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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DSC_5775 Sicce’s booth at Zoomark 2013 featured lots of goodies for the future
Lanthanum Reactor from derKroon Mechanics is specially designed for phosphate reduction

Underwater crop circles from Japan are an amazing form of biological art

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Underwater crop circles are no different from above-ground crop circles – they’re both beautiful, captivating and they both have perfectly good rational explanations for their origins. Whereas the traditional crop circles observed in fields of crops are produced by nefarious humans trying to conjure up visits of extra terrestrial beings, the newly discovered underwater crop Read More

Pufferfish chasing a laser pointer shows there’s more to fish than just swimming and eating

People often associate pet fish to be nowhere near as responsive as a puppy or a kitten or any other mammal for instance. The video above of a really cute and endearing pufferfish chasing a laser pointer around its tank is just one example of how aquarium fish can be entertaining too, with intelligence and Read More

Blue Pelagic Porcupine puffer, Diodon eydouxii, shows up at Absolutely Fish

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The striking blue juvenile pelagic porcupinefish above was recently acquired by Absolutely Fish in a shipment from Bali. The pelagic porcupine fish is not a an aquarium fish you hear about everyday, precisely because they are more ocean going than reef associated fish. This unique looking blue pelagic porcupine puffer is not a morph or Read More