Recapping a Memorable MACNA 2013

Warm ocean breezes, an opulent venue, fascinating and informative presentations by distinguished speakers, and innovative and engaging vendor displays all combined to make MACNA 2013, held August 30-September 1 at the luxurious Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida,…

Touring the inner workings of the Thrive Water Lab

The Thrive Water Lab is potentially one of the most revolutionary products to hit the marine aquarium hobby-industry but we’re still a little ways off from actual units being installed and operating in actual stores. Thankfully, Thrive Aquatics had one…

Proaquatix’s circular lookdown aquarium easily one of the best at MACNA (video)

For all the aquariums on display at MACNA, filled with crazy colorful corals, exotic species and the latest LEs, it was a fish tank that really grabbed our attention at MACNA. The circular lookdown tank by Proaquatix was the most…

Harlequin Tuskfish: A Charming, Colorful Wrasse for the Semi-Boisterous Community

Among the members of the vast Labridae family—the wrasses—are myriad gorgeous species. Some, owing to factors such as enormous adult size or extremely finicky feeding behavior, make poor choices for aquarium keeping. Others make very desirable aquarium candidates, staying relatively…

Ceramic Wrasse-Rock gives labrids a place to sleep in barebottom tanks

Barebottom aquariums are one of many ways to set up a reef or fish rank but what do you do if you want to keep sand-sleeping wrasses in your barebottom setup? Some might say that certain species of Halichoeres and Macropharyngodon simply…

Vertex sumps are almost too pretty to hide in a stand.

Vertex Aquaristik had some really good looking sumps on display here at MACNA. Following the red and white color scheme as the rest of their products, these PVC welded sumps bring a level of beauty to the filtration core of…

Vertex’s Cerebra Controller in the flesh

Vertex Aquaristik had their power house Cerebra Controller on display at MACNA 2013, and they were kind enough to spend time with Reef Builders for a run down of the unit’s immense capabilities. The Cerebra is an Android based controller…

Apex Fusion introduces a new level of controlling and integration

Apex Fusion is the next evolution in web based, cloud control and monitoring of our aquariums. The new Apex Fusion incorporates many aspects of the Apex Dashboard but really takes all those concepts to the next level.In addition to the…

BuildMyLED’s new goodies at MACNA 2013

BuildMyLed has been very busy diversifying its LED products and had a lot to share at MACNA. First off, they are now offering three dimmable channels in its LED strips plus you will be able to choose which LEDs go…

MaxSpect Celestial LED spotlight – 30 watt of controllable light in two models

The MaxSpect Celestial is a new swanky LED spotlight from the makers of the Mazarra and Razr with a seriously attractive set of features and price. This 30 watt spotlight is controllable blessing the MaxSpect Celestial with five channels of…