these pellets are…

Ecotech Radion XR30 finally seen in the wild

There you have it folks, the first photograph of the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 LED aquarium light. The Radio XR30 picture is taken with a camera phone at a slightly upward angle, but even in this picture you can see…

Multicolor Illumagic Blaze Advance LED is packing UV

TheIllumagic Blaze Advance LED is the new version of the Illumagic LED light which now includes more action in the blue end of the light spectrum including ultraviolet (UV) LEDs.The Illumagic Blaze Advance LED comes in three color fixtures inclluding…

Aqualight LED spied at the MACNA Coralife booth

MACNA setup is still in full swing yet we’re already on the ground spying some new products for the reef aquarium scene. First up is the Coralife Aqualight LED, a hefty (thick) LED aquarium light with a built in controller…

MACNA 2011 – looking forward to seeing more young people in the reef aquarium hobby

It’s been almost a year since I first started writing for Reef Builders, and I have to say it has been a blast. Since I never really introduced myself to the readers, I realize that many of you do not…

One day, we might grow corals with frickin’ laser beams.

The hot new lighting technology is LED. But are Laser Diodes in our future? BMW announced in a press release, that it intends to replace LED headlights with Laser diode headlights in the future. The reason for the future switch…

Odontanthias randalli, another deepwater anthias described from Lombok Indonesia

Odontanthias randalli is the newest species of anthias to be described from this fantastic genus of colorful reef fish. Hailing from the southern region of Indonesia, O. randalli was described from specimens discovered in Lombok fish markets which were caught…

Panorama LED fixtures completely out of stock on Ecoxotic webstore, perhaps prepping for something new

You may be able to purchase the Panorama LED fixture online and from your LFS but right now the Ecoxotic website lists their flagship light as being completely out of stock. Neither of the 18 or 24″ Panorama fixtures are…

Zoanthids with forked tentacles look like mini hammer corals

When it comes to corals, Zoanthids have the capacity to do some very unusual things, including strange colors and now we have some documentation of aberrant tentacles. The forked tentacles of the Zoanthids pictured here were discovered by Nano-Reef member…