MACNA in New Orleans last weekend was one of the best looking reef aquarium shows we’ve ever been to. Despite the unfriendly traveling conditions due to Hurricane Harvey making landfall not far from the conference, the vendors and exhibitors all…
Poma Labs Debuts Captive Bred Conspicuous Angelfish
Poma Labs is a brand new venture co-founded by two very influential persons in the aquarium world, Nuri Fisher of Piscine Energetics, and Dr. Matthew Wittenrich, a pioneer in breeding ornamental marine fish. As the name implies, for now Poma…
Titanium Square Skimmer From Macro Aqua
The Titanium Square Skimmer is one heck of a way to make debut in the American reefing scene and that’s precisely what Macro Aqua has done at MACNA 2017 last weekend. Macro Aqua is an innovative Taiwanese company that we’ve…
The Homewrecker Tenuis In Perfect Coloration Is Jawdropping
The Homewrecker and Walt Disney Acros, both Acropora tenuis, are hands down some of the most sensational looking SPS strains the hobby has seen ever. No doubt that many of the photos of these corals floating around the internet have been manipulated…
OctoPump By Reef Octopus Has An Exciting New Design
Reef Octopus has really broken out as one of the premier brands for acrylic products in recent years, particularly for protein skimmers and media reactors. But the new ‘OctoPump’ from Reef Octopus shows that the company has some engineering chops…
Hydor VariaFlow Is The Company’s First Controllable Return Pump
The VariaFlow is a brand new controllable return pump which Hydor showed off for the first time in New Orleans this weekend. The demo model of the VariaFlow was a prototype with 3D printed parts all around, but it shows…
Top 10 New Products To Look For At MACNA This Weekend (+VIDEO)
If you’ve been reefing for even a short while, or a long term reader of Reef Builders, then you know that the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is this weekend, and it’s a reef blogger’s paradise. This is…
The MACNA 2017 App Is Here!
MACNA 2017 is only three months away and the best way to prepare for the show is to download the new MACNA 2017 Attendee App for iOS and Android devices. The new app comes with more social integration and tagging…
MACNA 2017 will be in New Orleans, hosted by Bayou Reefkeeping
MACNA 2017 will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 25th to the 26th, hosted by Bayou Reefkeeping. We’ve seen our big annual reefing conference held in a myriad of places around the country, but this is the first time that…
