The Panorama module from Ecoxotic is the mid-range LED offering from the fledgling solid state lighting company. The Panorama module contains 12 x 1 watt LED lights that are tightly fastened to a solid heatsink. The heatsink has built-in brackets…
Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2009
2009 has come and gone and from where we’re sitting, this has been a very dynamic and exciting year for the reef aquarium hobby. A ton of innovative new aquarium products made our reporting that much more fun and looking…
Giant invertebrates are the masters of Antarctica’s marine environments
Giant amphipods, isopods, seapigs and scaleworms are some of the lower creatures who have enjoyed an evolutionary field day in the isolated frigid waters of Antarctica. Newly released images from the British Antarctic Survey reveal many ginormous species of invertebrates…
Prognathodes carlhubbsi: will the real scythe butterflyfish please swim up?
Prognathodes carlhubbsi is a species of deep cool water butterflyfish which bears a close resemblance to the classic scythe butterflyfish, P. falcifer. The image above is a screencap from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s guide to Shorefishes of the Eastern…
Biopolymer particles are readily visible in the goopey matrix of Natural Nitrate Reducer
It’s hard to not be skeptical of aquarium products and additives that seem to contain more sci-fi techno-babble than actual substance. We were pleasantly surprised when we poured out a goop of Instant Ocean’s Natural Nitrate Reducer and it was…
Vitrea Orbital Cube nano gets priced for a lot of euros
That Vitrea Orbital Cube nano we showed you back in summer of 2009 has been officially released by Vitrea. This is part of their Orbital collection, this specific aquarium called the Orbital Cube features their Orbital LED lighting unit mounted…
Happy Holidays from Jake Adams
The following is a beautiful original poem by George Adkins, president of the Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society, COMAS. I thank George for letting me share this poem with you and I wish you all a very safe and happy…
GHL ProfiLux II offers new economical controller that plays nice with your LEDs
The GHL ProfiLux II is releasing early next year with plenty of interoperability to really tap in and control your LED lighting system. The new ProfiLux unit is a good option for budget-minded reefers looking for the benefits of GHL’s…
Masked Angelfish, Genicanthus personatus caught spawning on video for the first time
The masked swallowtail angelfish, Genicanthus personatus is the most highly coveted and expensive angelfish in the aquarium trade that is actually available for purchase, however rarely and expensive it may be. The masked or personatus angelfish is endemic to the…
Ship your Aquatics.com and save 30% off of UPS shipping rates
Ship Your Aquatics is a new-ish site out of Littleton Colorado that does what you might expect them to do. They ship your aquatics. You can receive a quote, pay and print for UPS shiping lablels and while that doesn’t…
