Friday Smorgasbord: Tank cleaning octopus, way too many koi, AquaCool demo and revenge of the sea star
The staff at the Loch Lomond Sea Life aquarium in Scotland is getting a helping hand — or tentacle — when Jock, one of its octopuses on display, began helping clean the aquarium glass. Known to be pretty intelligent creatures, this Giant Pacific octopus started to grab the inside cloth when staffers would clean the tank’s glass Read More
AquaSun Aquarium Controller by Zoo Med looking to power up your tank
Timed power strips are not anything new but Zoo Med is looking to bring their success is the reptile market deeper into the aquarium side with the new AquaSun Aquarium Controller. An analog timer combined with four timed and four constantly powered outlets, the AquaSun controller is just a simple way to add the ability to Read More
Zoo Med Aqua Cool hang on air mover
The Zoo Med Aqua Cool was recently released and was one of the newer products shown off at MACNA. While this little unit won’t push huge numbers it is a nice little low-profile unit that would be perfect for smaller tanks. The Aqua Cool sticks to the aquarium on the outside with a suction cup Read More
ZooMed Mag Clip is one of the best aquarium accessories ever
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
ZooMed Ocean Sun 10k and Actinic 420 T5 bulbs
Zoomed, manufactures of reptile products has released Coral Sun T5 lights in either 10k or actinic 420 colors. Apparently Zoomed thought it wise to come out with the T5 lamps after realizing T8 and T12 lamps would be going the way of the dodo bird. The two types of lights are ideal for marine or Read More