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New ATB Elegance 300 protein skimmer available via preorder

If you’re looking for a skimming piece of art for your aquarium, you might want to check out the upcoming ATB Elegance 300 internal protein skimmer for your larger tank. Rated for tanks up to 3000l (approx. 800 US gallons),…

Fish Tank Kings filming in South Florida, your chance to see the reveal

Ever wonder what goes into filming a portion of the TV show Fish Tank Kings? Now is your chance to see it live and in person as the crew will be at the grand opening Allpets Emporium in Coral Springs,…

Petco’s $1 a gallon tank sale is a good bargain for that spare tank

Petco routinely has a $1 a gallon sale on its Aqueon aquariums and it looks like the company is at it again with a sale running now through April 27. The circular is showing the 10, 20 and 40 gallon…

The corals in Schwing’s Reef tank are popping with Radion Pro LEDs

We love discovering new post-worthy aquariums and one German hobbyist and blogger has a elegant example of a healthy reef tank. Schwing’s Reef is 500 liter (132 US gallon) reef tank that is only 1 1/2 years old, yet has…

Friday Smorgasbord: Phytoballs, more two-headed sharks and clear blooded fish

Anticipating the rising oceans, one French architecture firm designed this habitable, eco-friendly phytoplankton farm. Sitbon Architectes designed this pod concept that would be moored to the ocean floor. Dubbed “Bloom”, the five-story farm allows scientists to live and grow phytoplankton, reducing carbon dioxide…

Oceanlife adds aquarium test kits

Italy’s Oceanlife has recently released a series of aquarium test kits. We had the chance to see Oceanlife’s products first hand at MACNA and were impressed. According to the initial unboxing review at DaniReef, the test kits look straight forward with…

Friday Smorgasbord: “You might be a redneck…” edition

Nothing like opening a Friday Smorgasbord with a Jeff Foxworthy-esque statement, “You might be a redneck when you get your feathers ruffled over dihydrogen monoxide in your water supply!” April Fool’s Day always comes with lots of groaners and a few…

DVH BioGro 1-2-3 looks to give your NP biopellets a boost

DVH, who first introduced the reefing world to the NP biopellet and the solid carbon dosing craze, has a new supplemental product to give your biopellets a boost. DVH BioGro 1-2-3 will work alone or give the pellets a hand…

Fauna Marin gets new US distributor in Oculus Aquatics

Germany’s Fauna Marin is getting more North American exposure with Los Angeles-based Oculus Aquatics announcing it is now a distributor for the product line. According to the email distributed to the Oculus distribution list, the wholesaler is going to be…

WTF are Aqua-Crobes?

When we came across the name, we had to ask ourselves “WTF are Aqua-Crobes?” After reading more about it, we discovered that DVH Aqua-Crobes is a new product that looks to do battle with pathogenic bacteria by releasing positive bacteria that compete…