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June 26th– July 2nd Italy’s Oceanlife debuts hi-tech, automated fish display system Eheim powerCleaner finally coming to market New wireless AI Controller for Sol, Nano and Vega is a completely different animal…
Pristigenys meyeri is perhaps one of the deepest living fish to ever make it to an aquarium
Up until a week ago, Pristigenys meyeri was an unknown fish in the aquarium trade, that is because the only living pictures of this species of deepwater popeye catalufa were taken by submersible at 740 meters, that’s 2400 feet deep! Recently,…
Sunlight Supply’s Maristar 2 is coming at ya with a trifecta of metal halide, T5 and LED lighting
The Maristar 2 first shown off by Sunlight Supply at Reefapalooza 2010 is finally being made and close to availability for reefers needing copious amount of light for their aquarium.Sunlight Supply’s Maristar 2 includes all of the metal halide, high…
‘Reef in the Sky’ takes Zeovit’s DTOQ honors for reef aquarium excellence inside and out
Reef in the Sky is a wonderful SPS reef aquarium built by Zeovit forum user ‘V1…rotate’ which was just nominated by his low-nutrient-system-loving peers as the latest Dream Tank of the Quarter. Located in Hong Kong, Reef in the Sky…
Trimma matsunoi, T. fasciatum and Gobiodon winterbottomi join a long list of cool new nano gobies
The new description of Trimma fasciatum, Trimma matsunoi and Gobiodon winterbottomi show that although the summer doldrums may be in full swing for the marine aquarium hobby, the ichthyologists are still busy classifying reef fishes.Especially with the nano reef gobies like Eviota and Trimma, these tiny substrate…
Real Oceanic Eggs (R.O.E.) from Reef Nutrition goes live
Real Oceanic Eggs (R.O.E) is a new food for marine aquariums made from real oceanic eggs of fish. Freshwater and marine aquarists have been using real oceanic eggs from various sources for eons but Reef Nutrition’s R.O.E. is the first time…
AI Director control platform and myAI teased and promised for MACNA 2012
AI Director is a new software product from AquaIllumination which appears to be apps for iPhone, iPad & Android for programming AquaIllumination LED lights. Through these tablet and smartphone apps as well as an online component called “myAI”, AquaIllumination is…
New wireless AI Controller for Sol, Nano and Vega is a completely different animal
With the pre-orders for AI Vega going live and its release looking imminent, you didn’t think that Aqua Illumination would let it loose without a revamped controller didja? The new 2012 AI controller is all kinds of wireless with a…
Wonder material graphene could be in your future reverse osmosis unit
You may have heard of graphene before as the material that is supposed to make everything better in the near future. Most of the promises are still a long way off, but one near term solution may actually end up benefiting us…
Friday Smorgasbord: Tracy Morgan, Saturn’s moon hides an ocean, shark diversity, and oceans vs. Kardashians
Not too often we get to get some celebrity news on Reef Builders but with the big news with the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes split taking up the news today, we figured we’d shift the focus to someone cooler. We lead…
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…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
