Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: 10 best new products of 2014

Every year we have been doing this reef aquarium blogging gig, we’ve looked out for the best and most innovative new products to be announced around the world. Hundreds of new aquarium products are introduced every year and the competition for…

The new InterZoo products we expect to see at MACNA

Writing about the release of the Radion Mounting System got us to thinking about all the new products we reported on at InterZoo which American reefers will see for the first time at MACNA. While it may be four months…

Hydra 26 LED hands-on and comparison with larger Hydra 52

The Hydra 26 LED light from AquaIllumination was only just announced a little over a mont ago but its already starting to get distributed through to users and resellers. We got a nice sample Hydra 26 in a swanky white…

Taam Rio shows off 3 LED fixtures

Rio had 3 LED fixtures on display: The Pendant Pro, the Star Pendant, and the Grow Pro. The Star Pendant and Grow Pro use interchangeable multichip LED bulbs. The Star Pendant uses single bulb, and is designed to be a…

Apex Fusion’s cloud based updates are a taste of the future

The much-touted Apex Fusion cloud based control and interface of the Neptune Systems Apex controller has been available in Beta form for a couple months now and the features are slowly beginning to be added. Just this week the graphical…

Celestial LED spotlight by MaxSpect should be landing this month

The MaxSpect Celestial LED spotlight first unveiled at MACNA last year did a great job at turning some heads, and the time is almost here for the lights to get put to use. Later this month the 30 watt Celestial…

Bluefish LED Controller available for preorder

The Bluefish LED Controller we’ve been following is now officially ready for prime time and is taking preorders for its official release May 5. The Bluefish LED Controller is going to retail for $195 USD but you can get a…

Hands-on with LED Group Buy’s Lumia 5.2

Last year, LED Group Buy introduced the Lumia 5.1 to the DIY LED community, and has had great success with it. But while some loved the simple setup of this high power, full spectrum LED, there were others that were…

LED Showdown Round 3: Elite 8 after drama comes knocking

The smoke has cleared on the second round of the 2013 Reef Builders LED Showdown and we have whittled the field down from 32 to eight. There are some worthy contenders for the top spot and we are still looking for…

LED Showdown Round 2: Who survived and who is moving on

The first round of the 2013 Reef Builders LED showdown is in the books. After the dust settled there were some pretty clear winners and a few closer battles but the bottom line is, some of the tougher battles are…