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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How much would it cost to build an aquarium out of Sapphire?

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Step aside Starphire, Sapphires are where it’s at! A recent article in Technology Review claims that in synthetic sapphire could be in the market to replace the glass cover of our smartphones, which got us to thinking, why not our aquariums? Synthetic sapphire is a form of aluminum oxide, still quite expensive, but its strength, Read More

New Cree XB-D LED Set to Lower Product Costs

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The Cree XB-D LED just announced today is being released into the wild to start bringing high quality and high output LED fixtures down to a price range that will start to compete with the many budget fixtures that are currently on the market. How Cree is accomplishing this increased performance per dollar in the Read More

JBJ looking to license and mass produce Sapphire nano skimmers

The Sapphire Aquatics nano protein skimmer was one of the most popular micro skimmers widely used in a range of mini reefs and all-in-one nano reef tanks. Sapphire Aquatics may have shut down operations over a year and a half ago but many aquarists still use and talk about the performance of the Sapphire nano Read More