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Fluval LED striplights combine a ton of LEDs in several colors for great performance on freshwater, marine & reef aquariums

Fluval LED striplights are taking the approach of using an army of low output LEDs in several colors to reproduce the most even and broad spectrum LED light possible. Hagen is making a big push into higher end and saltwater aquariums the last few years, especially with its Fluval Sea line of aquarium products and [...]

Comline Wavebox 6208 is a newer, sleeker and even more streamlined version of the first harmonic wavemaker

The Comline Wavebox 6208 from Tunze is so brand new its final iteration was finished just in time for the InterZoo 2012 show. Tunze’s Comline Wavebox uses the same molded box as the new line of smaller, sleeker Comline products so it will match and look good sitting right next to the new Comline Filter [...]

TMC AquaHabitat Spy Lens comes in two sizes to magnify your aquarium life

The TMC AquaHabitat Spy Lens is a simple glass-mounted magnifying glass for getting a good close up look of your aquarium. The brand spankin new Spy Lens is convex on both sides providing a good monoscopic view inside the tank, and a screw-activated suction cup-mount holds the lens on to the glass so hard that [...]

Sicce Minu LED brings stylish Italian lighting design for just 249 Euro

The Sicce Minu LED is not just another LED light – At just 249 Euro, the Sicce Minu is perhaps the most affordable high-line LED aquarium light that you can get, as well as a taste of the Sicce LED’s unique combination of a little army of nice-color white LEDs and fewer high output royal [...]

Signature Optiwhite glass tanks by Tropical Marine Centre

Signature Optiwhite glass tanks by Tropical Marine Centre are a new line of trimless and braceless aquariums from TMC featuring the high clarity glass all aquarists secretly know they really want. Coming in four sizes, the Signature Optowhite glass tanks look exquisite in their InterZoo booth, with two sizes left trimless with an optional acrylic [...]

Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first captive strain of this iconic reef fish

The Panda Banggai Cardinalfish is an exciting new strain of Pterapogon kauderni which is a huge achievement for a fish which has captivated the hearts and minds of so many fish lovers. Hailing from a huge operation of banggai cardinalfish aquaculture, the Panda Banggai or the Panda Kauderni features a back half which is almost [...]

BioStimulant Crush and Liquid from Thrive Aquatics combines the best parts of liquid and solid carbon dosing

BioStimulant Crush & BioStimulant Liquid are two new carbon dosing solutions from Thrive Aquatics which combine the best of what we know about dosing biopellets and vokda dosing. The BioStimulant Crush is a small size bio pellet by Thrive which is made from the two most commonly used types of biodegradable plastic and it includes [...]

GHL’s Mitras LED lights get a first hands-on look

The GHL Mitras LED is one of the highly anticipated products of InterZoo 2012 and we’ve finally gotten a good hard, close-up look under the hood of this feature rich LED. Multicolored LEDs are tightly clustered under the heatsink of the Mitras LED with four cooling fans blowing air across the topside heatsink. Some of [...]

Illuminata LED is the smallest little multicolored light from Vertex

The Illuminata LED from Vertex packs perhaps the most lighting power in the smalest package of any light we’ve seen at InterZoo 2012 so far. Measuring roughly at a meager four by six inches and a half inch thick, the Vertex Illuminata packs no fewer than 17 LEDs in seven colors. Blue, Royal blue, red, [...]

Hydor Smart Level Control is a simple sensor for automatic topup of evaporated water

The Hydor Smart Level Control is a dead-simple device for management of evaporated aquarium water. The waterproof probe of the Hydor Smart Level Control inserted into the aquarium or sump at the desired level uses temperature difference to figure out where your water level is at, and it turns on a top off pump accordingly.

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