“True” Australian Acropora echinata being imported in reasonable numbers, fair prices

澳大利亚疣echinatahas to be one of the most iconic Acro and SPS corals of all time. Every die hard small polyp stony coral junky at one time or another has caught the site of one of these corals…

Quality Marine now shipping AquaBeam 1000 HD Ultra units

If you were one of the lucky ones to see the AquaBeam 1000 HD Ultra LED lighting system Quality Marine had on display at IMAC West or Reef-A-Palooza and were looking to get your hands on one, now is your…

Pacific Sun modular aquarium LED lamp gets upgraded to BT EX status

The Pacific Sun modular aquarium lamp is receiving some fair amount of attention overseas. Digging into the specs of the new Pacific Sun light its not hard to see why with a nice selection of features. There are two models…

Aquascaping “Outside The Box” The Volcano-scape of Kyle Verry

If you’re a regular reader of my ramblings here on Reef Builders, at hobby conferences and in and hobby magazines, you know I’m a HUGE fan of “outside-the-box” thinking in aquascaping. No rock walls and boring layouts for me. Nope!…

LeDio LED spotlight 7W and 21W: PAR values and first impressions

Earlier this week I received two LeDio 7 watt LED lamps and one Ledio 21 watt from my friend Eiji in Japan who is running the best community site for reefers, 1.023 World. Â Actually, he got some samples from…

New ORA Coral: Ice Tortuosa released

ORA has released their new ICE tort, or Tortuosa. Yes, it looks like other corals we’ve seen, but ORA assures us its different as their PR states: The ORAâ„¢ Ice Tort has the typical Tortuosa branching growth form with a…

Grassy LeDio LED spotlight in 7, 13 and now 21 watt configurations

Grassy LeDio LED spotlights may be made in Japan but that doesn’t stop us from being able to use the Edison incandescent base in our own sockets. In fact, our Japanese contributor Taka Kamata is expecting to receive these lamps…

Route 66 marine is hiring one die hard Reef Builder

If you’ve been at all interested in getting into the marine ornamental trade, or want to move beyond your retail job and into the wholesale side of things, premier Australian coral importer/wholesaler Route 66 Marine has just posted a job…

What’s Hot in The Hobby- An old reef geek’s look at the state-of-the art…

Ia€™m刚从MACNA第二十一章在大西洋Citya€¦Besides being a wonderful event with great people, excellent presentations, and complete lack of sleep, MACNA brings together hobbyists, manufacurers and vendors from all over the world.  (I love speaking at MACNA!) Whenever…

ATB Deluxe Skimmer Line closer to US shores

While a few of us our out enjoying our summer vacations ATB has been busy over in Austria in developing the next generation skimmer designs. The newest is the ATB Deluxe skimmer line which is hefty skimmer designed for larger…