Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann sports nutritious amounts of LED blue

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann may exist for only in these digital renders but they are still enough to quicken the pulse. This morning we first posted about the MATRIXplus T5 light from Giesemann which also…

PowerChrome Aquapink T5 lamp looking to give KZ’s Fiji Purple a run for its money

The Aquapink flavored powerchrome T5 lamp from Giesemann is the latest flavor in the venerable lamp maker’s rainbow of T5 tubes. Lately Giesemann seems to have been sitting on the sideline while competitors like Korallen-Zucht and ATI power it out…

MATRIXplus hybrid fixture from Giesemann combines T5 and LED light

Giesemann looks to have an exciting and brad lineup of new products coming out in 2010 and were were able to get our coral-fragging mitts on information in advance of the public releases later this month at InterZoo 2010. The…

Skimz new E series skimmer pump coming out of Singapore

Singapore-based Skimz recently announced a new line of protein skimmer pump dubbed the E series. The needlewheel design was developed jointly with what the website refers to as an “Italian pump manufacturer” and uses seamless coated rare Earth magnets in…

First pictures of the shiny GUI for the Phobos and Deimos LED light controller

The Phobos and Deimos LED reef aquarium lights from Pacific Sun are just starting to exist beyond digital renders and are now in the hands of aquarists in Europe and the U.S. Besides using top shelf hardware with the latest…

BiOrb 105 takes fish bowls to a grand scale

The BiOrb 105 is a new all-in-one spherical aquarium from Reef One. Although bowl shaped aquaria are hardly ever considered for reef tanks, the inspirational work of Dave Lackland and his 115 gallon reef bowl demonstrates the enormous creative potential…

Elos LED Technology animated GIF reveals new features of next E-Lite

The Elos E-Lite has been on the market for a couple of years now and with the rapid advancement of LED technology, we are very excited to see that the next E-Lite will more than just an incremental upgrade of…

Multichip LED spotlights from Blue Moon Aquatic will be crankin 30 watts in three colors

The LED track light pendant system from the team at Blue Moon Aquatics is a cool new multichip LED powered light that we spotted at MAX last weekend. These two units are early phase prototypes running at 20 watts, with…

Elos teases new LED lighting system

Oh Elos. How you tease us so. While everyone knows that most European companies wait to release any new products at the largest pet tradeshow in the world, Interzoo. That doesn’t stop Elos from teasing a new production lighting system…

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…