50 Years of TUNZE 1960-2010

We are extremely pleased to welcome a great inaugural post by our newest contributor, Mirko Belosevic, who will become the Reef Builders Eastern European correspondent. Mirko is a professional aquarist and writer, he is the former editor and publisher of…

From revolution to evolution: a look at two hobby trends and their impact

After 30-something years in the hobby, you see a lot of trends come and go. Fads and “new” ideas show up and subsequently vanish back into the mists of time. Some of these “fads” do stick around a while, yet…

WXM-Neptune Systems already developing a wireless interface for VorTech pumps, to land first quarter of 2010

Neptune Systems has announced that they are well underway in using the newly released development kit for third party aquarium controllers to get jiggy with wireless VorTech pumps. Curt Pansegrau, president of Neptune Systems had this to say: The feature…

Dimmable Metal Halide Galaxy Ballasts headed your way

These Galaxy Metal Halide ballasts are said to be dimmable. But, not dimmable in the way we would expect, such as the Elos SunColor. We somehow missed reporting these at MACNA, but these new ballasts will allow you to have…

MaxSpect LED lighting system starting to ship, if you live in China

The Maxspect LED lighting system that we showed you earlier this month was said to be from Japan, only its not. It’s from China. Can China produce such seemingly high quality goods? It appears that they can. MaxSpect knows the…

Would you do this?

We aren’t sure if we like these bright orange doors on this tank, but it certainly does give new meaning to the phrase “stunning”. Question is, would you be looking at the doors more or the tank? What do you…

The beautiful reef tank of Paolo

Upon first seeing this tank you’ll no doubt be filled with awe as you gaze upon Paolo’s tank. This tank is actually an Elos tank that is lit with two Diamond Lumenarc III with 2 bulbs 250W HQI and 2…

Neo Nano from Deepsea Aquatics introduces some welcome innovations

Look out Zero Edge, Elos and Red Sea, this home-grown all-in-one nano tank from Deepsea Aquatics brings some serious innovation to the high end nano aquarium market. The first step outside of the box for the Neo Nano is a…

Eheim concept aquarium hints at future

While Eheim isn’t exactly known for aquariums, more for efficient pumps they might get into aquarium building. A uncovered concept aquarium has made its way into our hands and although not revealing much we did get some nice tidbits from…

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…