All Posts by "Jake Adams"
Reef Depot is having all the fun with another great new reef tank device with the Deltec MCE400 hang on protein skimmer. Deltec is renowned for their traditional cylindrical protein skimmers but their boxy hang-on MCE series have been growing in popularity and diversity of models. The Deltec MCE400 is endowed with 350 liters of air per Read More
The AquaSweep rotating filter attachment is the essential component of the PowerSweep powerhead with the same oscillating action that became a huge hit more than ten years ago. While the PowerSweep has been mostly pushed out of reef applications by the proliferation of propeller pumps, there’s still a great niche to be filled by this Read More
The AI Hydra just announced by AquaIllumination is real and is making a world premier at the Aquarama booth of Reef Depot in Singapore. The single black unit on display has the topside heatsink of an AI Sol and the undercarriage of the AI Vega with a unique feature set that neatly straddles both popular Read More
What do you do if you’ve got some oval base cones of acrylic lying around from your protein skimmer build? Well if you are Skimz of Singapore of course the obvious route is to build a conical biopellet reactor with an oval base, again in an effort to conserve precious space in the confines of Read More
These longfin ‘Boomerang’ discus are among some of the many fine fish entered into this year’s aquarama fish competition. Reef Builders had exclusive access to viewing the competition side of Aquarama during judging and these domestic strains of discus fish may not be “reef safe”, they definitely caught our attention. The Boommerang discus with their Read More
2013 is shaping up to a big year for fish tank canister filters with no fewer than five new models from four different manufacturers becoming available for the first time, or for the first time in America. Some of the usual suspects like Sicce, Hydor and Fluval are now offering completely new filters or upgraded Read More
There’s something about a big juicy blue Acropora, or a super nice Acropora millepora with perfectly developed scaly texture, that always grabs our attention. That is why the big blue Acropora spathulata Unique Corals flaunted from Australia is one we must have for our high energy SPS tank. Also known as the “Thick Milli” Acro, Read More
We don’t know what it is about that Waveline line of water pumps that makes it sooooo attractive to being rebranded by everyone in the aquarium industry and their extended family. We know why the OG Waveline rocks as an aquarium water pump and a protein skimmer pump but it’s still unexplainable why even Jebao, a Read More
As Ecotech Marine celebrates ten years of business in the reef aquarium scene, I am reminded of how I came to know the once scrappy three young founders Tim, Pat, Justin and first employee Mark. The company cut its teeth on reef tank product engineering with a magnetically stirred kalk stirrer with a built in Read More
Frameless fish tanks are increasing in popularity as evidenced by the venerable Twenty Gallon ‘High’ 20H getting the rimless/frameless treatment. In PetSmart to boot! Back in our day, when we wanted to get an aquarium it was standard-issue to have a black frame or worse, one with faux wood trim printed on. In no time Read More