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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Todd Gardner is breeding success with AlgaGen Copepods & 20,000 Gallons

Earler today, Todd Gardner (the man to first breed Liopropoma basslets) announced a new breeding success at the Long Island Aquarium where two damselfish species were specifically mentioned.  Neoglyphidodon melas, the Bowtie Damsel, was reared from larvae collected in the 20,000 gallon reef. A quick check of the MBI Database revealed a prior succes with Read More

AlgaGen’s four new copepods from a Breeder’s Perspective

  ReefPods™ are a new line of live calanoid copepods from AlgaGen which we first wrote on about two weeks ago.  These new species of ReefPods copepods include Acartia tonsa, Pseudodiamptomus pelagicus, Parvocalanus crassirostris. and an unidentified species AlgaGen is labeling Tangerine Pods.  AlgaGen is also releasing a live microalgae food, PhycoPure™ Copepod Blend to provide a convenient, Read More

AlgaGen releases five new live ReefPods copepod cultures and food

AlgaGen is releasing four new species of copepods in a new product line that includes four calonoid copepods and one Cladoceran product in the company’s ReefPods line. These new copepod lines are aquacultured at AlgaGen’s facility and tells us these newly available pods are tropical, herbivorous species with the potential to establish in marine reefs. AlgaGen is also releasing a Read More