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Carefully neglecting your reef so you can do other things
The following is a contribution from Mark van der Wal, a personal friend of ours in this hobby for over ten years. Congratulations to Mark on having a perfect little baby girl…
BoostLED offering discount on first generation of PAR30 LED reef lamps
BoostLED is coming to market with some affordable LED reef lamps and is offering a pretty nice discount if you order in advance of its mid-September release. The PAR30 lamps fit into your typical screw-in lamp fixture and offer a…
Lembeh Reef Video, Critter Crazy, is nothing short of the best macro video collage we’ve ever seen
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/14263769[/vimeo] This video of diving in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia by Markus Young is the last 10 minute break you need to get through the week. Go ahead and enable HD, click on fullscreen and turn the up the…
Giesemann Aquaristic thinks its first to market with T5/LED light
Recently, A Giesemann distributor in Australia took out an ad in a large national print publication. The ad (pictured above) states that the Helios light is the first hybrid fixture on the market. Or at least that is what Giesemann…
New Reef Octopus SX Protein Skimmers coming in September sporting new Sicce pumps
Looks like the new version of the Reef Octopus SX line of protein skimmers will be released in September. E-tailer Salty Supply is teasing the skimmer fanatics with the news that they are going to carry the skimmers with a pre-order…
Genesis Evo Blue Stream, uber efficient and powerful pumps, get released in Europe
Genesis Evo Blue Stream pumps are some efficient, powerful and quality built water moving devices. For those of you looking for quality, German-built pumps that move some serious amounts of water, then the Evo Blue Stream may right up your…
Will the real Springeri damselfish please swim up?
Chrysiptera springeri is an amazing species of damselfish which we’ve long admired. Over the last couple of years we’ve seen at least two color forms of damselfish being offered up as C. springeri: one all blue form with a clear…
G2 MaxSpect gets a whole lotta love with new kits for individual reflectors and lenses
The G2 MaxSpect is already a pretty impressive light but now it’s about to get a whole lot more interesting with a kit to add lens or reflector optics for five different fixtures. The power-up starts with a single reflector…
Little Reef Blitz: Spots vs Stripes, aqua vidcam, sponges almost older than dirt and ReefStock Allstars debut single “Manus”
[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-s3auYdKo[/youtube] To wind down the afternoon and get your evening started off on the right foot, we’ve got a little barrage of reefing tidbits that may make you wonder WTF is a manus? First off on the reefing…
From the Archive: Cnidarian Lifeforms, another masterpiece from the creator of Montipora Movie
The following was first published just a little over a year ago. We think you’ll agree is deserves another go around. [vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/6079680[/vimeo] Cnidarian Lifeforms is another film by Ben Wiggins, creator of the Montipora Movie. We can’t give…
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…
