CoralVue High Seas Prop Wave pumps make an appearance

A new type of propeller pump from CoralVue has made its way over the ocean and into some stores across the United States, the pump is being branded as a CoralVue High Seas pump and is targeted for the budget…

Come visit the Reef Builders Lounge at Midwest Frag Fest

In case you somehow missed it, this weekend the largest reefing event in the central US, Midwest Frag Fest will be going down in Rockford, Ill. Reef Builders will be manning it’s first ever “RB Lounge” with nothing but the…

The Alternative Reef is showing ceramic reef structures

The Alternative Reef is offering some interesting new ceramic plugs, frag stations and magnetic reef shelves. The fired ceramic pieces mostly have a nice natural texture which should allow for rapid colonization by reef animals and corals. The frag plugs…

Aquarium stimulus program, win a free Mag-Flip

Have you been saving your pennies for a new cone skimmer or did you already blow all your aquarium allowance at Reefstock? Whatever the reason, fear not because Reef Builders is kickstarting the aquarium economy with our very own Aquarium…

Ecotech Marine speaks to Reef Builders about the nano-coating magic trick

Following on yesterday’s revelation about Ecotech Marine’s work with nano materials, we were fortunate to get some face time with NanoSystems director and EM co-founder Patrick Clausen. Are you a fan of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)? If not you are about…

Seio jumps on the prop pump bandwagon

If you were waiting to upgrade your Seio pumps to the next generation seio then your in luck. Seio has released their new prop pump which comes in 4 models: P320, P530, P1000, and P1500. These pumps have magnets so…

Vertex 100 internal protein skimmer from Vertex Aquaristik

The Vertex Aquaristik is a new line of skimmer coming out of the great country of Germany. This skimmer is has a footprint of 8″ x 10″ is 20″ tall and has a 6″ diameter. Some of the benefits that…

MaxiJet pumps getting shafted by a bad run of SureFlo kits

It has come to our attention that people using the SureFlo modification kit for MaxiJet are experiencing some issues not the least of which is the shaft boring right through the MaxiJet pump. Apparently, a run of the metal shafts…

Tunze Turbelle® Stream 2 Pump 6065, 6085 officially priced for the masses

The new Tunze Turbelle Stream 2 pump is ever popular, and today it finally gets a price for that built in magnet goodness. You’ll recall that we suggested that these prices would stick for these respective units. The 6065 which…

Tunze Turbelle Stream 2: 6105, 6205, 6305 pricing hits the streets

Tunze decided to release retail MSRP pricing for the new stream 2 pumps. These pumps are the next generation pumps destined to replace the older legacy stream pumps. We already reported on prices for the 3 Tunze stream 2 pumps…