A look back at our favorite ORA stories

We do so many posts here Reef Builders that after a while we start looking back at some of our favorite posts. We were ruminating on all the interesting things ORA has done over the years and thought it would…

Eshopps selling rare Pepperment Angelfish

Eshopps is now selling the replica of the rare Peppermint Angelfish we saw at MACNA last year. The aquarium ornaments caught our eye and actually deceived us for a second or two until we got a closer look. The faux…

Elos partners with CoralVue as sole North American distributor

Score another victory for CoralVue. Elos has just announced the transfer of North American distribution and customer support for Elos products to CoralVue effective June 1, 2013. The news comes at a time where Elos USA has had a minimal…

Ecotech Reeflink ‘controller for aquarium equipment’ supposed hub for Vortechs and Radions

ReefLink is the name of Ecotech Marine‘s new wireless hub of product or products discovered in a recent trademark filing. The documentation sniffed out by Reefs describes ReefLink as “Electronic controllers for aquarium equipment”, also of the programmable kind, offering…

Oceanlife adds aquarium test kits

Italy’s Oceanlife has recently released a series of aquarium test kits. We had the chance to see Oceanlife’s products first hand at MACNA and were impressed. According to the initial unboxing review at DaniReef, the test kits look straight forward with…

ORA Rubrocinctus is now identified as Amphiprion barberi – the Fiji Clownfish

ORA announced today that upon DNA testing, it has been confirmed that the fish they have been selling as the Australian Amphiprion rubrocinctus is in fact the Fijian species Amphiprion barberi.  How did this happen? In short, it happened because years…

AI Vega Review: the promise of LEDs is available now

The last six months have seen a flurry of next generation LED light being released with the AI Vega firmly in the vanguard of that pack. First announced over 18 months ago, there has been a great deal of expounding…

Industry trailblazers Clive Bentley and Chris Turnier will be ReefStock’s Saturday speakers

ReefStock 2013 is fast approaching so it’s time to let ya’ll know who’ll be speaking and why these are the best guys for the job this year. We are incredibly pleased this year to expand to two days, with Clive…

Reef Builders Magazine – Editorial 1

Welcome to a new chapter in the history of Reef Builders, what a great way to kick off a new year by introducing Reef Builders Magazine, a new on-line publication ready to promote excitement in this fascinating hobby of ours. …

2012 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review

As has become a tradition, it’s time again for a look back at the past year’s advances in marine fish breeding with our annual Marine Breeder’s Year In Review.  (see 2010, and 2011 Part 1, and 2011 Part 2, for…