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Wingo LED strips are accent lights for your fish or reef
We find it odd that the race for LED lights started at the top with everyone vying for having the best or brightest reef light. Companies are still aiming to grow mini reef corals with LEDs but now it seems…
Sol Super Blue AI LED modules now shipping decked out with the tricolor LED pucks
The Sol Super Blue is now a second color option if you are looking to purchase an AI LED from C2 Development. In a recent blog post, Chris Clough announced that the Sol Super Blue would be available starting immediately…
Summer Doldrums at the Local Fish Store
It’s early August; the 4th of July was a month ago and Labor Day is still a month away which means that the aquarium industry is experiencing the full onset of the summer doldrums. Whether you are a brick n’…
Sustainable Collection vs. Captive Breeding – Is There Room For Both?
You’re seeing it everywhere. “Sustainability”. You’re going to see this buzzword-of-the-decade coming up more and more as we debate a more responsible marine aquarium trade for the future, such as Ret Talbot’s hot-off-the-presses article on PNG’s Seasmart Program in this…
The Enduring Allure of “Chalices”: What’s the Deal?
I don’t know if it’s just one of those things that happens when you get older- you start questioning everything in the hobby: Conventions, norms, and trends are but a few of the things you ponder. I’m not grumpy, believe…
A Paradigm Shift for the “Postmodern Era” of Reef Keeping
An old expression goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” In my humble opinion, that expression does NOT apply to our hobby anymore. Sure the fine art of reefkeeping has stayed basically the same as it…
ReefStock 2010 pictures part 2: so many LEDs under one roof
With over 30 aquarium LED products showed off by more than 15 companies at this year’s ReefStock, were going to go ahead a call it: The future is now and LED lighting has truly arrived to the aquarium world. Spotlights,…
2009 Reef Builders Reader’s Choice Awards roundup!
2009 was a great year for aquarium products and now that we’re starting to feel cozy with 2010 we may as well share with you the results of the 2009 Reef Builders Reader’s Choice Awards. There were some likely winners…
The biggest marine and reef aquarium stories of 2009
2009 was a very big year for reef aquarists around the world and it was our pleasure to bring the news to reefers during the last completion of Earth’s solar orbit. We have hand selected some stories which are shoed-in…
