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Red Sea Max 500 won’t start production until 2011

Do you remember the Max S500 from Red Sea? We were at Interzoo covering the event and Red Sea displayed it at their booth. Apparently that model was a pre-production model, meaning…

Pink Lemonade Acropora with shaggy polyps wins the Io LED Photo contest

The Io LED photo contest received nearly 1500 votes and the Reef Builders readership has spoken. Congratulations to Mike Kane who submitted this great picture of an unbelievably shaggy pink lemonade Acropora. Mike will receive an Io LED pendant from…

Skimz iBox nano aquariums

Skimz, the new aquarium company based out of Singapore has released their Skimz iBOX nano aquariums. They will be available in three colors black, red, or white. And featuring a low voltage, high intensity 21 LED light with a no…

Surfer captures Great White Shark on camera off Southern California coast

[vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]http://vimeo.com/14054518[/vimeo] The mighty Great White Shark conjures up some pretty scary images in the mind just being on dry land and is something many of us wouldn’t want to face in the ocean. One Southern California surfer saw…

Philips Luxeon Rebel ES hits over 300 lumens, made for outdoors but a great fit for aquariums

Philips Lumileds recently added a new high-output efficient LED with the Luxeon Rebel ES hitting over 300 lumens. Geared towards providing a higher impact on the outdoor lighting market, the Luxeon Rebel ES and similar high-output, energy efficient LEDs are…

Hands on with the Vertex LumiLux LED striplight with details and pricing

The Vertex LumiLux LED striplight is a solid Cree-packin’ reef light which we first posted back in May when we first them saw at the Vertex booth at InterZoo. Today we remembered that we’re still sitting on a pile of…

Saltwater Fish

Proaquatix Annouced as Worldwide Distributor for Albino Clownfish – Updated!

German marine fish breeder Marcel Triessl, currently residing in South Africa, quietly announced this week that Proaquatix is the sole world distributor for Albino Ocellaris Clownfish with the exception of distribution within South Africa. No word yet on an official…

Modding the EcoMini 28 with a Nanostream propeller pump

Let’s face it, most all-in-one aquariums are woefully underflowed and almost all Solana and Biocube owners end up getting some kind of propeller pump to increase circulation inside the tank. Although the AIO nanos have been a major product category…

Bashsea Reef Fuel Reactor is handcrafted, dual-chambered goodness

The Bashsea Reef Fuel Reactor is a dual-chambered media reactor to efficiently keep your calcium, alkalinity and trace elements in harmony. Using cast acrylic to provide a more rugged unit than using extruded acrylic, the Reef Fuel reactor is hand-crafted…