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LIVE: In Atlantic City the Banquet at MACNA

Reef Builders is here live at the Banquet for MACNA. We will be live blogging from the dinner feast. So stay tuned for more.

ORA now shipping new species of captive bred dottybacks, naked black clownfish coming soon

Oceans Reef and Aquariums better known in the hobby and industry as ORA is now shipping the striped blenny, Meiacanthus grammistes, and the elongate dottyback, Pseudochromis elongatus. The captive raised dottybacks look every bit as large, bright and well formed…

Black trimmed custom nano tanks from Coast to Coast aquariums are all glass and neat shapes

Coast to Coast aquariums is an aquarium tank builder that specializes in large custom glass tanks. CTC has recenlty raised some eyebrows with another product altogether. These black trimmed nano-tanks all custom built to order but we wish that CTC…

Reef Illuminations light from IceCap gets some help from the dedicated actinic LED

The new Reef Illuminations light fixture from IceCap, which we first reported on last Saturday, is a decent looker in person. The actinic LED assist is a neat trick which will likely set this fixture apart from many of the…

Rigid Meshwheel from Nano Customs gives nano skimmers a solid boost

The rigid meshwheel above is a new development in the mesh wheel arms race: hot on the heels of the alloy meshwheels and hastelloy impellers, the new solid meshwheel from Nano Customs makes sapphire skimmers rock like nothing else (except…

Peltech Geotronic chiller is back with a new finish and improved power supply

The Peltech Geotronic chiller is a thermoelectric cooling device which uses one of the most efficient mechanisms for removing heat from an aquarium. The product was introduced several years ago but the device fell out of favor because of some…

CaribSea’s Sea-Pure powers saltwater tanks here at MACNA

If you aren’t attending MACNA then you might be wondering how all these huge saltwater tanks get all their water in them. No, we aren’t mixing our own water here. The water was actually provided by CaribSea. Their product aptly…

New LED lighting introduced from Iberzoo Exhibition

A new LED system going by the name of, well, we actually don’t know. It was spotted at the Iberzoo Exhibition in Spain. The name appears to be moduLED. Any of our international readers care to speak up?

Steinhart Aquarium’s Rich Ross gives a MACNA talk that is edutainment about octopus and cuttlefish

We can’t think of a more entertaining way to wake up to coffee and breakfast than to attend Rich Ross’s ceph talk while he amuses and entertains. Whether or not you have a dedicated interest in Octopi or cuttlefish, ex-comedian…

Deltec TC & SC skimmer lines get priced for North American market

We have finally received pricing for the TC & SC skimmer lines that have been teasing us with their hot iPod whiteness for some time now. In case you’ve forgotten these new skimmers feature some of the hottest pumps around,…