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Let Reef Builders treat you to MACNA with one full event pass

The 21st Marine Aquarium Conference of North America will be held in Atlantic City, NJ and with a seasoned event planning staff and the exciting location, this year’s seminal marine aquarium event is promising to a very enjoyable event. We’ve already pinned quite a few new products which will be unveiled at XXI, not to [...]

Rusty Flame pygmy angelfish hybrid video

The flame x rusty angelfish hybrid which we first spotted at IMAC West in Long Beach a few weeks ago was the focus of much attention during the weekend show. A lot of flashes tried to stop the motion of the Rusty Flame for that stunning picture be we took the time to capture the [...]

More images of the forthcoming NeWave pumps surface

A few new pictures of the forthcoming Newave pumps have surfaced since we first brought you the image of the NWA 6500. The new propeller-style water pump is currently being marketed by Aquarium Systems Europe in some brilliant fuchsia pink packaging which is likely to change before the NeWave pumps make it stateside, even the [...]

TC 3070 from Deltec deemed to satisfy gunk geeks

Why is it that we like to put our finger into things and pull out skimmer junk ? It’s a relatively common thing to do. But just to be sure, we are all clear that a protein skimmer skims organic waste, correct? Organic waste being a fancy term for fish poop among other things. [...]

Eshopps Economy cone skimmer seen on video

Eshopps has been on a tear lately with several new products and teases. The latest is a quick view of their economy skimmer ( S-150) that is sure to impress with its cone design and all. We hear that’s all the rage lately, cone, cone, cone. The skimmer looks like a great unit that will [...]

Ideas for Replicating Nature: Appreciating a “Nuisance” Macroalgae

As a dedicated fan of  marine biotope aquariums and unique concept aquariums, I’m always trying to look at natural reefs for inspiration. I mean, if nature does it, it must be good, right? And you never know where that next cool idea may come from. A case in point: My girlfriend Michelle and I were [...]

Pump Control unit from GHL

We’ve received more information about the Pump control unit that is coming out for ProFilux users. Like we mentioned earlier, this pump control is a 2 Channel pump controller for 12V pumps.  What we didn’t know is the price and GHL has released that the price will be about $269 for the unit. Interestingly enough [...]

Eshopps 2nd Generation Nano Skimmer teased on video

Eshopps 2nd generation nano skimmer is being teased on video. With clever deducing we’ve come to the conclusion that it produces bubbles. Bubbles that look like a nice cup of foam. Yum. We love foam. That’s the benefit of having a needlewheel equipped pump which is being touted in this new eshopps skimmer. For those [...]

Inside a fish hospital

“Patit Paban Halder gives an injection to a sick goldfish at a fish hospital in Chandannagore, India. Halder runs the unique 32-aquarium facility at his home, and with the help of his wife and child treats suffering ornamental fishes.” Pretty sweet…but we do this already.
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ATB Rock Cone ZEOvit reactor might not be coming after all

That ATB rock cone ZEOvit reactor we spotted some time ago might not make it into production. ATB is stating that the “the movement of the rocks with a pump was not very good”. And with any ZEOvit system, the movement of the rocks is a must if you want to properly maintain a ZEOvit [...]