vortech-pump-controllers-1 A trip down memory lane of Ecotech Marine VorTech pump controllers 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
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B-Ionic Seawater mixing pump is not just clean, it’s immaculate

This Tunze Nano Stream’s only job has been as a mixing pump for ESV’s B-Ionic 4 part Seawater system. So far this 6025 has mixed six batches of 5 gallons of water and one batch of 25 gallons and it couldn’t be any cleaner than if I had just pulled it out of the box. Read More

EcoReef One – the preview

5 gallons, 6 months old. No live rock, no live sand. No skimmer, no additives, no testing. Small internal filter, Nano Customs 15 watt PAR 38 LED spotlight and ESV B-ionic Seawater. Full article coming soon in Advanced Aquarist Read More

B-ionic Seawater System is a microbatch salt mix that is perfect for nano reefers, large tanks too

B-Ionic Seawater System is a very interesting 4-part marine aquarium salt that mixes clear in 10-15 minutes. The system consists of 2 dry parts of Sodium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate and two liquid parts with all the anions and cations already pre-dissolved. ESV sent us a 25 gallon sample to try out and with Read More

Catching up: ESV B-Ionic Seawater and Biopellets available, MCU Research gets new firmware and PAR 38 lamp gets new lens options

ESV B-Ionic Seawater System is an exciting new liquid salt formula that we reported on a couple of months ago. After a thorough round of testing, new mixing isntructions and some fancy new labeling, the B-Ionic Seawater is ready for the mainstream with a 50 gallon mix running ~ $30 and 200 gllon mix running Read More

B-Ionic Seawater System from ESV is like cooking with salt

The company that brought us the original 2-part solution is back on the cutting edge table with another product that creatively addresses some common complaints about modern seawater mixes. B-Ionic Seawater System is a multi part solution to mix your own Seawater using Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride and an ultra concentrated version of B-Ionic with Read More