This Saturday: Reef Builders Chicago Meetup — April 27th

Reef Builders is proud to announce that we will have our first Reef Builders Chicago event Saturday, April 27th. Reef Builders Meetup in Chicago will be at the Old Town Aquarium which is home to one of the Midwest’s premier…

Reef Builders Chicago Meetup — Saturday, April 27th

Reef Builders is proud to announce that we will have our first Reef Builders Chicago event Saturday, April 27th. Reef Builders Meetup in Chicago will be at the Old Town Aquarium which is home to one of the Midwest’s premier…

ReefStock 2013 – Truly a Mini-MACNA!

“What is Reef Stock and where is it held?” some may ask.  Reef Stock is hosted in Denver, Colorado, surrounded by majestic mountains and some of the best skiing in the country.  It’s an event that was created by the…

Win the chance to dive with the Coral Restoration Foundation team at MACNA

When MACNA rolls around, many of us start thinking about mixing in a scuba dive trip and thanks to ecoxotic, Two Little Fishies and Piscine Energetics 18 lucky MACNA XXV attendees will have the chance to dive the Coral Restoration Foundation site for free. All…

ReefStock 2013 exhibitors ready to show in Denver this weekend

We are just days away from Reef Stock 2013 and we wanted to share this impressive list of vendors making their way to Denver to showcase their goods. We’ve already shared a list of the country’s finest coral dealers who…

Starga LED is a 4yr old strip light with an equally dated price

Starga LED is a 13 watt striplight from HelloLights.com wich they are pitching as a “new”. Imagine our chagrin when upon close inspection it appeared that the Starga LED is all but identical to the original Ecoxotic Panorama LED (pictured…

Aquatic Life Power Deluxe reverse osmosis: the very long review

The Aquatic Life Power Deluxe Reverse Osmosis unit has been available for nearly four years and I have been using one for the better part of that time. I’ve been using the automated water purification device for so long I…

Reef Builder of the Month – Jason Crockett

In 2009 I was formally introduced to Jason Crockett who had just purchased a 90-gallon tank and stand from a good friend, David Noller.  After a brief introduction, Jason and I discussed many of the particulars involved with the hobby…

Australian Leopard-wrasse Quarantine Technique

Class:                         Actinopterygii Order:                         Perciformes Family:                        Labridae Genus:                        Macropharyngodon Species:                      choati, Randall, John E.  1978 Common Names:       Choati Leopard-wrasse, Australian Leopard-wrasse Of all the Leopard Wrasses one can acquire for their reef aquarium Macropharyngodon choati is…

Photosynthetic Gorgonians for the Home Aquaria

Of all the amazing corals that are available to the reef aquarium hobbyists nowadays, gorgonians are frequently overlooked when choosing corals for our aquariums. In the wild they are a vital part of the environment; they filter water, provide sanctuary…