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InterZoo 2016 will be a huge event for new aquarium products
InterZoo 2016 is the greatest pet and aquarium show on earth, it’s right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more pumped! For six years, since InterZoo 2010, Reef Builders has been the go-to source for aquatic news and new…
Ultra Reef makes some of the most beautiful calcium reactors
Ultra Reef is an Italian aquarium gear builder which has been making fine protein skimmers and calcium reactors for several years now. We’ve watched the design of their calcium shift and change ever slightly over time, and what they have…
Dominican Reef, a community for Santo Domingo Reefers
This week we will be traveling through the Dominican Republic documenting Caribbean corals and visiting reef projects around the island. Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet with Jhon H. Morató who runs @Dominican Reef, a reef shop in the…
CoralVue takes over U.S. distribution of Waveline, RLSS aquarium products
CoralVue, purveyor of many fine marine aquarium brands including MaxSpect, Reef Octopus, AutoAqua and many more, is adding one more high profile company to the catalog of companies that it distributes in the United States. Reef Life Support Systems, better…
Simplicity DC pumps redefine the value of controllable water flow
Simplicity Aquatics, the same company that is offering some inexpensive protein skimmers, is also bringing to market some price-busting controllable DC pumps. There’s nothing inherently special about the new DC pumps from Simplicity Aquatics, they’re more or less the same relabeled…
ReefGlass nano air driven protein skimmer
ReefGlass is a new company that has started offering a small glass protein skimmer for nano tanks. The ReefGlass is more or less an american-made copy of the Mame Glass protein skimmer that nano-reefers lusted over several years ago. While…
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 1, first impressions
The Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer is one of the company’s first two models of protein skimmer to feature a controllable DC needle wheel pump. With so many controllable protein skimmers essentially being only slight variants of the same design, and…
Top 10 great legacy aquarium products that are still being sold
A couple of weeks ago we lamented the fact that some pretty useless aquarium products are still widely available to purchase. Today’s piece is the flip side of that coin, with an overview of some great legacy products that you…
Top 10 most overpriced reef aquarium products
It’s no secret that the keeping saltwater fish and live corals in aquariums can be a very expensive hobby. Like any other hobby or purchase in general, the old adage “you get what you pay for” is generally true. Whether you…
