又一年来了，这意味着该是每个人最喜欢的帖子之一，即每年的礁石建造者选择奖。疯狂地认为曾经是我们的新颖练习已成为礁石的传统。
2016 was a trulygreatyear for new reef gear, and the insane part is that some of the best products announced this year have not yet been released, or were released too late to be considered. One thing is clear, if 2016 is a sign of what we can expect to see in 2017, this is going to be a very fun year for the reef aquarium gearheads this year, and we can’t wait to tell you all about it!
We hope you enjoy this new video addition to our year in reviews. Let us know in the comments what you liked best, what you think should have made the list, and what YOU are looking forward to the most in 2017.
The ZooMed Low Boy aquarium is a tank design we’ve seen countless times over the years, but they were always custom made, and usually in acrylic. If you’re just into ‘reef tanks’ you probably don’t get how useful the Low Boy is with its peculiar dimensions.
但是，如果您是顽固的“碎片爱好者”，并且喜欢脆弱，喜欢与珊瑚合作和传播，那么低矮的男孩作为工作珊瑚桌的好处就很清楚了。这是为大众市场（尤其是玻璃杯）制造的第一个碎片坦克，您可以在所有连锁宠物商店以及当地的LFS上找到。
使用荧光照明有一些明显的好处，欧测量公司的E5复古管确实使荧光灯和LED照明既最好。现在，您甚至不需要购买全新的固定装置即可享受LED照明的好处。任何行人的水产师都可以轻松进入鱼类商店，拿起一些E5管，然后交换一些或全部荧光灯。
The E5 LED replacements for T5 HO tubes was announced in late 2015, but didn’t really start making the rounds until early 2016. The E5 HO didn’t break any records, didn’t push the envelope of what LEDs could do, but instead they did something better.
可以选择能够对E5灯的投资进行衡量是他们吸引力的一部分，我们已经看到许多欧洲礁石水族师真正采用了这项新技术。您知道，当产品发明新产品类别并且公司在一年中开始复制该概念时，它是一个很棒的产品，但这没关系，因为欧洲标语在路上具有新的和改进的E5X管！
Piscine Energetics has built an unquestionably iconic brand in the aquarium hobby with their frozen PE Mysis. We can’t even imagine how many tons are fed to aquarium fish around the world on a weekly basis, from home aquariums to public institutions.
With the development of their own ‘slow-batch’ process for creating pellets and flake food, Piscine Energetics is further cementing their brand as the only one to consider when treating your fish to mysis shrimp. There’s no doubt that aquarists are going to get hooked on PE Flakes & PE Pellets the way they have with the frozen stuff, and we expect to see these products at virtually all better aquarium stores around the country.
With the introduction of their bristeltail filefish, Biota Aquariums might be kickstarting a new trend that no one had foreseen. Of course we love captive bred fish for their ease of care in captivity – after all, they’ve known aquarium foods all their lives, they’re already diseased free, and perfectly conditioned for aquarium life.
However, by “creating” a fish that is tasked with apurpose，Biota睁开了眼睛，了解圈养的育种鱼的新可能性。众所周知，圈养的繁殖dottybacks比野生标本更温顺，并且有限数量的CB pygmy Anselfish减少了对放牧我们的水族馆珊瑚的兴趣。但是，请想象一下，如果我们可以训练一些新的鱼类吃不良的害虫，或者养出黄色的汤味以真正减少滋扰藻类？
There is no doubt that one side of the aquarium hobby is痴迷随着玻璃盒的完美，我们称之为水族馆。完美的接缝，高清晰度玻璃和整体完美的设计是我们在水族馆中珍惜的，而Ultum Nature Systems的新储罐完全体现了这一理想。
UNS水族馆的冠冕特征是它们的斜切角，它创建了较高的硅酮表面积以粘合两个窗格。来自UNS的最终储罐只是美学重要的水族馆的理想基础，与欧洲的类似坦克相比，它们相当实惠。
When Aqua Illumination first released the tricolor AI Sol, we knew from then on that all great reef lights would use a combination of blue LEDS. When we first used the Mame Bean light and the multicolor spectrum, we knew that LED lights in the future would have full color control, and all of todays best lights do.
