Marcy’s reef is full of sweet azoox corals

At Reef builders we are huge fans of azoox reef aquariums because they are unique and quite simply they’re just hot. This neat little Japanese 170L (45 US gallons) tank is no exception. The huge variety of Tubastraea, Dendrophilia and…

From the Archive: Montipora, the movie

The following post was first published just over two years ago. We think you’ll agree it deserves another go around. [vimeo width=”680″ height=”475″]http://vimeo.com/5535194[/vimeo] A couple months years ago we had the pleasure of sharing with you the teaser trailer to…

Coral Reef Spain launches new premium salt

Coral Reef Spain just announced a new premium reef salt offering higher calcium and magnesium concentrations. As a wholesaler and retailer, Coral Reef Spain developed the salt in collaboration with Ricordea Farm in Germany. A focus on pharmaceutical-grade ingredients was…

LuXcore electronic selectable ballasts coming soon from Coralvue

  Coralvue just announced its new LuXcore digital electronic metal halide ballasts featuring variable wattage selection to give you more flexibility in your lighting. Similar to the Galaxy ballast, the new Coralvue LuXcore ballasts allow you to switch between wattage…

Luxcore metal halide lamps coming soon from Coralvue, oddly only in mogul base

The Luxcore series of metal halide lamps from Coralvue are the latest entry into the HID lighting market for reef aquarium. The Luxcore metal halide lamps are only available in a mogul base form factor in 175, 250 and 400…

ORA changes ownership, all else remains the same

Oceans Reefs & Aquariums has been shopping for a new owner for many years and as of this weekend ORA is now under new ownership. With the transfer of ownership comes no changes in management in either the Florida-based ORA…

Treehugger has a serious lapse in judgment while promoting coral skeletons as decoration

You may not know Treehugger.com but as their name implies, this popular blog frequently posts news about how to live life more sustainably and advice on how to be a friendly consumer to the environment. Apparently Treehuggers are not Reef-huggers…

Coral growth time lapse video of a Caribbean reef tank for two years

There’s so much more to this time lapse video than the growth of an Acropora cervicornis hitting the glass and then encrusting its entire surface. Over the span of more than two years, 734 days to be exact, we can…

Coral Search becomes Corals of the World online, every stony coral species now a click away (again)

Corals of the World online is a modernized version of the old staple website for coral identification, Coral Search. Before Coral Search the average aquarist would have been hardpressed to name more than a dozen species of stony corals, and…

Panorama Pro LED modules from Ecoxotic are now thinner, linkable and in five colors

Ecoxotic has just outed their follow up to the widely used panorama modules, the Panorama Pro LED. The 19 watt Panorama Pro is a nearly a 50% increase in power over the previosu generation of Panorama LED modules, yet the…