Hands on and teardown of the Ecotech Marine Radion LED programmable and wireless reef light

Ecotech Marine’s Radion XR30w LED light is an aquarium fixture with a very unique design and feature set so naturally, we tore it apart to see what makes it work. The only predictable component inside the Radion XR30w is the…

Pure Reef in Alpharetta, Georgia is a well executed aquarium store

Atlanta has seen its share of local fish stores – some have succeeded, and many have failed. One veteran LFS owner in the Atlanta area is Jorge Medina who is credited with the creation of three well-known reef stores prior…

MACNA 2011 – looking forward to seeing more young people in the reef aquarium hobby

It’s been almost a year since I first started writing for Reef Builders, and I have to say it has been a blast. Since I never really introduced myself to the readers, I realize that many of you do not…

Thoughtfully crafted NanoBox LED reef light has a lot of character and great specs

The NanoBox Reef LED light is starting to roll off the assembly line, just in time to compete with a whole new generation of great entry-level LED lights like the Slimline S and the AI Nano LED. The 12″ version…

Radion XR30w LED light officially announced by Ecotech Marine (updated with PAR graph)

The Radion XR30w LED from Ecotech Marine has a whole suite of features to ascribe to this exciting new LED light. The Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 is a 120 watt LED light with five channels of LEDs including both Cree…

A set of Reef Fish notecards can be yours for only $8

Not long after we posted the first images of a live Sacura speciosa, Nate Wilson became inspired to paint up a watercolor of this highly photogenic fish. A few pieces later and Mr. Wilson was sitting on a beautiful set…

Thrive Aquatics and Thrive Analytics set to Launch in September

Thrive Aquatics, a new supplement and online service is expected to be announced shortly.  The Thrive brand products are designed for stores and maintenance companies, not online stores. The system has two major parts, the additives (1. Alkalinity 2. Calcium…

APBreed, the new product line from Reed Mariculture, makers of Reef Nutrition

It’s been a long time coming – today Reed Mariculture finally settled on a name for their new product line for Aquarists, Propagaters and Breeders – hence “APBreed”.  This product line is deep, pulling from Reed’s mariculture products to bring…

One year anniversary of the Tunze Nanostream + All-in-one nano reef modification

Exactly one year ago we shared with you an interesting modification to use a Tunze Nanostream as the primary filter and flow pump for an Ecosystem Aquarium EcoMini 28. As in the image above, when we look down into our…

Coralife set to release new Evolve LED based off of recent trademark filing

  Coralife looks like it might be getting into the LED lighting game. We are basing that assumption off of a recently filed trademark for the term “Evolve” that covers aquarium lighting and other goods and services the trademark has…