Lupyled肯定有一个很大的长期出现，但是一旦我们看到了它如何用光绘制，我们就知道未来的礁石水族馆灯光也将具有此功能。第一代称为“一号”的灯光灯显然是针对高档市场的，单个固定装置的成本与完整的礁石储罐一样多。
该技术必须从某个地方开始，而Lupyled才刚刚开始。特斯拉（Tesla）与Roadster Sportscar启动了公司以资助更实惠的汽车的开发，Lupyled的Theone也只是该公司的开业Salvo，我们希望将来会看到这家公司的更多灯光。
The Loop System is one of the most advanced reef aquarium systems we’ve ever seen for the masses. Instead of developing an ecosystem the fraction of aquarists that are ‘Control Freaks’, the Loop system just puts together the best of what you need, without a deluge of features to overwhelm you.
The trinity of aquarium devices, pump, powerhead and lights are hard wired together in a very straightforward way, while all the setting and features are available with included remote. You can dive deeper into some of the functions with the Loop App, but really the dedicated remote gives you easy access to everything you could want to program.
With the Loop System Current USA is barely scratching the surface with what is possible when you use practical and essential aquarium gear, and make it affordable.
The aforementioned products are all very great, and clearly some of the best new reef gear we saw over the last year. However, the following three reef aquarium devices are a cut above; they’re not just some of the best of the year, but some of the best devices we’ve ever had the pleasure of using on our aquariums, and likely to remain our top picks in their categories for several years.
The small size of the Tunze 9410DC Doc skimmer masks its abilities but it really skims like one of the big boys.One of the “Best Skimmers Ever” we proclaimed only a couple months into using it, and we stand by that statement. We would comfortably recommend the 9410DC for up to a 100 gallon reef tank with a light fish load.
Theexperienceof using the Tunze 9410DC is hard to convey, but simply put, this is one silent skimmer that requires very little room, very little maintenance, and you can dial it up or down with the simple twist of the controller dial. The Tunze 9410DC Doc skimmer is going to be one of our favorites for a long time to come!
Tunze 9410 DC DOC Skimmer review Pt 2: One of The Best Skimmers Ever
From the humble introduction of their basic Mover powerheads, we never could have imagined that this company would grow to become one of the best in the aquarium hobby. The Mover was a nice pump, but it’s the higher capacity Mover MX that really put this company on the map.
Quiet, efficient, low profile, affordable and a great flow spread are noth qualityies we’d expect to find all in a single pump but Rossmont has done this with the Mover MX pumps, and more. Not only are these pumps some of the most efficient at moving water per dollar, with the introduction of the Waver they are also the most affordablecontrollable泵也！
This is the kind of perfection that can be achieved when you do one thing, and do it well, but we can’t wait to see what other products Rossmont is working on in the near future.
Rossmont Waver Review: A New Standard of Value in Propeller Pumps
Likewise, it’s no surprise that Aqua Illumination scoops another annual Editor’s Choice award, this time with the Prime HD. This light might be small, but it is definitely no slouch, and it is THE light for other manufacturers to beat moving forwards.
Small package, built in wireless, a killer app, great colors, power redistribution, and very useful accessories make the AI Prime HD one of the best LED lights ever made, period! But what makes the Prime HD standout is it’s very affordable price.
At just $225 for 55 watts of all this high tech LED power, we’d rather use two of the Primes than one Hydra 26 HD, and you might get away with using three Prime HDs instead of one Hydra 52 HD. With the perfect blend of spotlight and regular fixture form factors, the Prime HD from Aqua Illumination is one of the most versatile lights the aquarium hobby has ever seen, and the only question remaining is where does AI go from here?
