AquaEl Sphere and Luna Aquariums are primed for creative displays

AquaEl has a new line of all in one aquariums whose unique geometry is amorphous compared to the very boxy aquariums that we are used to. The AquaEl Sphere and Luna aquariums are solid glass tanks with built in filtration…

New GoPro Sidekick underwater LED light from Light & Motion

The Light & Motion Sidekick is a new accessory for GoPro cameras that is fully waterproof and submersible. There are many ways to add more lighting to your GoPro videos (and photos) but the Sidekick is the first accessory of…

The Water Change Conundrum

We all have a friend in the hobby or know someone who constantly brags about how he or she has never done a water change and their tank is perfect. The corals are growing and colorful, the fish vibrant and active…

Gaudy, variegated jawbreaker-style mushroom anemone

Off-the-hook mushroom alert! This incredible Discosoma mushroom anemone just popped up from Pacific East Aquaculture. Dr. Mac was in Indonesia hand picking corals and he selected this beautiful mushroom anemone. The carefully cropped photo shows just one, and probably the nicest polyp on…

Qian Hu’s RevoReef LED + T5 lighting system really has a lot of potential

We’ve been yearning to see more hybrid fixtures of T5 and LED lighting and we were quite surprised to find ourselves smitten with a light from an unlikely player, Qian Hu Corporation. Qian Hu’s recently unveiled RevoReef line of marine…

Top 5 reasons to go to a professional aquarium show like ReefAPalooza

We just want to take a moment to draw a line in the sand; there are frag swaps, and then there are professional marine aquarium conferences. Any given weekend there are countless reef club functions and frag swaps around the…

The best of the Aquarama 2015 international Betta competition

For us, being a ‘Reed Builder’ means not to be fanatical and obsessive about all aspects of corals, reefs and aquarium building, but also to harbor a general appreciation for all manner of aquatic life. Whether it’s fresh or saltwater,…

GHL offering promo deal on the Mitras LX LED and ProfiLux controller bundle

GHL is making it more enticing to grab the Mitras LX LED fixture and ProfiLux 3 controller with the kickoff of a promotion giving you a free ProfiLux wireless card PLM-PWC for free and any number of Mitras LEDs at…

Acro Optics officially launches with a bewildering array of LED colors

The AcroOptics LED lighting company out of Boulder Colorado came out of left field when we first discovered it. After a few months of incubating beyond its official unveiling at ReefStock 2015, the first fixture from AcroOptics called the Reef…

Relax! Have Fun! It’s a Hobby!

I realize that many of us take our aquarium keeping very seriously, but we have to put it in context and remember that it is just a hobby. A hobby, by definition, is something that gives us pleasure, not something…