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AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue

The AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue are a great way to add supplemental actinic lighting to your aquarium. You’ll have two models to choose from either a 14 LED, or 28 LED light strips with each lighting strip using 1 Watt CREE LEDs. These have started to ship to retailers with pricing starting [...]

CoralVue soon releasing sporty new Hang-on protein skimmer with smaller Bubble Blaster pumps

CoralVue is teasing with images of their newest additions with two Octopus HOB protein skimmers that should be available on the market soon. The two models appear to be the LX-1000 and LX-2000 rated at 100 and 150 gallons respectively incorporating smaller versions of the Bubble Blaster pumps we brought you earlier.  The Reef Octopus [...]

Shocker: cheap chinese-made pumps (not from Coralvue) get recalled (Updated 11/23)

The High Seas Prop Pump aka Sun Sun pump from Coralvue can’t decide whether it is aping a Hydor Korallia, Tunze Nano Stream or both. It’s no surprise then that the cheaply made Chinese product has been recalled in Canada due to a couple reports of electrocution. We first wrote about the High Seas Prop [...]

LumenBright Hybrid Lighting with MH, T5 and LED

Although the concept isn’t new, this is the first time that Metal halide, T5s and LEDs have been paired with a LumenBright reflector in a commerical environment. The system is composed of a LumenBright reflector without a ballast, as the reasoning is that most aquarists will want to choose their own ballast for themselves instead [...]

CoralVue High Seas Prop Wave pumps make an appearance

A new type of propeller pump from CoralVue has made its way over the ocean and into some stores across the United States, the pump is being branded as a CoralVue High Seas pump and is targeted for the budget aware aquarist. In all there are 4 pumps in this new lineup ranging from the [...]

More ALED style lamps on the way

Pictured above are two lamps which look eerily similar to the well-received ALED.  The owner of these photos was deliberately mum on the details of these lamps but we suspect that this is no DIY project. The reason that the white and blues  are not being mixed is that all of the LEDs of an [...]

Hurricone skimmers by CoralVue coming Mid February

There is a new line of skimmers that will go on sale shortly here in the US. This line named Hurricone is supposed to be a step up from the Reef Octopus standard line, or so everyone says. There will be 5 categories in all and we have specs on just 2 of those categories [...]