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
Macropharyngodon-marisrubri-head Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
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2012 MACNA keynote speaker announced – Jean-Michel Cousteau

Announced in the overnight hours on ReefAddicts, the Dallas Fort Worth MACNA team revealed Jean-Michel Cousteau as the keynote speaker for the Saturday night banquet at this year’s Marine Aquarium Conference of North America. Jean-Michel Cousteau is the son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, he is a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a Read More

Reef Safe sunscreen uses unique biodegradable formula to help limit damage to reefs

Reef Safe SunCare has developed a biodegradble and more environmentally friendly sunscreen and has earned the approval of Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society. The Florida-based company Beach Buff that owns the brand is hoping to increase the public awareness of the possible impact suncreens and skincare products have on the fragile reef ecosystems. Beach Buff Read More

Happy 100th, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, father of SCUBA diving

Jacques Yves Cousteau is the original narrator of the Sea and he was born 100 years ago today in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Fance. When he was just in his 30s, Cousteau came up with the idea of using pressurized air for humans to breather underwater and eventually the Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) was born and Read More