Rather than hashing out all of the new algae magnet scrapers of InterZoo 2012 one by one, we thought it would be easier to give you all the full rundown in one go. After all, a magnet is a magnet and only incremental differences between them can even help them to differentiate, we’re not expecting Read More

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The ATI LED Powermodul reef aquarium light is one of the first packages to combine the best of high performance T5 lights with some of the newest generation of high output LEDs. ATI already has made a name for itself by releasing actively cooled T5 aquarium light fixtures, and now for the LED-Powermodul ATI has Read More

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InterZoo 2012 in Nuremberg Germany was an amazing time, and a stimulus overload for any diehard aquarium and reef tank junky. The amazing displays found in the InterZoo booths of Rio, Ecotech Marine, GHL and Schuran are all given a little bit of love in this video highlight reel by Gilles van den Hoven. We spent Read More

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The AquaEl ReefMax XL is a new all-in-one (AIO) reef tank from the Polish aquarium product manufacturer. The ReefMax from AquaEl seems to be specifically targeting the high end AIO market which was grown in large part by the Red Sea Max line of aquariums. AquaEl hopes to make its ReefMax aquarium stand out with Read More

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The Blackreef controller has been teased first in a brochure and then in a video demonstrating its touchscreen controller user interface. Of all the things the Blackreef controller has going for it, the iPhone-esque ‘remote’ is what excites us the least. What does get our heart rate rising is the beautiful mirrored finish of each Read More

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Micom’s continuous liquid feeder looks like any other ordinary dosing pump, it appears identical to the original Micom liquid feeder, but it has one special trick up its peristaltic sleeve – it runs continuously. Whereas other dosing pumps have a preset RPM to the motor which is actuated at certain intervals, the Micom continuous liquid Read More

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The Dosijet 1 from Coral Shop is an innovative stand-alone dosing pump with intuitive onboard controls and special clip-on abilities. The self-contained dosing machinations of the Dosijet 1 are all built into a cylindrical body with a simple control dial opposite the dosing pump end. The smallest Dosijet S1 is so small you could actually Read More

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Water-cooled LED lights have been the purview of mostly the DIY crowd but with the water-cooled Aqua Style RGB LED striplight, Germany’s Lumlight brings to market the first manufactured LED light of this kind. The water-cooling of the AquaStyle RGB LED striplight actually comes from an external water source like the aquarium water, so the light has Read More

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If the Nyos Viper water pump looks familiar that’s because it’s basically an oem’d Eden water pump but one which has been granted a few more perks. Unlike its Eden pump siblings, the Nyos Viper uses a much stronger silicon carbide ceramic shaft which is extremely hard. The silicon carbide shaft of the Nyos Viper Read More

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Sep-Art Artemia Cysts from Ocean Nutrition are specially treated brine shrimp eggs which have shells that can easily be filtered using a magnet. Most of us know well that hatched brine shrimp rise towards the light and the egg shells sink to the bottom but the few unhatched eggs actually float, and these are the Read More

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