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Reef Shows are Back Baby! Video Tour of Reefapalooza Orlando

ReefStock 2020 was the last big reef aquarium event before our social world was turned upside down so it was incredibly fitting that social guidelines for vaccinated Americans were revised right before…

VCA SPS Kit Makes Salinity Probes Work Like They Should

The VCA Salinity Probe Stability kit is a very interesting ensemble of accessories that appear to do wonders for making salinity probes work a heck of a lot better. If you’ve ever used a salinity probe you already know how…

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Hanna High Range Nitrate Checker Review

The Hanna Marine Nitrate High range Checker is a new nutrient measuring tool to test nitrate levels in our reef and saltwater fish tanks. It was just last year that Hanna treated us to the low range Nitrate Checker which…

Hands On with Seachem’s Sentia Dosing Pumps

It’s been more than a year since we first learned of Seachem’s forthcoming Sentia dosing pumps and last weekend we finally got to see these for ourselves. A dosing pump is a pretty straightforward aquarium tool and most of them…

New UltraPlanktos & Microplanktos ‘Fortified’ Foods from Brightwell Aquatics

UltraPlanktos and MicroPlanktos Z & P are some new marine aquarium foods from Brightwell Aquatics which offer a wide range of particle sizes for feeding a wide range of reef aquarium animals. Brightwell already has some very similar liquid feeds…

Little Reactor is a New Smaller Model from Two Little Fishies

The Little Reactor is a new smaller model of one of the hobby’s first and oldest media reactors from Two Little Fishies. We’ve always thought that reefers almost always used too much media on their reef tanks whether it’s activated carbon, GFO,…

Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium

The Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium is one of the newest all in one fish tanks from one of the hobby’s oldest companies. First announced in January of last year, due to the lockdowns we just enjoyed our first look…

Elos Reef Special Formula Salt now Available in America

Elos Reef Special Formula Salt is not a new salt for Europeans who have enjoyed its unique formula for over a decade, but it only just became available in the United States this year. Around these parts Elos is certainly…

AQUA 2021 trade show will go ahead this October

Europe’s largest aquatic-only trade event will go ahead as planned on October 13 and 14 this year. The show organizers have told Reef Builders that the biennial event held in Telford, UK will now happen due to government lockdown restrictions…

SKY LED Announced by Neptune Systems

The SKY LED is the reef aquarium light from Neptune Systems that has been on the horizon since the trademark was officially filed (and subsequently suspended). We’ve been piecing together different features of the Neptune Systems SKY LED since its…