All Posts by "Joost de Vries"
Don’s High Tech reef tank, built by Blue World Aquarium, is an exercise in futurism resulting in a stunningly unique marine aquarium ‘machine’. Blue World Aquariums first crossed our radar with their XBOX 360 master piece, and they’ve clearly not been sitting still since. With an electrical canopy system, touch screen, underwater webcams, remote fish feeding software, Read More
The Dreambox biopellet reactors are Royal Exclusiv lasted solution to spinning biopellets. Following basic design clues from their Dreambox media reactors, the new Royal Exlusiv biopellet reactors are build with the same high quality red and white PVC and acrylic and feature the same twist of lid, which should make it easy to clean the Read More
The innovate Marine MiniMax media reactors are seriously cool media reactors for the All-in-one nano crowd, mainly due to the fact that the media is removable from the reactor making them optimal for top and rear loading into back compartments. The MiniMax reactors furthermore allow easy flow adjustment with the same knob used to remove Read More
Although Sea pigs might not taste as good as land pigs, they are still fascinating creatures closely related to sea cucumbers. In another hilarious “True Facts about” YouTube user zefrank highlights just why these creatures are so interesting, including their strange defense mechanisms, their manus (Mouth anus), and their lack of brain. So in the Read More
The power and beauty of coral fluorescence has been well known within the aquarium industry for a long time, but it wasn’t until quite recently that blue UV lights started to gain significant traction in the diving industry. This is partially due to the release of LEDs which are smaller, more efficient and feature specific Read More
There are azoox aquariums and then there are massive azoox aquariums. At a little over 13 feet long by 39 inches by 26 inches, Bories Bielan’s azoox system falls into the latter category. Based on scale alone this is perhaps one of the most impressive azoox systems we’ve seen, especially since the 800 gallons of Read More
Float switches have been used for a long time in combination with skimmers, automatically turning off the skimmer pump when a certain water level is reached. Mechanical float switches are however not the most trust worthy options considering that they stop working if something gets stuck between the mechanism. In the case that that is Read More
History was made when around three months ago, the first footage of a giant squid was caught. Not only was video produced, the giant squid was captured in some seriously high definition resulting in absolutely stunning footage. Part of the Giant Squid team was Edith Widder, one of the experts in marine bioluminescence; an expertise Read More
The Aqua-trend Doser One series are some very interesting dosing pump systems. The Doser One pumps are offered in both an entry level model (which is called simply the Doser One) and a premium model (The Doser One Evolution). The Doser one functions similarly to most other dosing pumps of the market, allowing the dosing Read More
Jim’s temperate pico might be very simplistic in color, but it is certainly not lacking in form. Owned by the same hobbyist as the azoox fish bowl, this is another awesome setup. Both the imposing aquascape and beautiful corals really make the system a stunning display. The scape does slightly remind us of Johnny Ciotti’s Read More