Orphek LED is one sexy aquarium light with mystery LEDs

Orphek’s new LED aquarium light sure is a looker and the 120 to 160 watts of power for $500 is also a very attractive price. The merger of aluminum and acrylic is a very nouveau LED light design which is…

Second generation led tubes from Sunbrite LED are a massive overhaul of the initial offering

The second generation LED tubes from SunBrite are a 180 degree turnaround from the rocky start of SunBrite’s first LED lighting offering. After going back to the drawing table, the company has not only strongly shored up the tubular LED…

LeDio Mystery Purple and NanoCustoms PAR 38 LED spotlights tango in these videos of azoox corals

The Ledio Mystery Purple LED spotlight from Volx Japan is one which we compared to many LED spotlights including the PAR 38 lamp from NanoCustoms which will be familiar to new and old Reef Builders readers alike. The Mystery purple…

Aqua Reef Tech is a rare builder of acrylic tanks in the BeNeLux

The following is a guest contribution from Karl Vankersschaever, owner of Mare Nostrum and a passionate European reef aquarium hobbyist. Although very common in the US, you can hardly buy an acrylic tank in Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg (BeNeLux).…

LumiLux LED striplights by Vertex will bring Cree XPs to the masses

The Lumilux LED striplight from Vertex is among the better LED products which we’ve stopped to check out here at InterZoo. Even though Cree XP series and other high quality LEDs have been available for a considerable amount of time,…

“Scribbled” lemonpeel pygmy angelfish hybrid from Reborn Aquarium raises the bar for Centropyge morphs

The scribbled lemonpeel pygmy angelfish hybrid in the video above is one of the most gorgeous lemonpeel morphs we have ever seen and it is certainly on par with the fabled Tygerpyge specimen. Believe it or not, this is the…

Orca Pro II Skimmer from MyReef Creation: a mega review for a jumbo protein skimmer

In the latter part of 2009 My Reef Creation released the new lines of Orca Pro skimmers featuring the needlewheel design and pumps of Reeflow.  The Orca Pro-I unit is designed for systems of up to 500 gallon and retails…

Reef Builders invades California this weekend: Brian @ MAX, Jake @ BAR

The Reef Builders staff does it’s fair share of traveling to marine aquarium events around the country but this weekend we’ll be serving double duty with Brian at MAX and myself at BAR. This Saturday and Sunday, the third Marine…

AquaIllumination teardown confirms Interchangeable LED puck

The newest AquaIllumination light is still one of the first aquarium LED lights using Cree XP-G LEDs to be widely available to reef aquarists. Since the completion of the ReefStock conference we’ve had a lot more time to give some…

Ecoxotic Mystic Cube Aquarium silhouetted

Either Ecoxotic has a new LED light which shines everywhere but the tank or this is a sneaker image of some fancy new aquarium we haven’t seen yet. Just when we were getting comfortable pigeonholing Ecoxotic into being just an…