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
Aquarama Will we see you there?
Macropharyngodon-marisrubri-head Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
Abyzz 100 is Venotec’s smallest hot rod water pump to date

Shorty buckets of Seachem Salinity shipping soon, three buckets up for grabs right now

Seachem Salinity has recently become of the highest grades of synthetic salt mix available to reefers. Although Seachem Salinity first shipped in a large bucket that mixed up 200 gallons, curious reefers eager to get in on the premium salt fix will soon be able to try out Seachem Salinity with a container half that Read More

Salinity shortstack bucket coming Winter 2010 from Seachem

The Seachem Salinity shortstack is a great option for those of you not needing a huge supply of salt. The diminutive bucket still gives you a lot of spread making up around 120 gallons of water at a salinity of 35 ppt with the same hand-mixed recipe. Just like the larger buckets of Salinity, each batch Read More

D-D’s seawater refractometer might be the only one scaled for seawater, not saltwater

As far as we can tell, D-D’s Seawater refractometer is perhaps the ever such device that is scaled and calibrated for use with seawater. “That’s crazy talk” you say as you peer upon your aquarium refractometer which was likely designed for use with saltwater or brine, a solution consisting solely of sodium chloride (NaCl). By Read More

Chlorinity test kit from Coral Shop measures proportion of chloride in aquarium water

the CS Test for Chlorinity by Coral Shop is the first kit we have seen to specifically measure Chlorinity in aquarium water. Chlorinity is a measure of the Chloride, Bromide and Iodide ions that make up the total dissolved solids of an aquarium. Although Chlorinity is constant in relation to the salinity of natural seawater, Read More

Salinty Salt from Seachem Coming in 2-3 months

salinity-bucket-art1

While you might be happy with your current reef salt, Seachem would probably like you to try out their new Salinity salt which is expected to hit store shelves between 2-3 months from now. The only details we are missing is price, but rest assured that it will be “competitively priced” or so says the Read More

Seachem’s Salinity salt from Aqua Vitro gets its photo taken

salinity-bucket-art

The uber secret Salinity salt that Seachem has been working on for some time now is starting to get more widespread. We have previous workups of the salt bucket of choice for illustration purposes only but this is the first time we are able to see the new bucket art in all its glory. You’ll Read More

Seachem to debut Salinity, Aquavitro marine salt at IMAC West

salinity3

The speculation that Seachem was working on a new salt for reef aquaria has now been  confirmed. Seachem’s Salinity salt for reef tanks will be part of the Aquavitro premium line from Seachem. Salinity is said to the most concentrated salt available, manufactured in a controlled environment (we thought they all were) and the salt Read More

Lamotte Tracer Pocket tester 1766, does everything including your kitchen sink

lamotte-pocket-tester-1766-238x700

I’m sitting here looking at my handheld pocket TDS meter and then looking at this new product from Lamotte, and I need to be really honest. I want this new Lamotte pocket tester. Having a handheld pocket meter that “just” measures TDS is so 1990′s! The Lamotte pocket tester tests TDS (Total Dissolved solids) however Read More