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
DSC_5775 Sicce’s booth at Zoomark 2013 featured lots of goodies for the future
Kessil A360N & A360W LED lights announced with excellent new features

EHEIM PowerLED Marine now available worldwide

The EHEIM PowerLED Marine lights are now finally available worldwide as the company shared the post-Valentine’s Day “love” with aquarists on the company’s social network channels. We were able to get a close, hands on look at these light at MACNA and were impressed the company was able to coax so much out of a Read More

Philippine Dartfish- One of the world best fish for nano tank

Parioglossus, is a genus of dwarf dartfish that stay small, nice, and hardy but is rarely offered in the trade. Of all 22 species being known to science, the Philippine Dartfish (Parioglossus philippinus) is the one recently shown up in Bangkok. I should say that we are lucky that the fish is caught by the Read More

Micro-reefs and Coldwater Marine Aquatics showcase their new temperate system

Micro-reefs has been producing very nice acrylic pico and nano aquariums for a while now, continually expanding their products line including the Micro-reefs LED fixtures we covered at the show. Recenly they released an out of the box pico coldwater marine aquarium, but now they’ve partnered up with coldwater marine aquatics to create an even Read More

JBJ cubey is an all-in-one pico system

JBJ has always been a big name in the all-in-one nano aquarium part of the industry, but now they are finally giving the pico world some love with their JBJ Cubey. We’ve thouroughly covered the Cubey, so it is great to finally see it run in person. Made out of acrylic and designed as a complete package, Read More

Micro-reefs announces pico LED fixture

Micro-reefs,  previously known for their acrylic pico reefs is now venturing into LED fixtures. These LEDs are specifically designed to fit on Micro-reefs pico systems, but obviously fit with similar aquariums as well. The total wattage of the LED fixture comes in at 63 watts with 21 3 watt Epistar LEDs. The fixtures come in three different color spectrum, presumably Read More

Eshopps showcasing new Nano Skimmer in style with a pair of Peppermint Angels

No cost is too high when it comes to debutting new gear at the Eshopps booth as a pair of Pepperming Angelfish swim daintily in circles to show off the new Eshopps Nano Skimmer. The magnetic mount Nano Skimmer is designed for tanks from 10 to 35 gallons powered by a Sicce Mirca pump. The Read More

Fluval Spec is a nifty slim aquarium, ideal for desks and shelves

The new Fluval Spec is s long and slim nano aquarium we first heard about back at Interzoo 201o and is finally hitting the worldwide market. The aquarium has a pretty slender footprint with the mechanical and filtration components are integrated and oriented on one end to make a perfect front-and-back view aquarium that is screaming to Read More

JBJ Cubey is more than a cute name

The new JBJ Cubey is a nifty nano aquarium with more than just a cute name. Measuring in at a mighty 3 gallons, the JBJ Cubey is primed to be a great candidate for your office, den, kids room or just about anywhere there is a small area that needs a little bit of aquarium bedazzling. Read More

New CAD Lights NR-1 Nano Reef Bio-Reactor coming soon

The nano-reef market is getting a bit of good news today with another nano-sized biopellet reactor hitting the market as the new CAD Lights NR-1 Nano Reef Bio-Reactor was just announced. The diminutive reactor measures uses a 2 1/2 in. diameter body and takes up a total of 12 in. in height including all the plumbing. Designed to Read More

Aqua Special NANO Cone Skimmer

The Aqua Special NANO series protein skimmers may have the word nano attached to it but this Polish-built skimmer is rated for aquariums from 100 to 500 liters (26 to 132 US gallons). Using the standard features we like in skimmers — bubble diffuser, silencer, skimmate overflow guide and presumably some sort of way to adjust Read More

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