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The New Tunze Stream 6105 – lots of flow in pure silence
I’m a quirky reef hobbyist and as mentioned in earlier posts, I keep my reefs with ‘careful neglect‘. I like equipment that is quiet, reliable, and low maintenance. I’ve gone through countless…
Caribbean reefs are nearly all dead says grim, new IUCN report
Where once there were 50 to 60 percent coverage of coral on Caribbean reefs in the 1960s and 70s, now surveys measure coral cover at a meager 10 percent marking a significant environmental statement — coral reefs in the Caribbean…
EcoSmart Live BETA launches for select Radion users, we go hands-on
Back in May while covering InterZoo 2012 we shared the first look at Ecotech Marine’s newest control solution for the Radion LED called EcoSmart Live. After months of refinement Ecotech Marine is just beginning to open up the use of Ecosmart…
InTank All-in-One Corner Scraper is a simple solution to a common problem
The concept of a scraper for aquarium corners couldn’t be simpler, and yet it solves a problem that for some reason hasn’t been solved before. If you own a Nano-cube, a bio-cube or whatever floats your AIO boat (or any…
Reef Culture Technologies dabbles in rearing reef fish from wild harvested eggs
Reef Culture Technologies recently announced the successful rearing of several species of marine fish which were not spawned in aquaria, but whose eggs were collected from the Ocean. Since RCT is based in Hawaii they have good access to lots…
Visit Marineland and Two Little Fishes MACNA booths for freebies
Like any good card-carrying industry trade show, MACNA 2012 will feature lots of free goodies from a host of various vendors and exhibitors. In addition to the free samples, buttons and the like, both Two Little Fishes and Marineland have…
Sea spider video shows Pycnogonids like never seen before
Sea Spiders are widespread in the ocean and on coral reefs yet we hardly, almost never, encounter them in our reef aquariums. We can think of just a couple of times seeing the lone sea spider walking along some fresh live rock…
Reef Angel is stepping up its game with a new logo, a new website, and even more expansion feautures
Admit it, most of you think of the Reef Angel controller as an entry level controller, although cool and moving in the right direction, not yet worthy to be placed next to all your other high end toys. But Reef…
Coral Fluorescent Protein (CFP) Checker Flashlight makes it easier to search for special corals
The Coral Fluorescent Protein Checker Flashlight is the coolest tool we’ve yet seen to help us reefers to “paint by numbers” with the different wavelengths of LED colored light. Like the full-spectrum edition KR93 the CFP Checker flashlight is a…
Baby Rhizotrochus found in Pieter-6-meter’s basement
On the reef-related websites, Pieter van Suijlekom is better known as ‘Pieter-6-meter‘, referring to the size of his tank. This topic is about something in his less well-known tank, namely his azooxanthelate reef. This tank is kept in Pieter’s basement, where…
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…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
