And Now for Something Completely Different

A new car, a new house, a new job, just about anything new fills us with a sense of excitement and anticipation. We think of all the possibilities and what we can do since the concept of newness typically means…

SOS Zaya is a creative ‘skimmer overflow stopper’

The SOS Zaya is a creative new reef aquarium accessory that can prevent the overflow of protein skimmers. The Skimmer Overflow Stopper is another one of those super niche reef aquarium products brought to you by the makers of the original…

Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: 10 best new products of 2015

Another year has come and gone and we’ve seen a slew of new and interesting products introduced to the aquarium hobby. Like so many tech gadgets these days, some of these new productshave been incremental improvements to what we’ve enjoyed…

MRC xSeries Reactors brings commercial grade to hobbyist aquariums

The MRC xSeries Reactors is a new line of media reactors from one of America’s most trusted acrylic manufacturers, My Reef Creations. The new xSeries Reactors are just the tip of the iceberg for many new products we hope to see…

The future of the saltwater aquarium hobby

Since this is my last piece for the year I thought rather than reflecting back on the past year, I would answer one of the questions I get asked the most: What do you see as the future of the…

The Palatium 280 aquarium cabinet is a ‘DreamStand’ from Cayuga Aquatics

There are aquarium stands, tank canopies, and then there is fine, furniture-grade aquarium cabinets. The Palatium 280 is a fully fledged aquarium support system that has been built for the ground up specifically to be the best possible aquarium cabinet known…

The Unique Corals ’experience’

It has been a great reefing year for me, in that I have set up two new tanks for myself, been to MACNA and all three Reefaploozas and the topper, I have been to the facilities of the four enterprises that…

Red Sea MAX E Series will use Hydra 26 HD LED lighting

The Red Sea MAX E series all in one aquarium with open top design and LED lighting was first revealed at InterZoo in Germany in May of 2014. The new tanks are finally fully fleshed out in two sizes, the…

Pro-Tein Clean is designed from the ground up to Plug & Play

The Pro-Tein Clean is a new protein skimmer with a novel design which promises truly plug & play operation. Now we’ve seen our fair share of protein skimmers promising to be completely free of hassle, adjustment, and maintenance, but the…

Top 5 benefits of having an aquarium glass-cleaning robot

The Ocean Swipe 360 is an entirely new kind of aquarium accessory that aquarists had never even dreamed could be possible. With its ability to essentially replicate the motion of cleaning aquarium glass like a human, and to clean all sides of…