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Vertex Aquaristik Puratek 100 GPD RO/DI system
Vertex has released a new Puratek 100 gallon per day reverse osmosis system that has quite a few nifty features. Instead of having to purchase a separate TDS meter, the Puratek system…
Reef Crystals 160 gallon bucket of salt online for $31.99
There has been some chatter from the last month or so about a special deal for Reef Crystals. Doctor Foster & Smith is running a catalog promotion wherein you can get a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff for a…
Digital Aquatics offering increased functionality on controller systems?
We got word today from a very reliable source that the controllers available from Digital Aquatics will get a nice upgrade. “The new systems will be purely monitoring systems and while they can be expanded to do control by simply…
Jumbo Gem Tang splayed out in pix
You know, we’ve seen more than a handful of small gem tangs but the cost/desire ratio just hasn’t made us want one. However, now that we’ve seen these pics from a Just Rare Fish of what a full blown adult…
Blue OLED tech gets a 25% efficiency boost
The Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) is one of the newer lighting technologies which promises to revolutionize the lighting world. There are many different types of OLEDs in everyday devices from cell phones and media players to backlighting applications. At…
Acropora rongelapensis, a recently described species from Marshall Islands
While skimming some literature we came across the coral name Acropora rongelapensis, which we had never heard before. A few minutes of sleuthing and the original description provided us with all the details of this new Acropora species described in…
Wave Cube Vision 45 nano aquarium
With the current nano craze coming in full swing, a newer type of design is sure to win the hearts of some dedicated hobbyists. The new wave cube vision will give you a different perspective when you view your corals…
Solar Power: The Sun could put Metal Halides/T5s out of a job
More and more reef builders are faced with a situation, either get rid of their reef tank or cut down on their costs. Thankfully, most have sided with cutting down their costs associated with a reef tank versus completely removing…
Vivid Aquarium’s eye candy corals catalogued in this high quality video
We have Greg Rothschild to thank for sharing this high quality video production of the fantastic corals lodging at Vivid Aquarium in Canoga Park CA. The video features the 800 gallon reef display tank which is arranged in a typical…
ATI vs Aqua Science T5 lighting bulbs
Back in 2007, a study was done that compared ATI bulbs to Aquascience bulbs. The study was done by Manuela Kruppas and Robert Baur-Kruppas and they wanted to see which bulbs performed better. Both of these bulbs were from German…
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…
Eviota bacata is a New Species of dwarfgoby from New Caledonia
A new species of Eviota goby has been described from Grand Terra, New Caledonia, taking…
Signature Frags’ Split Personality Spliced Acro May Have Been Born Out of Stress!
Reef Builders is no stranger to spliced Acropora, but this one came out of British…
Reef Builders Raj Works on 10,000 Gallon Mega Tank Build
Raj has never really flexed his skill set to the Reef Builders audience before. He…
