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New Ecotech Radion to sport both CREE and OSRAM LEDs?
A Canadian retailer has posted information about the specifications for Ecotech’s Radion light. Those specifications have not been confirmed, as we reached out to Ecotech Marine and they did not confirm or…
AI Nano LED pictured over live corals and mini reef
The AI Nano LED is part spotlight, part nano-fixture, and all high end LEDs with custom engineered lenses and an easy, intuitive touch-sensitive color control. The combination of the Cree XM cool white and Cree XP blue and royal blue…
AquaSD scores a super sweet and very rare Acropora derawanensis
This specimen of Acropora derawanensis is the first one we’ve ever seen evidence of in the trade. AquaSD received this very rare ‘deepwater acro’ style species from an Indonesian coral supplier who had it labeled at Acropora simplex, but it…
Bio-Phos 80 is a new synthetic iron hydroxide PO4 remover
Bio-Phos 80 is a new phosphate removing resin that just hit the scene from Bio Aquatek. Bio-Phos 80 is a synthetic iron hydroxide resin designed to be a supercharged PO4 remover that is stronger and more durable than your traditional…
Marine Plants in the Aquarium is a comprehensive website on captive marine botany
When we first heard of Marine Plant Book we raced to the website to seek the details of where this book could be purchased. After poking around the website for a while, we realized that the website is the book.…
Typhon Reef is a small DIY LED controller kit from BoostLED
The small Typhon Reef LED is a simple LED controller for multiple channels of dimming and timer functions for the intrepid DIYer. Priced at just $55, the Typhon from BoostLED can be easily retrofitted into a project box LED driver…
What will the Ecotech Radion LED be like?
With Ecotech Marine filing a trademark for a new LED aquarium light under the mark “Radion” we wonder how the company that revolutionized the aquarium circulation pump, is going to put their mark on the LED market. We know the…
EcoAquariums PNG LTD: Diving deeper into Papua New Guinea 2.0
Earlier this month Reef Builders brought you the news after a long wait, EcoAquarium PNG resurrected sustainably-collected marine fish from Papua New Guinea and is pushing to bring PNG-collected fish to the aquarium market. Reef Builders went beyond EcoAquarium PNG’s…
Stunning purple-back nano goby, Eviota dorsopurpurea just described from Papua New Guinea
The purple-back nano goby, Eviota dorsopurpurea, is a stunning new species of Eviota that was recently described from specimens collected around Papua New Guinea. Eviota dorsopurpurea is closely related to the species in the Eviota nigriventris complex, including E. dorsogilva…
Orange Scolymia are in season at Cherry Corals
It seems like orange scolymia were once so rare that they were only seen once or twice a year. Sure we occasionally see scolies with a little bit of an orange streak or an orange mouth but now we’re seeing…
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…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
