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A few more details about the Royal-Exclusiv built Vertex cone skimmer (updated)

Here’s a fresh load of details straight from the master acrylicsmith himself. As we first reported several days ago, the fabled Bubble King Cone skimmer is real and it will soon be…

Bali’s Biorock reef grows corals faster with electricity

The process of using low voltage electrical current to enhance the deposition of calcium carbonate is known as Mineral Accretion Technology (MAT). The technology has been used extensively on an experimental scale throughout the world but at least one reef…

“Fragilicious” Justin Credabel featuring Ona

What can we say? The reef aquarium hobby could use a little bit of culture.

Reef Bond from Ecosystem Aquarium

Available in either 1000g or 500g containers, Reef Bond is a new product that allows you to affix corals or live rock together. The bond which is called a “mortar” requires you to mix the stuff together, similar to brick…

Reef Nutrition’s lighted display for live macroalgae hits the streets

There are some companies which really excel at marketing and then there are others who decide to use rustic papyrus font to brand their coral ‘food’. This is a story about the former. Not only does Reef Nutrition go to…

Coral Centerfold: What is the deal with this Echinophyllia?

Granted that the photo above was likely taken under optimized lighting conditions, we have every reason to believe the coral above looks as amazing as the photo would suggest. The pictorial evidence was presented in a discussion of whether the…

Antique marine aquarium equipment

While on the second day of our local fish store crawl we noticed an aquarium antique which will be familiar to reefers with more than a little salt creep around the edges. Surely the antique hydrometer in the image above…

Simplicity UV-Catalytic Reactor available in the UK

You’ve probably seen the cimplicity reactor which is great for media. However a new reactor known simply as the simplicity UV-catalytic reactor is a state of the art filtration device that oxidizes organic aquarium waste and then removes the waste…

Bubble King Cone skimmer coming much sooner than expected

Well that was fast. No sooner does Reef Builders post the first images of the fabled BK Cone skimmer that we learn that the first shipment of this exciting product is already on it’s way to the states. Additionally, Reef…

LEDs in Action: Aquarium LED light demo video and coral growth sequence

So we know that LED’s can put out the intensity reefers are looking for, we’ve seen the spectral graphs and even the convincing side by side comparison. Nevertheless,Â there is something exciting and extremely gratifying about having solid evidence of…