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Fail! Online vendor busted trying to double back on livestock policies

We here at Reef Builders prefer to post just about the sunny side of the marine aquarium industry but once in a while we take exception to this rule in order to…

Rare video footage of deepwater marine life on Davidson Seamount

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has been churning out a lot of eye popping videos lately. Hot on the heels of the unbelievable barreleye fish, this video footage from the Davidson Seamount includes many rarely seen deep water corals,…

Vortech mod increases flow with caveats

The stock intake strainer for the Vortech is closely spaced to protect smaller fish but in larger tanks, even these smaller fish have plenty of room to avoid the pump’s powerful intake. In over 4 yrs of using the Vortech…

Fluval Edge Aquarium is confirmed for US, UK markets

We got our hands on some additional pictures of the Fluval Edge Aquarium. While details are still hard to come by we have learned the system should be under $220 delivered. Interestingly, a box covers up the lighting and filtration…

More ALED style lamps on the way

Pictured above are two lamps which look eerily similar to the well-received ALED.Â The owner of these photos was deliberately mum on the details of these lamps but we suspect that this is no DIY project. The reason that the…

Bubble Pioneer cone skimmer from Hong Kong

Here you thought that Europe and America were the only places to find a cone skimmer. This Bubble Pioneer skimmer which is awfully close to the phrase “Bubble King” but not the sameÂ is another skoner that uses a specially…

Bio Alganex from Terra Nova will remove algae that isn’t wanted

Taking a line from Ultra Algae X this Bio-Alganex product from Terra Nova promises to help you take care of your algae problem. The pitching point is that Bio-Alganex is made up of anti-algae biological resources based on selected algae…

Magic Eraser from Mr. Clean is acrylic safe and an effective algae scrubber

You know it really wasn’t our intention to post solely on algae cleaning and algae removing solutions today, it just happened that way. The latest tool to add to your glass cleaning arsenal is Mr. Clean’s “Magic Eraser” pad. The…

Piglet Squid smiles for the camera

This one is weirder than usual for cephs. Helicocrancchia pfefferi – the piglet squid. The name of this wee beastie comes from the funny location of its siphon in relation to its eyes and from the wild, hair like looking…

Mag-Flip algae cleaning magnet is a winner

The Mag-Flip algae magnet is one of those products that makes you wonder “How did someone think to do that?” Â When we first saw the marketing for this product we weren’t convinced that anyone would want or need to have…