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Reef Builders is live at MACNA 2011 in Des Moines, IOWA USA
Reef Builders is live at MACNA 2011, covering the event in wonderful Des Monies, Iowa. The show has not started yet but that does not mean Reef Builders isn’t giving you the…
Ecotech Marine Radion LED Photos
Ecotech Marine finally released pictures of their Radion XR 30w to the masses. While we are sure you’re very familiar with the specs of the new LED light Ecotech has been holding out on the pictures. Hit the jump link…
Vertex Cerebra and Libra touchscreen have been retooled to be completely flush-mounted
Vertex Aquaristik hasn’t even set up their booth but that hasn’t stopped us from laying eyes on the gorgeous new touchscreen for the Cerebra aquarium controller and forthcoming Libra dosing pump. It’s been a while since we’ve heard much about…
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 can be bought prebent or plat to be…
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…
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…
