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SWC 230 and improved SWC 300A releasing just in time for Winter
Reef Filtration has just broken the news that it is releasing the new SWC230 cone and the new and improved SWC300A, which is now a cone. The 230 cone runs an internal askoll…
Precision Marine releasing a new line of substrate reactors
Precision Marine will be releasing a whole new line of substrate reactors. There will be five stand alone models available, two HOB models as well as dual reactors These reactors includes custom die-cut sponges and will utilize Precision Marine’s unique threaded…
Illumagic Blaze gets LED color control demonstrated on video
The Illumagic Blaze LED light fixture offers an interesting combination of LED colors with manual control of several channels. The fixture featured in the video appears to be using three channels: one with white and warm white, another with blue…
Black Tang Video shows what a perfect quality specimen looks like
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1-YLciao2M[/youtube] The black tang, Zebrasoma rostratum, is not an extremely rare fish here in the United States, but there’s a perfectly good reason why we haven’t bothered to shoot a video of one so far. Most captive aquarium…
AquaMaxx CR-1 nano Calcium Reactor hangs on to a lot of nice parts for 140 bucks
When the AquaMaxx Nano Calcium Reactor CR-1 first showed up on our doorstep, our first thought was that the price of this calcium reactor is no reflection on the quality of the build, design or components of the AquaMaxx CR-1.…
A pictorial walkthrough of the Denver Downtown Aquarium
The Denver Downtown Aquarium may be small compared to some larger establishments, but it is still packed with a wide variety of interesting fresh and saltwater creatures. We’ve previously posted about the Denver Aquarium’s terminal phase hardwicki wrasse, the video…
Pacific Sun LEDs getting built-in ProFilux interface
Pacific Sun just announced that the company is incorporating a built-in GHL ProFilux interface into the company’s LED fixtures. The on-board interface was developed by Pacific Sun and will communicate quite nicely with any of the ProFilux controllers allowing you…
Come visit the Reef Builders Lounge at Reef-A-Palooza this weekend
Attention all you coral heads, if you are in Southern California this weekend make sure you come out to Reef-A-Palooza hosted by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society at the Orange County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday and make sure…
Simon Garratt’s inspiring intertidal reef at six months
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MUPVyFDUM[/youtube] Simon Garratt, our reefing friend across the pond, recently posted a video of his latest experiment an intertidal reef-flat biotope and we were able to garner a few nuggets of wisdom from Simon on the genesis of 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…
What do Bill Maher and Dr. Terry Gosliner have in common?
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5GZKnOazY[/youtube] Opinions on reefs and climate change is what they have in common. Political comedian and talk show host Bill Maher talked about coral reefs on his show this week “Real Time with Bill Maher.” This short clip…