Cryptocentrus gobies are such a marine staple that almost every beginner reefer would own one within their first few months of the hobby. The classic C. cinctus, or yellow watchman goby is a hardy, ubiquitous shrimp goby that is widely available.…
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Marine Aquarium Acronyms: RO/DI Defined
As most marine aquarists will tell you—and as we point out frequently here at Saltwater Smarts—using purified source water for initial aquarium fill-ups, partial water changes, and freshwater top-offs is essential to maintaining the best possible water quality in a…
Vertex’s Cerebra Controller in the flesh
Vertex Aquaristik had their power house Cerebra Controller on display at MACNA 2013, and they were kind enough to spend time with Reef Builders for a run down of the unit’s immense capabilities. The Cerebra is an Android based controller…
The Alternative Reef purple ceramic products in the flesh
The Alternative Reef displayed purple, black, and even a purple/black mix of their popular ceramic products at MACNA 2013. This includes frag discs, plugs, magnetic shelf rocks and frag stations. But they also had some really nice larger ceramic aquascaping…
Apex Fusion introduces a new level of controlling and integration
Apex Fusion is the next evolution in web based, cloud control and monitoring of our aquariums. The new Apex Fusion incorporates many aspects of the Apex Dashboard but really takes all those concepts to the next level.In addition to the…
Fauna Marin’s Reef Vitality Marine Organics
Fauna Marin’s Reef Vitality Marine Organics is one of the more interesting additives on display at MACNA. With so much attention placed on nitrifying/denitrifying bacteria and carbon dosing, Reef Vitality Marine Organics takes things in a different direction with a focus…
New ELOS Planet PRO LED gets more specs
The new ELOS Planet PRO LED system we touched on yesterday has a few more details to get you all excited about this intriguing lighting system. As we touched on earlier, ELOS didn’t have much presence on North American shores…
Fauna Marin’s Soft Clownfish Food and Marin Soft Protect
Fauna Marine showed off two new foods at MACNA 2013, Soft Clownfish Food and Marin Soft Protect. Soft Clownfish Food is geared towards, you guessed it, clownfish. While there are plenty of foods available to focus on increasing the orange and…
EcoTech announces roll-out plans for ReefLink launch
The EcoTech ReefLink, the wireless control for Radion lighting, is getting a step closer to becoming a reality as the company today announced plans for a tiered rollout starting with a beta program starting in September. We’re sure to get…
MaxSpect Celestial LED spotlight – 30 watt of controllable light in two models
The MaxSpect Celestial is a new swanky LED spotlight from the makers of the Mazarra and Razr with a seriously attractive set of features and price. This 30 watt spotlight is controllable blessing the MaxSpect Celestial with five channels of…
