The Hydra Fifty Two is a brand new LED light from AquaIlluminatoon debuting here at MACNA this weekend. The Hydra 52 uses the same basic shell of the still-new Hydra but it is populated with fifty two freaking LEDs!! And…
MACNA 2014 will take place in Denver, the first Mile High Macna
The rumors about MACNA 2014 have been a flyin’ this week but it’s not official until you see it on Reef Builders. MACNA 2014 will take place August 29-31, 2014, for the first Mile High MACNA in Denver, Colorado. The…
GHL PLM-PWC Expansion Card shipping in October
We already touched on the new upgrades to the GHL Mitras LX including the native wireless control for GHL’s controllers and Mitras and we now know the PLM-PWC Expansion Card for the ProfiLux 3 is going to retail for $99…
Banggai Rescue Project book goes on sale at MACNA this week
For any of our readers who have been following the Banggai Rescue Project, we have some great news — the long-awaited book from the Banggai Rescue Project is finally launching at MACNA this week in Florida. The new book titled Banggai…
Your one stop hub for all the best MACNA news
MACNA may not yet have officially begun, but for the professionals building and designing products and the coral vendors who are on their way to South Florida right now, MACNA is in full swing. The same goes for the Reef Builders writing…
Hydor’s Smart Level ATO controller is ready for full deployment
We got our first look at the Smart Level at InterZoo about a year and a half ago. Within that time Hydor has greatly refined the design of the Smart Level ATO controller and it is now ready for prime time. The…
First hands-on and teardown of the Ecotech Marine Reeflink
There you have it! The first in depth look at Ecotech’s window into your reefing home which will put all Ecosmart products on the cloud, beginning with the Radion LED lights. Looking more or less like a local networking router…
Orphek enters protein skimmer market with the DC-powered Helix
The Helix Skimmer from Orphek looks simple enough on the outside but is rumored to have a small but important trick hiding in its mixing chamber. Powered by a controllable white DC3000 pump, the Orphek Helix is a cone skimmer…
GHL’s Mitras & Profilux are the first light and controller pair to get native wireless communication
GHL will be at MACNA showing off how much their powerhouse Mitras LED light has grown over the last year. Newer, bluer LED clusters will deliver light which is more skewed towards the blue spectrum the way that us coral…
Orphek’s Atlantik V2 LED is going big with dual chips, red and blue phosphor LEDs, and wifi Android control
Years of making LED lights are really paying off for Orphek’s innovations department with a head-turning second version of the Atlantik. Out of the box the Atlantik V2 LED will have wireless control that you can use with any Android…
