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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Macropharyngodon-marisrubri-head Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
Hands on with Ocean Nutrition Sep-Art Artemia System

Nano-reef user Metrokat’s display refugium is an awesome collection of macroalgae

Metro Kat Macro Algae

Marcoalgae is awesome, and not only because of their nutrient removal abilities. We love macro algae for its ease of maintenance, cool growth forms and colors and we’re even more fond of macro algae displays. This display refugium of nano-reef user Metrokat is no exception, hosting a spectacular variety of algae including Sargassum, Ochtodes, Halimeda, Read More

At Pitcairn Island, macro algae are one of the main reef builders

Lithophyllum-kotschyanum

At Pitcairn Island in the Southern Pacific Ocean, a plethora of beautiful and unique macro algaes are well represented in myriad forms. Beautiful fleshy algaes, branching coralline and leafy brown algaes are extremely well represented according to a new survey highlighted in National Geographic this week. If you stop to think about it, we as aquarists Read More