Welcome to another edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. Kicking off this week’s edition is an intriguing project in Canada. We have gotten so used to flat 2D images of underwater expeditions, but Ocean Networks Canada is using a revolutionary 3D…
Nano Box Reef breathes new life into old fixtures with cool custom retro projects
Nano Box Reef is breathing new life into older fixtures with some pretty compelling modifications with the Nano Box Reef RETRO program to bring custom T5-LED and metal halide-LED hybrids to market. As a DIY hack, I always envisioned the…
The Jebao Wireless Wavemaker in action
We were able to see the Jebao RW Wireless WaveMaker in person at Interzoo 2014 and have recently come across a few videos of the product in action we felt were worth sharing. Although Jebao is known for some serviceable…
Fluval wants to give you a GoPro Hero3
Do you want a chance to score a free GoPro Hero3? Then make sure you check out this contest from Fluval. We love gadgets here and have been fans of the GoPro camera for a while, but realize there are plenty of…
Friday Smorgasbord: Happy clams, archerfish, fish surgery, giant squid and peeing in the ocean
We are happy as a clam to deliver our next installment of the Friday Smorgasbord. Every wonder what the origins of the idiom actually are? Seems it has been in use by sailors and shellfish gatherers from the mid-1600s in…
GHL Mitras Lightbar now available for nanos, deep actinic color coming soon
The GHL Mitras Lightbar is getting smaller and is now available for nano tanks. Additionally, the Mitras Lightbar is also be made in a deep actinic color for those looking for a deeper blue color in their reef aquarium. The…
Build My LED gets multi-channel control, taking beta product orders
Build My LED MC Series is showing the company is getting even more innovative by bringing multi-channel control to its custom LEDs. The new MC Series is being debuted in a small, beta product launch before the final launch later…
More details on the Coralife Aqualight LED and interchangable Tri-Lamp LEDs
The new Coralife LED Aqualight and interchangeable LED Tri-Lamps are an affordable way to get some customized LED lighting over your tank. As we saw before MACNA, the new LED Aqualight is fitted with just a portion of possible LED Tri-Lamps along…
These pictures of Royal Exclusiv’s 3 meter Dreambox are inspiring
We were teased by the Royal Exclusiv 3-meter Dreambox sump we posted last week and now have more images of this monster sump complete and ready to ship. Built for a 5,500-liter tank (around 1,500 US gallons), this beast of…
Friday Smorgasbord: Reef smells, dogs, camo and drones
It has been far too long between posting our last Friday Smorgasbord and since summer is nearly over and we are all back to the normal grind, it made sense to dust off the typewriter and craft a new smorgasbord…