The Cool Sun HID pendant is a large reflector and mogul base lighting unit for use with high power metal halide or high pressure sodium lamps. This pendant may be primarily designed for horticultural use, it’s efficacy at reflecting tons…
MX series LED spotlight fixture from Aquatouch
MX series LED spotlight fixtures are an exciting new lighting product for the reef aquarium. Unlike many of the simple E26 LED spotlights that we’ve been seeing a lot of lately, this lamp is a complete fixture, including a clip-on…
LeColt LED spotlights lamps in 3 and 10.5 watts coming soon to Aquatouch
LeColt LED spotlights have been made into at least three models, which are very popular with Japanese reef aquarists. The 3 watt and 10.5 watt flavors are unique multicolor LED spotlights which will soon be gracing American time zones thanks…
Neo Arm multi-directional clip-on base for E26 LED spotlights
The Neo Arm E26 base is a multi-directional clip-on lamp that will soon be available from Aquatouch. If you’ve been lusting after any number of LED spotlights that we’ve covered recently but are uncertain about the best way to screw…
Reef Central removes years of Seachem customer support following pulled sponsorship
We here at Reef Builders like to maintain a positive tone in all of our writing but occasionally we have to bring light to very selfish and myopic actions which are deleterious to our hobby. Case in point: Reef Central…
Waikiki Aquarium’s outdoor reef display chronicled in this video from the year 2000
The Waikiki Aquarium’s outdoor stony coral reef display has long been one of the first great examples of stony coral growth in a captive environment. The dense coral growth, amazing colors and the pioneering techniques that are a part of…
Juvenile Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus net-caught on video
The banded angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, is one of the most highly sought after marine angelfish for the home aquarium and especially so for the juveniles. This video from Robert Lower was just uploaded to the 808fishman channel on youtube, showing…
WXM-Neptune系统已经开发无线interface for VorTech pumps, to land first quarter of 2010
Neptune Systems has announced that they are well underway in using the newly released development kit for third party aquarium controllers to get jiggy with wireless VorTech pumps. Curt Pansegrau, president of Neptune Systems had this to say: The feature…
Quality Marine bringing Cook Island aquacultured clams back to the U.S.
Cook Island aquacultured clams are set to return to the U.S. aquarium market thanks to the efforts of livestock wholesaler Quality Marine. Following some changes to the CITES permitting process for Tridacna, after few years of legal wrangling Quality Marine…
November issue of Advanced Aquarist hits the digital shelves
The November issue of Advanced Aquarists has gone live with a diversity of articles that target aquarists from beginners to advanced. Although not necessarily aimed at the beginners, Terry’s advanced aquascaping session and Dana Riddle’s DIY glossary are useful tools…