It’s no secret that the crew here at Reef Builders are huge fans of LED lighting. Seems like not a day goes by when we’re not breaking something new on this evolving technology. It’s a fact- LED technology is not…
Amazing underwater freefall base jumping
Just for your weekend enjoyment, we wanted to share this amazing video of world champion freediver Guillaume Nery performing an underwater “base jump” at Dean’s Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world located in the Bahamas. Not only…
So you want to know what is in Rowa Crystal?
If you’ve been wondering what ROWA Crystal could be made from since we posted about it a few weeks ago, then you’re not alone. At the time we supposed that ROWA Crystal was probably along the lines of Lanthanum Chloride,…
AngeLixir from Brightwell Aquatics the perfect food additive for spongivores
AngeLixir is a new amino acid food soak from Brightwell Marine which is specially formulated for marine angelfish and buterflyfish. Being able to provide quality food for fish that normally feed on sponges can be a tough task but Brightwell…
Elos Elite XP LED
Do you own an Elos Elite? Are you tired of having that “smaller” LED e-lite ? Don’t worry Elos has the new Elite XP LED lighting unit to offer you. The XP Elite offers 12 white and 6 blue LEDs…
Orbitec gets one patent claim thrown out, others reexamined
Looks like the United States and Patent Trademark office has starting to investigate Orbitec. Thanks to our devoted reef community. We broke news last year that Orbitec was damaging the aquarium industry with their far reaching patent and since then…
Fauna Marin LPS pellet coral food quickly eaten by a Scolymia australis
The LPS Pellet coral food by Fauna Marin sure seems to elicit a strong feeding response in this Scolymia australis. As you can see in the video above by our sponsor Cherry Corals, within less than 90 seconds of sprinkling…
Stratus Water Pump from Vertex is a high RPM brushless DC machine
The Stratus water pump made by Vertex Aquaristik is an exciting new Ferrari of Flow which carries the pedigree of the ground breaking Red Dragon water pumps from Vertex partner, Royal Exclusiv. Like it’s kin, the variable speed Red Dragon…
Aqualife LED lit nano tank from Eheim released in three sizes
The Aqualife Nano from Eheim is a new line of small aquariums with included LED lighting and internal filtration. The Eheim Aqualife Nano aquariums will be available in three sizes, 4, 6 & 9 gallons (16, 24, 35 liters) which…
Super Reef Octopus bringing a pair of media reactors to market
Super Reef Octopus recently released a pair of media reactors sporting the orangish-red acrylic we’ve seen recently in other SRO products coming out on the market. The two reactors both measure in at 20 inches tall with either a 2.5-…
