Hands-on with the impressively built Zetlight ZP3600 PRO LED light

The Zetlight ZP3600 Pro is part of a new breed of LED lights from China which exhibit a higher degree of industrial design outfitted with higher grade LEDs and a modern set of features. We’ve seen these well-packaged LED lights…

MACNA 2014 will take place in Denver, the first Mile High Macna

The rumors about MACNA 2014 have been a flyin’ this week but it’s not official until you see it on Reef Builders. MACNA 2014 will take place August 29-31, 2014, for the first Mile High MACNA in Denver, Colorado. The…

Banggai Rescue Project book goes on sale at MACNA this week

For any of our readers who have been following the Banggai Rescue Project, we have some great news — the long-awaited book from the Banggai Rescue Project is finally launching at MACNA this week in Florida. The new book titled  Banggai…

Your one stop hub for all the best MACNA news

MACNA may not yet have officially begun, but for the professionals building and designing products and the coral vendors who are on their way to South Florida right now, MACNA is in full swing. The same goes for the Reef Builders writing…

First hands-on and teardown of the Ecotech Marine Reeflink

There you have it! The first in depth look at Ecotech’s window into your reefing home which will put all Ecosmart products on the cloud, beginning with the Radion LED lights. Looking more or less like a local networking router…

GHL’s Mitras & Profilux are the first light and controller pair to get native wireless communication

GHL will be at MACNA showing off how much their powerhouse Mitras LED light has grown over the last year. Newer, bluer LED clusters will deliver light which is more skewed towards the blue spectrum the way that us coral…

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish: One of the Best Aquarium Butterflies

The butterflyfishes tend to be a touchy lot when it comes to aquarium keeping. Many have highly specialized diets that are difficult—if not impossible—to satisfy in aquariums. Several are obligate corallivores, which means they eat nothing but coral polyps, making…

Nuvo Shallow Reef (SR) Series are Innovative Marine’s most ambitious All In One aquariums to date

The Nuvo Shallow Reef series of aquariums are a whole new breed of All In One marine aquariums from Innovative Marine which could shift the aquarium hobby in some profound ways. Besides Red Sea’s Max S line of tanks, all…

Smart ATO from AutoAqua is heating up the arms race of Automatic Top Off systems

Smart ATO is a novel new device from AutoAqua which uses an optical method of determining water level height in your sump. When AutoAqua first hit the aquarium scene with a slew of different ATO systems for aquariums we kind…

Flame tail hawkfish and pink maxima clam are not to be missed at Dr. Mac’s MACNA booth

MACNA may be best known for the release of new products but there’s always some jaw-dropping livestock. This year we’ll all be treated to our first look at a little known and hyper rare species of hawkfish from the South…