The NanoSun fromEconlux is a multichip LED spotlight that brings a 15 watt photon engine to the court of reefing. If you’ll recall, Econlux, is the company which made a big showing at InterZoo 2010 with it’s SinglePower 100 watt multichip LED lights and the plug and play PC and T5 lamps which are driven [...]

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While the Deepwater Horizon oil geyser spill continues to stir political debate and attention, a lesser known problem is also being documented.  It turns out that oil is actually leaking into the water.  Who knew?  This information may hit mainstream media sometime soon because cute little furry and feathery animals are losing their lives (and more importantly [...]

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The oarfish, Trachipterus trachypterus, is a mysterious creature of the open ocean which has been the root of many a fisherman’s tale over the span of human history. There are four described species of oarfish with one species growing up to 56 feet (17 meters) long and it is the longest bony fish ever recorded. [...]

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Giesemann’s Quazar LED is possibly one of the most attractive aquarium LED striplights tha we have yet seen. We had a chance to manhandle one of their Giesemann’s first couple prototype Quazar LED lights at InterZoo several weeks back and we were definitely smitten by the look of the light. The shiny, candy painted shell [...]

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It’s no secret that the crew here at Reef Builders are huge fans of LED lighting. Seems like not a day goes by when we’re not breaking something new on this evolving technology. It’s a fact- LED technology is not a passing fad or a novel trend- it’s viable, efficient, and here to stay (and [...]

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Just for your weekend enjoyment, we wanted to share this amazing video of world champion freediver Guillaume Nery performing an underwater “base jump” at Dean’s Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world located in the Bahamas. Not only is the dive incredible, its filmed entirely on breath hold by the french champion Julie [...]

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If you’ve been wondering what ROWA Crystal could be made from since we posted about it a few weeks ago, then you’re not alone. At the time we supposed that ROWA Crystal was probably along the lines of Lanthanum Chloride, the primary ingredient in liquid additives which precipitate phosphate when added to aquarium water. We [...]

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AngeLixir is a new amino acid food soak from Brightwell Marine which is specially formulated for marine angelfish and buterflyfish. Being able to provide quality food for fish that normally feed on sponges can be a tough task but Brightwell Aquatics has a solution that doesn’t involve maintaining a sponge farm with its new AngeLixir. [...]

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