Quick ‘n Dirty hands-on with the last Beta of the Seashine light

One of the big attractions at this weekend’s ReefStock is the first public viewing of the production level Seashine lights from Stray Light Optical. As we hustle to finalize all the last minute details of ReefStock, we still had time…

Digital Aquatics expands warranty to 2 years

Digital Aquatics made a splash in the latest issue of CORAL magazine with the introduction of a new 2 year warranty. This warranty upgrade increases their product support for an additional year from their previous standard 1 year warranty. Overall…

The Greatest Aquarium LED show on Earth, this saturday at ReefStock and on Reef Builders

Unless you’ve been living deep inside a piece of Totoka live rock, by now you should be aware that a huge LED lighting demonstration will be taking place at ReefStock this Saturday, March 13th at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. LED…

The curious Tripod Fish (Bathypterois grallator) captured by ROV

The Tripod fish or Bathypterois grallator was captured by a ROV destroying everything in its path being still and was recorded at a depth of 750 meters. “The Tripod fish has tiny eyes and hunts for food by sensing vibrations.…

VolxJapan Par 38 Grassy LeDio LED spotlights land at Premium Aquatics

Premium Aquatics just received their first shipment of VolxJapan Par 38 21 watt Grassy LeDio LED spotlights! As Josh goes on to say: We are very pleased to announce that Premium Aquatics is the first supplier in North America to…

Blue Moon Aquatics 90 watt LED Fixture $499

The Blue Moon Aquatics LED fixture is a 15k 90 watt LED fixture that is new to the market. This fixture is advertised as replicating the intensity of the sun around the coral reef with a spectrum in the 460nm…

DIY LED aquarium Light fixture with CREE XR-E, XP-G and MC-E goodness

For those of you fortunate to get tickets at the Reef stock event this Saturday in Denver Colorado you’ll see some (if not all) of the worlds best top LED lighting. However here at Reef Builders we are all DIY…

Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation announced, get Google Earth tour

The 2010 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation were recently announced and not only do the researchers get much-needed money to continue their research but we get a Google Earth Marine Tour of the researchers and their work. This is a…

Malibu Beach internship from Malibu Rum

I am a big fan of Malibu Rum and an even bigger fan after I found out that they were having an internship contest in association with Reefcheck.org. The sad part? I missed out. The contest which officially ended already…

AlgaGen Reefpods Copepods Food perfect to start your refugium

Reef pods (Copepods) Tisbe spp are a great food source for many organisms including seahorses and mandarins. They are great to start seeding your refugium or when about to add something that loves reef pods. These pods are shipped in …