Amazing aquarium uses common corals to produce an uncommon effect

At Reef Builders, we strive to bring you aquariums that reflect  a unique perspective. Some blow us away with their sheer beauty. Others with vibrant animal growth. Still others tease us with their high-tech gadgetry and bleeding edge technology.  And…

Xaqua’s Xinout gets a full hands on and a little bit of testing

Xaqua’s Xinout return and drain device is probably the first ever set plumbing parts to have ever commanded so much attention from the reefing community. Before we even consider the silencing function of the drain and the pulsing feature of…

EX Power Fan by Dazs is an innovative hang-on aquarium cooling fan

The Dazs EX Power Fan aquarium cooling is such a simple and practical device, it’s a wonder why something like it hasn’t yet been brought to the aquarium market. While perusing the charming Tropicals and Marines store in West London,…

B-Ionic Seawater mixing pump is not just clean, it’s immaculate

This Tunze Nano Stream’s only job has been as a mixing pump for ESV’s B-Ionic 4 part Seawater system. So far this 6025 has mixed six batches of 5 gallons of water and one batch of 25 gallons and it…

CORAL Magazine March/April digital print edition released

We recently received our print edition of CORAL magazine but the digital edition has just been released. The articles center around Smart Reefs, which was done up by Reef Builders own Jake Adams. You’ll learn about energy-saving products and tactics…

B-ionic Seawater System is a microbatch salt mix that is perfect for nano reefers, large tanks too

B-Ionic Seawater System is a very interesting 4-part marine aquarium salt that mixes clear in 10-15 minutes. The system consists of 2 dry parts of Sodium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate and two liquid parts with all the anions and…

“The Greatest One”: A Luft Affair

Greatness comes in many packages, many forms. In sports, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky earned the title, “The Great One” during his long and storied NHL career.  One of my personal sports heroes, Gretzky holds 61 records for his amazing accomplishments,…

Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2009

2009 has come and gone and from where we’re sitting, this has been a very dynamic and exciting year for the reef aquarium hobby. A ton of innovative new aquarium products made our reporting that much more fun and looking…

ZEOvit’s Dream tank of the Quarter by Alberto Assad

One thing we’ve noticed with Zeovit tanks is that their colors are very brillant and bright, something that draws in new Zeovit users every year. The newest tank of the quarter is no exception as the owner goes on to…

GHL ProFilux III (3) aquarium controller gets released

GHL has went ahead and releaed the new ProFilux III (3) system earlier. It was orginally supposed to be released at MACNA, but hey we aren’t going to complain. There are a host of new features outlined below after the…