For European protein skimmers the holy grail of skimming is a self-cleaning-head or SCH as it is mentioned among users. The self cleaning head promises to deliver better efficiency as it no doubt cleans the head of the skimmer allowing…
Hydor Pico Mini pumps want to become friends with your nano
Hydor released their new Pico Mini pumps for the world to get a look see at. The pumps, like their name suggest are small, very small, almost a nano size. Coming in a variety of sizes (models: 200, 400, 600,…
IMAC lives! Now known as IMAC West
The International Marine Aquarium Conference which was formerly produced by Dennis Gallager in Chicago will now have new handlers and a new home. The 2008 IMAC was billed as “The Last IMAC” but at the insistance of Frank Burr, Dennis…
Rare Fish: Joculator Angelfish, Centropyge joculator
Yey First! The first gratuitous rare fish post of the year is of this darling juvenile joculator angelfish. This species originates from a very small range of islands in the western Indian Ocean called the Cocos-Keeling Islands. This region is…
Kill-a-Watt meter becomes power strip too
A popular addition to many aquarists aresenal of aquarium products is the now famous kill-a-watt meter. Expanding on this idea a new product has appeared the kill a watt meter power strip. It works in much the same way as…
Most popular saltwater aquarium equipment of 2008
Now that 2008 is officially behind us we decided to put together a list of the most searched for reef equipment items of 2008. For those of you who don’t know, the more an item is searched for the more…
Who won the SunDial HQI Metal Halide lighting unit?
In case you missed it, we were having a nice giveaway, the SunDial HQI Metal Halide light. Entries ended December 30th and we drew a winner out of our excel spreadsheet that we have handy. The winner is: “Nat”, whom…
Happy New Year from Reef Builders
We here at Reef Builders would like to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year. We are tossing around lots of new ideas for Reef Builders in 2009 and you all can look forward to more news,…
airPod wants to be an iPod when it grows up
A fairly simple design comes together to form the Airpod, a battery backup air pump. Air pumps are useful to oxygenate the water in case a power failure were to happen. Without oxygen, your fish are as good as dead.…
Fluval E Series Heaters feature LCD screen
Someone was smart when thinking up the new E series heaters from Fluval/Rolf C. Hagen. Besides looking really “cool” (which is hard to find in saltwater land) these heaters brag among other things a LCD screen built right into the…
