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Multicontrol 8 for the Aquaray LEDs coming soon from Tropical Marine Centre
The Multicontrol 8 for AquaRay LED lights is a combination controller-dimmer and power supply all in one. The Multicontrol 8 can support up to eight Aquaray 500 or Aquabeam 500 LED strips, four of the Aquaray or Aquabeam 1000 LED…
Hands-on with the Mame Nano Overflow, the Lily Pipe of reef aquariums
The Mame Nano Overflow is one of the most luscious piece of hardware ever built or conceived for the marine aquarium. That may sound hyperbolic but we make no claim to hide our fanfare for this very creative Mame Design…
NanoSun 15 watt multichip LED spotlight from Econlux
The NanoSun fromEconlux is a multichip LED spotlight that brings a 15 watt photon engine to the court of reefing. If you’ll recall, Econlux, is the company which made a big showing at InterZoo 2010 with it’s SinglePower 100 watt…
BP Oil Spill: Cold-Water Reefs Threatened
While the Deepwater Horizon oil geyser spill continues to stir political debate and attention, a lesser known problem is also being documented. It turns out that oil is actually leaking into the water. Who knew? This information may hit mainstream media sometime…
Juvenile oarfish offered up for sale in Japan
The oarfish, Trachipterus trachypterus, is a mysterious creature of the open ocean which has been the root of many a fisherman’s tale over the span of human history. There are four described species of oarfish with one species growing up…
Hands on with the Quazar LED striplight from Giesemann
Giesemann’s Quazar LED is possibly one of the most attractive aquarium LED striplights tha we have yet seen. We had a chance to manhandle one of their Giesemann’s first couple prototype Quazar LED lights at InterZoo several weeks back and…
Some “Light Conversation”- Lightfair 2010 and the LED Revolution
It’s no secret that the crew here at Reef Builders are huge fans of LED lighting. Seems like not a day goes by when we’re not breaking something new on this evolving technology. It’s a fact- LED technology is not…
Amazing underwater freefall base jumping
Just for your weekend enjoyment, we wanted to share this amazing video of world champion freediver Guillaume Nery performing an underwater “base jump” at Dean’s Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world located in the Bahamas. Not only…
So you want to know what is in Rowa Crystal?
If you’ve been wondering what ROWA Crystal could be made from since we posted about it a few weeks ago, then you’re not alone. At the time we supposed that ROWA Crystal was probably along the lines of Lanthanum Chloride,…
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…
