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
Macropharyngodon-marisrubri-head Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
Lanthanum Reactor from derKroon Mechanics is specially designed for phosphate reduction

Boris Bielan’s Azoox system is 800 gallons of non-photosynthetic coral heaven

There are azoox aquariums and then there are massive azoox aquariums. At a little over 13 feet long by 39 inches by 26 inches, Bories Bielan’s azoox system falls into the latter category. Based on scale alone this is perhaps one of the most impressive azoox systems we’ve seen, especially since the 800 gallons of Read More

Tropic Marin releases new Bio-Actif Professional line including biopellets and media reactor

Tropic Marin released their own version of the biopellet (the NP Bacto Pellet) around a year ago as part of their Bio-Actif line. Now Tropic Marin has improved on the original biopellet design, and is releasing the Bio-Actif Professional line which promises improved performance over the original design. Consisting of the Bio-Actif Professional line are Read More

Tropic Marin SunaLED XL Ocean Blue fixtures available in two sizes

The new Tropic Marin SunaLED XL Ocean Blue fixtures are sleek looking lights that can utilize the MultiControl 8 to create your custom lighting profile. Coming in two sizes, the SunaLED XL 600 and the SunaLED XL 1170, the SunaLED XL fixtures are based on the SunaECO LED panels that feature five CREE XP-G Ocean White  and five XP-E Read More

Tropic Marin’s new Shake and Make for new hobbyists

Tropic Marin has a new product that is being fleshed out to their European counterparts. The “shake and make” system is an interesting twist for new hobbyists that get attracted to keeping saltwater aquariums. The device is a ship-flat plastic container that expands and holds roughly 5-10 gallons of water. However, inside the container is Read More

Tropic Marin’s new NP-Bacto-Pellets

Tropic Marin’s NP-Bacto-Pellets is a new filter media for the removal of nitrate and phosphate. It was only a matter of time before Tropic Marin jumped into the NP pellet game. These Bacto Pellets are made from a mixture of natural biopolymers which Tropic Marin says promote the colonization and growth of nitrate and phosphate Read More

Tropic Marin BIO ACTIF salt reviewed

Tropic Marin’s new BioActiv Salt mix has finally landed on US shores and retailers have been getting it out to customers for over a month now. We were sent our 25kg test bucket over several months ago. Here is what we have found in  months of testing the Bio ACTIF system from one of the Read More

Tropic Marin’s Bio-Activ Calcium liquid

Tropic Marin’s new Bio-Actif system just got a new product that has been added to the line. Liquid calcium is being touted as an additive that can balance your “PH in the long term by through the balance of individual substances by sodium chloride-free salt, the ionic balance in the basin is not disturbed. Unlike Read More

Tropic Marin’s Pro Coral Kalk Bio Activ System

Another product to add to Tropic Marin’s Bio Actif system brand is the pro coral kalk. Quite simply it  is calcium hydroxide in its purest form and is used to make up the classic limewater. Tropic Marin Pro-Coral Kalk increases pH and calcium content to promote the growth of corals and calcareous coralline algae. It Read More

Tropic Marin Bio Actif salt pricing, details, leak out

We have some additional information on the bio-actif reef salt that was released at Interzoo 2008. The salt like we previously stated has no nitrates, phosphates and other unnatural enrichment additives. However, this new salt  has optimized values (similar to the Pro Reef Sea Salt) at KH (about 8 °) and pH (8.4 to 8.5), Read More

Tropic Marin Bio Actif salt mix coming

While Tropic Marin was busy releasing new Bio Actif products, we were wondering if in fact a new salt would hit the market. The Bio Actif Salt has been confirmed as being brought over to the US, it is already available in parts of Europe. Some of the features of this new salt is that Read More

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