Twenty twenty one was a tumultuous year by any standard and it was one of the most dynamic in the reef aquarium world. The hobbyist and professional sides of reef aquariums witnessed upheavals the likes of which we’ve never seen…
A Realistic Video of World Wide Coral’s Amazing Collection
One of the most challenging aspects of sharing pictures or video of blue light heavy reef tanks is trying to genuinely represent the fluorescent colors of so many different coral species. Smartphone camera sensors are particularly sensitive to the overwhelming…
Top 5 New Critter & Coral Species of 2021
If there’s just one thing we really long to see every year it’s the description of new and unknown reef critters and especially corals. The prospect of learning about new and unknown coral species is particularly exciting, especially when the…
Top 10 New Fish Species of 2021
We’re getting down to the last few days of this year’s fabulous Blue Harbor catalog which means it’s high time we start rounding up the best news of 2021, beginning with the new fish that came to light over the…
FragEL LED is Specifically Engineered for Commercial Coral Lighting
The FragEL is a unique new LED lighting fixture with a distinctive appearance quite unlike anything we’ve seen in the aquarium world before. The unusually long 36″ FragEL inherits somewhat of a ‘wide striplight’ form factor but its fan-less construction…
Kamoer’s X2SR PRO changes water the way you always dreamed of
Auto doser kings Kamoer have launched a heavy-duty water-changing device named the X2SR. Two large stepper motors enable programmable water changes by way of Wi-fi control on a mobile app, and they’re capable of exchanging up to 54 liters (14…
Amtra air pump comes with built-in battery backup
As we all know, power failures are one of the biggest enemies of our home tanks. Of course, many options are available. These include connecting one or two pumps to a UPS from the computer store, a dedicated generator, and…
Fluval think small with 15” Marine Spectrum LED light bar
Rolf C Hagen has added a new, shorter model to its range of Marine 3.0 Bluetooth LED lights. The slimline fixture can fit marine aquaria as short as 15” in length, but can also stretch to 24” due to its…
ReefMat is Red Sea’s Smart new roller filter
Christmas has come early for Red Sea aquarium owners with news of the market leader’s own make and model of roller filter. Named the ReefMat, this new fleece filter looks to be built from the ground up packing in loads…
Absolute Ocean is ATI’s saltwater concentrate in a bottle
Here at Reef Builders we pride ourselves on covering new, important reefkeeping products. But we’ll hold our hands up and admit that this four-year-old product by ATI completely passed us by, and on both sides of the Atlantic! Readers will…
