Illumagic Blaze gets LED color control demonstrated on video

The Illumagic Blaze LED light fixture offers an interesting combination of LED colors with manual control of several channels. The fixture featured in the video appears to be using three channels: one with white and warm white, another with blue…

Pacific Sun LEDs getting built-in ProFilux interface

Pacific Sun just announced that the company is incorporating a built-in GHL ProFilux interface into the company’s LED fixtures. The on-board interface was developed by Pacific Sun and will communicate quite nicely with any of the ProFilux controllers allowing you…

Come visit the Reef Builders Lounge at Reef-A-Palooza this weekend

Attention all you coral heads, if you are in Southern California this weekend make sure you come out to Reef-A-Palooza hosted by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society at the Orange County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday and make sure…

Simon Garratt’s inspiring intertidal reef at six months

[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MUPVyFDUM[/youtube] Simon Garratt, our reefing friend across the pond, recently posted a video of his latest experiment an intertidal reef-flat biotope and we were able to garner a few nuggets of wisdom from Simon on the genesis of the…

Aqua Illumination Flare, the Supplemental LED System

Aqua Illumination which produces LED lighting for the aquarium industry recently just changed the name on their product AI Wave. That AI Wave will now be called the AI Flare which features the Cree XP-G LED aligned into a nice…

Bulk Reef Supply releases Bio Pellets for the cheap

Popular discount retailer, Bulk Reef Supply has released their version of the Bio Pellet that we made famous among our readers way back in 2009. The solid carbon dosing bio pellets are popular for helping to remove nitrates from your…

Multiline basslet video shows a Liopropoma in it’s natural habitat

The Multiline Basslet, Liopropoma multilineatum, may not be the highest target of deepwater basslet enthusiasts but this video of a Liopropoma in it’s natural habitat is extremely informative. It is well known that many basslets and Liopropoma in particular live…

Bad reefing ideas which never should have been

Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of fish-related events, and have had the pleasure of interacting with quite a few experienced hobbyists. During our discussions, we often reflect on where the hobby has been, where it’s going, and the people,…

Kamihata HOB skimmer popping up in Japan

Recently the new Kamihata HOB skimmer have been popping up everywhere in Japan. Although it doesn’t look as awesome as the Mame Nano Skimmer, it’s still a sexy skimmer. The skimmer is airdriven, which might be a downside for some,…

ATB Biopellets, Carbon and GFO coming soon from Sea Side Aquatics

ATB Biopellets, Carbon and GFO will soon be available from the German Austrian company well known for it’s high quality skimmers. Today the biopellets should become available from Sea Side Aquatics and the activated carbon and GFO should arrive later…