The Aquarium hobby is a pastime of observation and if you like detail and discovery, the Mesoscope 2 is an indispensable visual tool. The Mesoscope 2 improves on its predecessor in every way with a better attachment, better field of view, improved optics with less distortion and it is easier than ever to share what you see through its Read More

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Over the last few years, I migrated every reef tank I have to LED, even a little freshwater nano is running LED. I think there is a huge future in LEDs and switching to LED changed my view on lighting and brought on some serious thinking about our disposable consumerism. The longevity of LEDs makes Read More

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The StarkLED Flare strip lights are some really cool fixtures we first highlighted because of their great modular appeal, but it turns out however these fixtures have another major thing going for them: some serious building quality. Constructed out of aluminum, anodized and then power coated in Stealth Grey, these strip lights are pleasing to Read More

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PAR 38 spotlights are hugely popular among the nano reef aquarium crowd, and they were probably some of the first LED fixtures people widely used. Now Orphek has decided to upsize the traditional PAR 38 spotlight with the creation of their Orphex PR72, a PAR56 spotlight. So basically  think of the PR72 as a super Read More

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When Sicce approached us about reviewing their new and improved Sicce Syncra 4&5 water pumps we were a little bit hesitant; we already have nearly all of our sumped aquariums equipped with Sicce Syncra pumps. Our primary large fish aquarium, a 150 gallon display tank with a 30 gallon nursery aquarium have been happily running Read More

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I recently shared the unboxing of Maxspect’s latest LED offering, the Mazarra P series. Well here’s the review. I’ve recently replaced the metal halide/T5 fixture over my 180 -gallon with the Mazarra modules. The minimum number of modules for a 6 foot tank should probably be 4, with an sps-dominant tank probably better off with Read More

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I recently updated the lighting on my low tech reef tank with an AI Nano LED which is a world apart from the conventional lighting I had been using. I had some disdain for the included 150-watt “disco-ball” metal halide pendant that came with my Current USA Solana – the intrusive size and whacky appearance Read More

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When a protein skimmer like the SWC 160 cone comes along with over 20″ of conical reaction height, a decent pump and a price that seems way to good to be true, we gotta admit we tried out the SWC cone skimmers just waiting for that other shoe to drop. For the non-native English speakers Read More

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When Avast Marine asked us to review their new and affordable Swabbie automatic neck cleaner for protein skimmers, we thought we’d give them a little bit a challenge. Instead of sending us a po-dunk little skimmer neck cleaner we tasked Avast with custom building a ginormous neck cleaner for the nearly six inch diameter neck Read More

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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 and anything you’d want to fasten to the aquarium glass. Kevin Kohen of LiveAquaria first Read More

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