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Reef Lamp Clamp from BoostLED is an affordable and flexible mounting option for LED spotlights
The Reef Lamp Clamp from BoostLED is a new incandescent base fixture that is designed to hold PAR30 LED spotlights. Small tanks are notoriously hard to light with nice even lighting but…
Cyclops Bull Shark captured in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico
We cover a lot of hybrid fishes here on Reef Builders but the one eyed bull shark recently discovered in the Sea of Cortez really takes the cake. The cyclops shark was an unborn pup that was removed from a…
Rotating Flow Accelerator coming next from Pacific Coast Imports
The Flow Accelerator from Pacific Coast Imports is not exactly a high performance eductor, but its wide retail distribution means that many hobbyist still mistake the device for a good substitute for a real penductor, a shorter version of the…
Chaetodon xanthurus X C. guentheri is odd, even for a hybrid butterflyfish
When the topic of hybrid butterflyfishes gets brought up, almost certainly does the discussion revolve around the Roaps subgenus and their related hybrids. In the past year or two, we’ve seen several magnificent hybrids from this group emerging from the…
CPR Aquatic nano reactor eyed in the wild
CPR Aquatic has leaked a short video of a pair of nano media reactors they are working on. Lately, CPR has been pretty open with their prototypes including the First AID and feeding tube we spied at BAYMAC and these…
DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 is the new variable speed workhorse pump from Royal Exclusiv
The DC Mini Red Dragon 5000 is another newly unveiled water pump from Royal Exclusiv. Borrowing from the engineering and design of the RD3 4500, the DC Red Dragon 5000 is also based on a brushless DC motor with very…
The beautiful Belgian reef aquarium of Luc Loyen (Jawsee)
The following is a contribution from Ducth reefing veteran Tanne Hoff better known as Tanu on the interwebz. [youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBG_6clEVE[/youtube] I first visited Luc about 6 years ago as I saw his previous tank being featured in a topic…
Royal Exclusiv’s super silent RD3 4500 will be available in July
The RD3 4500 is the first new water pump from Royal Exclusiv’s new line of Red Dragon Three pumps that will be coming to market after a year and a half of development. Many of the pumps in the RD3…
The problem with romanticizing the reef hobby and idolizing demagogues
After reading Scott Fellman’s post about bad reefing ideas, I started to think about where a lot crazy shifts in reefkeeping have originated. Usually it’s from some reefkeeping “expert”. More often than not, I have had to ask myself what…
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…
