2009 has come and gone and from where we’re sitting, this has been a very dynamic and exciting year for the reef aquarium hobby. A ton of innovative new aquarium products made our reporting that much more fun and looking…
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Happy Holidays from Jake Adams
The following is a beautiful original poem by George Adkins, president of the Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society, COMAS. I thank George for letting me share this poem with you and I wish you all a very safe and happy…
GHL ProfiLux II offers new economical controller that plays nice with your LEDs
The GHL ProfiLux II is releasing early next year with plenty of interoperability to really tap in and control your LED lighting system. The new ProfiLux unit is a good option for budget-minded reefers looking for the benefits of GHL’s…
Ship your Aquatics.com and save 30% off of UPS shipping rates
Ship Your Aquatics is a new-ish site out of Littleton Colorado that does what you might expect them to do. They ship your aquatics. You can receive a quote, pay and print for UPS shiping lablels and while that doesn’t…
Ecoxotic Stunner LED strips totally unboxed
The Stunner LED strips from Ecoxotic have been shipping for a couple weeks now and we already got our hands on a sample pack that includes all of the currently available color combinations. To refresh your memory these small LED…
Get schooled on invertebrates with Ron Shimek, Reef Stewardship Foundation
Ron Shimek, author and one of the decent marine biologists in the hobby especially when it comes to invertebrates, is offering you the chance to learn more about inverts through the Reef Stewardship Foundation’s online course starting this January. The…
The Big Hobby Developments of 2009- Scott Fellman’s take
As the holiday season is in full swing and the end of 2009 is in sight, Jake thought that it might be cool for those of us who write for Reef Builders to give you our thoughts on what we…
Next Gen Aqua Illuminations light now shipping, includes totally revamped lenses for the Cree XP-G LED
The first images of the next generation Aqua Illumination modular LED light have just started to show that this beast is now out in the wild. We call this light fixture a beast because it includes the latest and greatest…
Reef Brite Actinic LED striplights blueing up some deep reef tanks
The image above show an 8ft long, 3ft deep reef tank being illuminated solely by 48 watts of pure actinic LED goodness courtesy of the new Reef Brite striplights which have begun shipping. Several nights ago I had the pleasure…
Femininus wrasses abound in the cooler waters of Easter Island
Anampses femininus is one of the most highly coveted wrasses, and reef fish, for the home aquarium. Normally this species is restricted to fairly deep water in tropical locations like Vanuatu and Eastern Australia. While doing some research on the…
