Magnetic frag racks have gone from being a niche accessory for managing a few new corals, to a must have accessory for nearly all reef keepers who need someplace safe to store their frags. Frag racks have gone from being…
PSA: Make Sure to Inspect Your Magnets for Rust!
Magnets are a marvel of the modern world and they are integral to the aquarium hobby being found in a huge range of devices and accessories. Without the attractive field of magnets we wouldn’t have water pumps, return pumps, dosing…
Someone FINALLY Made A Magnetic Aquarium Thermometer!
The temperature of aquarium water, or ANY biological system for that matter, is the most critical parameter we can measure yet most reefers rarely give it the attention it deserves. I’d be willing to bet that half of you don’t even…
Ocean Wonders Magnetic MAG Disks
I’ve been making my own magnetic frag plugs with scavenged aquarium magnets for over a decade. Despite a proclivity for magnetic coral bases, somehow, someway, Ocean Wonders’ magnetic MAG Disks have flown completely under my radar. So you can imagine…
Ultralife Mag-Tastic magnetic holder debuting at MACNA
Ultralife Reef Products is introducing its Mag-Tastic magnetic aquarium holder at MACNA next month. The simple, yet handy design is designed to hold a wide range of aquarium gizmos in place. Available in a set of one or two holders, the…
Magnetic cells give fish built-in sense of compass direction
We all know that migrating birds and particularly pigeons have a keen sense of direction imparted onto them by a magnetic sense, and now new research has discovered similar super-nav powers in fish. Like the homing pigeons of the sea, the homing abilities…
Magnetic Zeovit reactor uses MagLev to help stir the zeolites
It’s not everyday that a simple dea yields surprisingly useful results, and even less likely that it comes from the budget aquarium product suppliers. However, the magnetic FSZ60 zeovit reactor from Fish Street is exactly that, using two magnets in the…
Neodymium costs driving up prices on magnets, how will the cost be passed onto the consumer?
Recent news regarding the Chinese announcing plans to centralise control over its rare earth mine assets has led to increased prices for these minerals, especially neodymium used in permanent magnets we find in everything from cars to TV and most…
ZooMed Mag Clip is one of the best aquarium accessories ever
The Zoomed MagClip is one of the most useful yet underrated pieces of equipment we’ve ever used. Designed to hold tubing in place, the completely waterproof magclip is useful for clipping just about anything; power cords, tubing, nori, frags, corals…
Eshopps Magnetic Probe Holder
Eshopps has a new probe holder that uses magnets to keep it in place. It is amazing to think that a magnet probe holder has just now come out for a sump, we have been getting by for years with…
