Reef Gently first showed us the Acclimate, a plastic contraption that could do all sorts of amazing things back in MACNA and since then the “wonder box” has become very popular. Besides being a bag of tricks and then some…
Aquarium Stimulus Program: Full passes to the IMAC West show
IMAC West is a little over a week away and Reef Builders is hooking up one of our readers with a free pass to the largest marine aquarium show of the summer. IMAC West is the new home of the…
Vitrea Orbital Cube nano aquarium is the next challenger to the Elos mini
Vitrea, which we’ve been keeping tabs on for a while now since they released their LED lighting system has recently released their new catalog chock full of new Vitrea products. The first one we’d like to show you is a…
VISA Aquarium commerical has us wanting to go to the aquarium
You might have seen this recent ad appearing on several TV networks. The ad, which features beautiful aquarium shots from Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa and other shots from the open-wide ocean. The ad encouraged you to…
Warner Marine K2 skimmers to get PVC
Can you spot the PVC in the above picture? Warner Marine has updated their K2 protein skimmers that gives the skimmers a new look. “The latest K-2’s rolling off the line now have a white PVC CNC machined threaded twist-lock.…
Old ReefLux lamp does the splits
Here’s a note to the would-be overdrivers of ReefLux lamps: If you are overdriving ReefLux metal halide lamps to get some crazy good PAR numbers, don’t. The lamp above may have been overdriven for more than 12 months but we…
Finnex 4 Gallon rimless glass pico tank is perfect for your desk
For the pico crowd out there you will have another option in aquariums. The Finnex 4 gallon glass aquarium is designed without a rim, pleasing all the rimless fans. It comes with a 30 GPH power filter that is easily…
Tunze Osomolator to get magnet upgrade, new users rejoice
The Tunze Osmolator, the popular automatic water top off device is expected to receive a few upgrades later this year. Specifically one of the biggest complaints, if not the only one of this popular device is attaching the sensors into…
Blue harbor shows off some Lipogramma klayi gems
Rare fish specialists Blue Harbor are at it again with a fresh batch of beautiful bicolor basslets, Lipogramma klayi. These fish were caught on a special deep diving mission in Curacao which among the Lipogramma also targeted candy basslets. Although…
Downtime/Server Upgrade
You might experience delays in reaching Reef Builders or see a different status message. We will be upgrading servers. Reef Builders has grown tremendously in the past 6 months and to keep up with the growth an upgrade was necessary.…
