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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Eheim AquaCorner 60 a small, unobtrusive filter for your nano tanks

The new Eheim AquaCorner 60 is a small internal filter for keeping your nano aquarium crystal clear without sacrificing too much internal real estate. Good for systems from 10 to 60 liters, the Eheim AquaCorner 60 is an mechanical filter that can easily add chemical and biological filtration.The flip open front of the AquCorner allows Read More

Rigid filter sock from PrecisionWerkz Aquatics

PrecisionWerkz Aquatics has a unique answer to the old standby felt filter sock, creating a rigid filter sock to make it easier to not only filter out large chucks of organics but work in other media as well. The acrylic “canister” design has two sections and a removable center grill to allow for two-stage filtration Read More

Rectangular filters socks and holders from Eshopps, a new spin on an old standard

New rectangular Micron Bag filter socks and holders from Eshopps take “outside the box” thinking to tackle the old standard. Traditionally filter socks use a circular collar and Eshopps designed its rectangular version to be able to add more filters to larger sumps without sacrificing surface area of the filter socks. The new designs still Read More

From revolution to evolution: a look at two hobby trends and their impact

After 30-something years in the hobby, you see a lot of trends come and go. Fads and “new” ideas show up and subsequently vanish back into the mists of time. Some of these “fads” do stick around a while, yet many quickly disappear after we move on to the next big thing. You need only Read More