The SKY LED from Neptune Systems is a new reef aquarium LED light that has been acknowledged by its parent company, but for which no details have yet been divulged. Fortunately, and perhaps intentionally, an image was shared online yesterday…
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How to use DC Controllable Pumps in a Reef Tank [Video]
For decades all of our fresh and saltwater aquarium worked just fine with dumb, one speed AC water pumps so we still remember setting up our first ever controllable DC pump. We didn’t really understand what we would achieve with…
Maxspect Jump L-165 LED Strikes a Balance of Features, Power, and Price
The Maxspect Jump L-165 is a new light fixture that brings together a very rare balance of power, features and performance at a mid-range price point that is often ignored in the aquarium hobby. We’ve seen a lot of new…
There’s a Scolymia Party in the Australian Reef Wall Display [Video]
Australian Scolies, officially known as Homophyllia bowerbanki, are an Australian endemic coral that demonstrates some of the wildest colors of almost any coral species. As you may have guessed by now, the flat vertical aquascape in the Australian reef display…
Picasso Sailfin Tang is a Desjardini, not a Veliferum!
The Picasso Sailfin Tang is the first of its kind, an aberrant Red Sea Sailfin Tang, that has just made its way to America. Virtually all of the aberrant Zebrasoma ‘Koi’, ‘Piebald’ and ‘Tricolor’ tangs have all been scopas tangs, Z. scopas,…
SeaDevil Monster II is a 240 Watt Powerhouse LED from Wyatt Lightworks
The SeaDevil Monster II is a brand new LED fixture from Wyatt Lightworks that is packing a whopping two hundred and forty watts of lighting power. Unlike some cheap black box fixtures that might achieve this level of power by…
Top 10 Classic Hawaiian Aquarium Fish
There certainly has been a lot of commotion surrounding Hawaiian reef fish lately, following the total closure of commercial collection of aquarium fish from the Pacific island chain last week. It’s been a long, drawn out legal battle in the…
Giesemann’s New Galaxxy S LED Light for Massive Reef Tanks
The Galaxxy S LED is a new commercial grade light fixture from the German lighting fanatics over at Giesemann. We didn’t get a chance to catch up with them at InterZoo 2020 due to the show’s cancellation where we certainly…
Three of Our Favorite Fish and Why We Got Them from TSM Aquatics
As we kick off the new year and take stock of how the Reef Builders Studio is coming along, we are very pleased with how the coral population has grown but we are certainly light in the fish department. There’s…
Aquarium LED Light Colors Explained [Video]
It’s quite impressive how many colors can be found in modern reef aquarium LED lights, and the numerous lighting control channels and the colors that ride on them can be quite overwhelming for the uninitiated. In the good old days…
