New 144 watt Reef Breeders LED fixture come with a different look

  For this 144 watt Reef Breeders LED fixture, “interesting” is probably the best description we can come up with. The Reef Breeders LED fixtures aren’t necessarily ugly, but they are not the prettiest things in the world either. These…

Friday Smorgasbord: Extinct mollusks return, deep sea robot reboot, tuna-bots, dolphin birth, Madagascar reefs and NYC LFS makes the WSJ

Another Friday in the book and the last one before the annual mecca to MACNA next weekend in Dallas. We have a full slate of cool tidbits to entertain you and set your weekend off on fun foot. First off…

A glance at the new Apollo Reef LED SolarBlast Sunburst 4000

The Apollo Reef LED SolarBlast Sunburst 4000 is a relatively new manually dimmable LED fixture looks a lot like other black box LED fixtures on the market. But as with other lighting manufacturers we’ve seen, the proof is behind the…

Upgrade your skimmer with Cobalt protein skimmer pumps

Cobalt Aquatics has slowly been adding a few new items to its product catalog and we recently ran across the Cobalt protein skimmer pumps. Just like the Maxi-Jet relaunch from Cobalt, the protein skimmer pumps give you an Italian-made pump…

Jim & Christine’s Reef from the UK is a showstopper

Maybe we just have a weak spot for massive reef aquariums with seemingly even larger coral colonies, but Jim & Christine’s Reef from the UK definitely managed to capture our reefing hearts. We appreciate the low amount of rocks used…

Would you set up a tank full of sea pigs?

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFxjmr5mW8[/youtube] We’ve seen some alien-looking critters in our reef tanks before but the cold water sea pigs are way up there in terms marine life oddities. Closely related to sea cucumbers, the sea pigs are a group of…

New CAD Lights NR-1 Nano Reef Bio-Reactor coming soon

The nano-reef market is getting a bit of good news today with another nano-sized biopellet reactor hitting the market as the new CAD Lights NR-1 Nano Reef Bio-Reactor was just announced. The diminutive reactor measures uses a 2 1/2 in. diameter body and…

Reef Octopus Luxury 90 Aquarium seen in the wild

We covered the Reef Octopus Luxury 90 aquarium earlier this year as the company more known for budget-friendly equipment ventured into a more luxurious product line and we’ve finally seen some of these aquariums hit the market stateside. Salty Supply posted…

Reef Angel now featuring Android and Iphone compatibility, a web portal and the option for more memory

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Reef Angel Community, but they haven’t exactly been sitting still. Reef Angel now not only features web portal control for access from anywhere on the globe, but it now also has…

Reef Octopus Stackable Neck Extensions released by CoralVue

  CoralVue has released stackable neck extensions for Reef Octopus protein skimmers giving you the ability to improve your current skimmer by adjusting the dwell time or to allow for higher internal water height settings. We saw a prototype of…