AEFWs staring down the barrel of an expert’s microscope

SaltCity forum member “Shadowramy” and his recent aquisition of Acro Eating FlatWorms (AEFWs) could be the best thing that has ever happened to those who are infected with reefing herpes. Shadowramy turned over the infected corals to Eric Borneman who…

Maxi Jet’s new pump called NeWave?

Rumors abound that from the makers of the Maxijet pump come a new type of pump taking lines along a stream style pump such as the Tunze’s, Koralia’s and most recently Ecotech marine. The pump rumored to be called “NewWave”…

Euro Reef Alloy meshwheel gets revealed by Mr. Blurrycam

We finally got a picture of Euro Reef’s new alloy meshwheel. The blurry picture doesn’t tell us much, but we do know that Euro Reef is experimenting with a new type of glue. The older glue that they used didn’t…

Baby whale shark is the smallest ever found

Will you take a look at that! The early life history of whale sharks, Rhyncodon typus, is almost virtually unknown and up to now the smallest recorded live whale shark was closer to 10 feet. This 15″ neo-nate found on…

Cone protein skimmers, the skoner roundup

Now that the cone protein skimmer bandwagon is in full swing, it’s time for a recap of which company is making what. With all the new skoners popping up these days, you might be overwhelmed at the choice of cone…

Master LED from Phillips could be lighting nanos and fuges in July

We here at Reef Builders can’t get enough of LED lights and the subject of this post is a droolworthy entry. The forthcoming Master LED from Phillips is a 9w LED light with the same form factor as the familiar…

Paradiso T5+ LED by Easy Life, mostly T5, less LED

A company from the Netherlands by the name of Easy Life has created a new T5 lighting fixture with LEDs. The lighthting unit which has two models (60 & 120) and available in Europe in dimmable and non dimable models…

ORAcorals picks up where ORAfarm leaves off

If you’ve been wondering what new and old ORA corals look like, take a visit over to the aptly named ORAcorals website. Not only does ORAcorals show you ORA’s corals, it includes multiple pictures of all the species/strains. The site…

Grotech’s new easy mix coral marine salt

Grotech reformulated their coral marine salt and came up with this new brand of “easy mix”. This new reef salt is produced with optimized calcium and magnesium concentrations which help to promote coral and coraline algae growth. Unlike the older…

Skimz Kone skimmer is alive and well in Asia

Another day, another cone skimmer. This one is made by a company called Skimz which produces quite a lot of reef aquarium equipment. There are two models in Skimz new Kone line, the SK1 and SK2. The SK1 cone skimmer…