Illumina LED light from Vertex is charting it’s own path, outside the US for now

The Illumina LED light from Vertex is a new high performance reef light which is really taking a dynamic course to growing aquarium corals. Hearkening back to the days of the PFO Solaris and it’s infinite suite of modes and…

Video of dancing RGBY LEDs of the Mame Eco-Light

The RGBY LEDs of the Mame Eco Light are truly something when it comes to dialing in the color and spread on your reef tank. The video we produced at InterZoo of the Eco Light was only doing a demo…

Hands-on with the Mame Nano Overflow, the Lily Pipe of reef aquariums

The Mame Nano Overflow is one of the most luscious piece of hardware ever built or conceived for the marine aquarium. That may sound hyperbolic but we make no claim to hide our fanfare for this very creative Mame Design…

NanoSun 15 watt multichip LED spotlight from Econlux

The NanoSun fromEconlux is a multichip LED spotlight that brings a 15 watt photon engine to the court of reefing. If you’ll recall, Econlux, is the company which made a big showing at InterZoo 2010 with it’s SinglePower 100 watt…

Hands on with the Quazar LED striplight from Giesemann

Giesemann’s Quazar LED is possibly one of the most attractive aquarium LED striplights tha we have yet seen. We had a chance to manhandle one of their Giesemann’s first couple prototype Quazar LED lights at InterZoo several weeks back and…

Some “Light Conversation”- Lightfair 2010 and the LED Revolution

It’s no secret that the crew here at Reef Builders are huge fans of LED lighting. Seems like not a day goes by when we’re not breaking something new on this evolving technology. It’s a fact- LED technology is not…

Aqualife LED lit nano tank from Eheim released in three sizes

The Aqualife Nano from Eheim is a new line of small aquariums with included LED lighting and internal filtration. The Eheim Aqualife Nano aquariums will be available in three sizes, 4, 6 & 9 gallons (16, 24, 35 liters) which…

Elos Midi Aquarium pricing and specifcations

That new Elos Midi aquarium will be available shortly to the United States and the rest of the world. The Midi Marine aquarium by Elos is 36 gallons (135 liters) (57cmx50cmx48.5cm). Italian dealers are already have said to gotten their…

Poll: Can you tell the difference between AquaRoche ceramic and live rock?

We know that AquaRoche has been working to increase the porosity of their ceramic structures but it is uncertain how recent this degree of porosity and heterogeneity was developed and whether you’ll find these live rock impostors already sitting over…

Elos new Professional PO4 (Phosphate), K (Potassium) Test Kits

Elos has released two new professional line of test kits, Phosphate (PO4) and Potassium (K). These new kits were shown off at Interzoo 2010 with the complete testing line getting a complete revamp in packaging. However, these two new test…