Aquarama 2013 in Singapore, the largest aquarium event of the year
Aquarama 2013, the largest aquarium event of the year will take place the end of this month in Singapore. From May 30th to June 2nd, the Asian aquarium hobby, community and industry will converge on the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center for a concentration of Asia’s best aquarium entities. Two years ago Reef Read More
Blackreef aquarium controller and modules get an update in advance of its full release
The Blackreef aquarium controller and modules we saw at Aquarama are getting some fine tuning in advance of the company’s more public release coming up this year at Interzoo. While most of the work is being done on the software and circuitry of the Blackreef system, one major development is having all the modules being Read More
Hybrid Panther x Bumblebee grouper is both beautiful and edible
‘Fish are friends, not food”. Well, not so much for this man-made hybrid grouper. The amazing fish shown above is the result of a cross between the Panther grouper and the Bumblebee grouper (Cromileptes altivelis X Epinephelus lanceolatus). Bred for the sole purpose of food fish, the offspring is supposedly a combination of the delicious Read More
Elos Evision is the new expansive concept for aquarium control
The Elos Evision is a broad new aquarium controller line from Elos that has a simple foundation but which can be built up into a very sophisticated aquarium controller. Built on a framework of standard home automation bus, the heart of the Evision system are the individual controllers which include the ElosTempo, ElosClima, ElosOrp and Read More
Elos Evision ControlCenter is an attractive touchscreen remote control
The Elos Evision ControlCenter may just be the most attractive touchscreen remote control we’ve yet seen for the aquarium market. The high quality resistive touchscreen of the COntrolCenter is so sensitive that it actually feels like it is capacitive and the display has a high pixel density and very high contrast and brightness. Part of Read More
ElosTempo and ElosClima are the first two modules of the Evision aquarium controller
The Elos Tempo and Clima are the first two controller modules that make up the foundation of the Elos Evision aquarium controller ecosystem. The simple, small networkable modules each do one thing and they do it well. The onboard navigation menus practically hold your hand through the initial setup process and their robustness is based Read More
Maxspect Mazarra LED may be the first reef light with Cree XM and Philips Rebel ES
The Mazarra LED is a 3rd generation light by Maxspect which is bringing a lot of new an innovative features as well as high performance LED chips. The Mazarra may not be the first aquarium light to use Cree XM LEDs but as far as we can tell it will be the first one with Read More
Bacteria King from Reef Systems is an interesting naturally porous biomedia
Bacteria King from Reef Systems is a porous biomedia that might be able to double up as a calcium reactor media. Made from accretions of worm tubes and other calcium secreting organisms, the large pellets of Bacteria King are about the size of sugar cubes and extremely porous. A sales rep pulled a piece out Read More
Eductor powered reactor really shears up the biopellets
Reef Systems, a distributor of many fine reef aquarium products in Asia including Ecoxotic has a nifty little biopellet reactor on display featuring an eductor inside. The educotr helps to vigorously stir up the biopellets, probably creating a lot more shear forces and shedding of biofilm from the biopellets than your typical gentle fluidizing of Read More
Blackreef brings iPhone look, feel to aquarium control
Blackreef is a new aquarium controller system borrowing heavily from the ease of use that iPhones and other touchscreen smartphones have brought to the market. We got wind of the Blackreef from Aquarama and from what we’ve been able to gather, the Blackreef system uses a 4.3 in. resistive touchscreen device as the main control and display Read More