Much like Vertex Aquaristik‘s other magnet accessories the Vertex Hexaplex magnet cleaner brings some serious class to something that you might not have previously thought of as visually appealing.  In essence the Vertex Hexaplex is the big brother of the cleaner magnet triplex, duplex and simplex. This magnet cleaner is designed for much larger tanks, considering the Read More

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Although the first introduction to the Vertex Omega Cone skimmer was a recirculating model with a huge recirculating pump, what Vertex has settled on with the simply internal Omega skimmer is perhaps one of the best new reef toys of the year. With a Sicce Syncra water pump, plastic welded joints, wine glass body, minimalist Read More

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The new Vertex Aquaristik V-Colla Viola reef-safe epoxy is a new two-part epoxy designed to be reef safe and help keep cloudiness out of the system. Developed in Germany in conjunction with GlueTec, the epoxy not only will not cloud the water as much as your typical off-the-shelf epoxies we’ve used in the hobby, but Read More

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The Vertex Omega 150 internal cone skimmer is the newest vertex skimmer to enter US the market. We covered the big brother of the Omega 150 more than two years ago at Interzoo, which is an external model and featured a controllable Red Dragon DC pump. The Omega 150 cone skimmer however is built with more Read More

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Vertex RX-U reactors are the latest release from Vertex Aquaristik, and like many of their previous products these reactors are all about quality. The basic design of media reactors has been rehashed infinitely, but the RX-U reactors still manage to stand out in a crowded market. With a quick-loc design, true union ball valves, plastic Read More

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The Vertex Illumina (not to be confused with the Vertex Illluminata) is currently one of the higher end LED fixtures on the market. As a result the Illumina LED comes with all the bells and whistles we have now come to expect from our advanced aquarium LEDs, including wirless computer integration. Since we are now Read More

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It’s no secret that we’ve been smitten with the sophisticated chemistry controls first promised by the Libra doser from Vertex Aquaristik. We’ve yet to see any Libra dosers in the wild since their announcement two years ago and first look last fall, but hopefully the release of this instructional video for the Libra doser means that Vertex Read More

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The Rx-Z zeolith reactor is one more feather in the cap of Vertex Aquaristik and its goal to (probably) make every kind of device that reef aquarists could ever want. Coming in two sizes, the Vertex Aquaristik zeolith reactor will come in a Rx-Z 1.5 and Rx-Z 3.0 which hold one and a half and Read More

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Never before have we seen so much care and attention to detail placed in magnetic aquarium accessories as there exists in the Vertex Aquaristik algae magnets and magnetic holders. The Vertex Simplex and Duplex and the Sensor Mag probe holder were just the beginning of Vertex’s plans for a complete line of magnetic aquarium accessories. Read More

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The guys at Bulk Reef Supply have done quite an in-depth and impressive video review of the Vertex Illumina LED fixture. Coming in at over 20 minutes this video really goes through the entire fixture in detail covering PAR readings, LED choices, programming features, build quality and even if the fixture gains the all-important “wife Read More

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