Threatened Controller Manufacturer Attempting to Shut Out New Lower Cost Competitor

The Hydros Aquarium Controller is an exciting new ecosystem of connected aquarium devices from CoralVue designed to help aquarists put their reef tanks on cruise control. However, before it could even launch it seems that one of the incumbent manufacturers…

Tour of our Dedicated Mangrove & Coral Community Aquarium [Video]

For virtually all of my aquarium career, mangrove trees have been a niche of the saltwater hobby that we’ve admired at arm’s length, but not anymore. As you may have seen from the early videos from the Reef Builders Studio…

How To Clean Your EcoTech Radion Light

Maintain your EcoTech Radion! Watch this video on how to clean a dirty Radion fan. Its easy and will keep your EcoTech Radion running smoothly and quietly. This step by step video will give you all the details you need…

NanoBox Reef Retro kits Brings Together T5 & LED Technology

We love LED lights, and T5 fluorescents have many benefits, but there’s not nearly enough choice when it comes to bringing together these two important technologies. I have the best intentions when trying my hand at a DIY project.  In reality, the…

Elos Stella LED is one of their sexiest fixtures to date!

The Elos Stella LED is a new aquarium light fixture which oozes class and style, in a package that would look great over any kind of tank. The sleek Elos Stella houses a built-in controller, 24 hour timer function, and…

First quick walkthrough of InterZoo 2016

We’ve made the long arduous trek from Colorado USA through northern Europe to Nuremberg for the biggest pet trade show in the world, InterZoo. We’re tired as heck and the show doesn’t officially open for another two days, but with…

NanoBox Reef LED lights are all grown up in this new video

We have been unabashed fanboys of NanoBox Reef LED lights since their very first model of LED aquarium fixture. With so many manufacturers offering well-polished and highly refined mass-produced fixtures, we’ve often been asked what is it about NanoBox Reef’s…

Nano Box Reef breathes new life into old fixtures with cool custom retro projects

Nano Box Reef is breathing new life into older fixtures with some pretty compelling modifications with the Nano Box Reef RETRO program to bring custom T5-LED and metal halide-LED hybrids to market. As a DIY hack, I always envisioned the…

The Giesemann Matrixx-II Dimtec T5 may be the most advanced T5 aquarium light to date

The new Giesemann Matrixx-II Dimtec T5 may be the most advanced T5 aquarium light ever released. Although LEDs have taking firm hold in the aquarium lighting market, there are still hobbyists that prefer T5 and HQI lighting or cannot afford…

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…