An overview of Reefapalooza New York 2016

Nothing is worse than being invited to a great party and not being able to attend. If you did not go to this year’s Reefapalooza in New York, that is definitely the case. Since I know you already feel bad…

Kessil A2000 prototype debuts at Regional Aquarium Workshop

The Kessil A2000 is a new jumbo size commercial aquarium LED spotlight that will surprise visitors to this year’s Regional Aquarium Workshop. The Kessil A2000 is significantly bigger than any other LED light in the Kessil catalog with a Dense Matrix…

What is the Wavepuck pump doing in CoralVue’s ReefStock booth?

The Wavepuck propeller pump from RLSS is developing along pretty quickly, and we’ve already gotten another look at its interesting form factor. We first spotted the hockey puck sized Wavepuck at MACNA courtesy of RLSS, but our newest encounter came from…

Best of the web? April Fools laughs aplenty

April Fools is both fun and annoying but we did have to say, we found a few chuckles in our inbox and social media feeds today and thought we’d share a few: Neptune Systems – QED, Quiet Echo Driver We…

Pros and Cons of the aquarium hobby being so expensive

Recently I became involved in something I hadn’t done for a long time: helping a total newbie set up his first reef tank.  Initially he wanted to set up a 300-gallon reef, but after we came up with the list…

Black Friday aquarium deals aplenty, are you ready to shop?

For the last five years or so, we have listed out some of the great Black Friday shopping deals our sponsors have. This year we are excited to see more manufacturers relax the MAP pricing and allow their retail partners…

The best MACNA ever is less than four weeks away

The 2014 MACNA committee, of which we are part, has been working its tail off for the better part of two years to put on the Mile High MACNA in Denver Colorado. In that time we have been extremely diligent in organizing…

Reef-Eden Syngna seahorse systems gets priced, release date set

The Reef-Eden Syngna all-in-one seahorse aquarium was officially released this week we finally got a closer peek into the system along with pricing and availability.For animals such as seahorses, we typically cobble together parts or use existing systems that don’t have…

D-D makes official statement on Powerchrome T5 tubes

During Interzoo Giesemann announced a new line of Powerchome T5 bulbs that had current D-D/Giesemann Powerchrome T5 owners and distributors scratching their heads a bit. We received an official statement from D-D in the form of an FAQ we shared below. Back…

It’s Back! 2012 LED Showdown — You Decide

The Reef Builders LED showdown is back! Last year we had a lot of fun letting you choose who you thought was the “top dog” in the LED showdown and wanted to let you all have the chance to weigh…