LED Showdown Round 2 — The Sweet 16

The 2012 LED showdown is moving along and we have our first round of winners slimming the field down from 32 to 16 lights. The Sweet 16 round begins today and we’ll keep voting open over the weekend. We’ll close…

It’s Back! 2012 LED Showdown — You Decide

The Reef Builders LED showdown is back! Last year we had a lot of fun letting you choose who you thought was the “top dog” in the LED showdown and wanted to let you all have the chance to weigh…

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Andrea Negusanti’s super sweet system from Italy

Located in Italy this reef of Andrea Negusanti really is by all means a stunning system. With the use of an iconic rimless Aquarium, Elos style stand, and Elos Lighting and not to mention the blue background every great looking reef…

XenoXon skimmer and LED lights add some serious color to your cabinet

XenoXon is a Hungarian skimmer and LED light manufacturer with some serious love for bright colors. We’ve already seen a fair share of colorfulness in the industry with Elos lights and stands coming in exotic colors, Atomic Reef reactors available…

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July 24th–July 30th Kessil A350 review, just about the best stand alone LED spotlight for aquarium corals Micro-Reefs bringing pico, temperate systems to an office cubicle near you We need more digital ‘self-reporting’ like Walt Smith Fiji’s videos of hand…

PNG fish return to the US with unprecedented level of accountability

Sustainably collected fish and inverts from Papua New Guinea (PNG) have arrived on US shores once more.  Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the official information continues to suggest that there had not been a single shipment from PNG…

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June 12th– June 18th Why are these booths at interzoo hiding? Giesemann Teszla hands-on is a piece of LED art Elos AquaStudio in Nice, France, opens its doors for a video tour Dr. Seuss fish, Belonoperca pylei, in America XenoXon…

Reef Octopus gets into the “luxury” aquarium and stand market

Reef Octopus has unveiled it foray into the luxury aquarium and stand market. Considering the company’s other range of products, the term luxury may be a stretch compared to brands like Elos or Vitrea but the Reef Octopus luxury aquariums…

Vitrea making major push to US market

Vitrea is planning on a stronger push to the United States Market. We have learned they will be setting up distributorship and yanking the “Vitrea USA” that was previously established. In the meantime, they are looking for new dealers to…